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The team examined mineralized structures within the sharks’ cartilage skeletons.

Results of the study, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, suggest thresher shark vertebral anatomy and mineralized microstructure meet the demands required for fast swimming and tail-whipping behavior seen in these species.

Many organisms can produce minerals or mineralized tissue.

“We can give you the perfectly mineralized recipe.”

In at least one instance, plant species present in the mineralized plaque of a Neanderthal individual's teeth point to digesta as a source of nutrients.