fossilize
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However, the skull had fossilized with the mouth closed, hiding internal structures such as the brain case.
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These included body size, patterns of tooth wear, chemical clues such as isotope levels preserved in fossil remains, and in rare cases fossilized stomach contents that revealed an animal's last meal.
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These conditions usually erase delicate biological remains long before they can fossilize.
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Her fossilized sea urchin, from a beach on the Red Sea, “responds by radiating its own inner joy at being found and loved too,” whispering: “We are two cyclical beings, each with their own story.”
The researchers then applied this method to fossilized animal bones dating from 1.3 million to 3 million years ago.
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