fossil
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At the moment, decisions made in Beijing are bringing relief to other countries that depend on imported fossil fuels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
States that rely on fossil fuels for revenue can have billions in the bank, but that isn’t the same as robust job creation or population growth, the traditional drivers of state wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Natural gas has long been billed as a "bridge fuel" between dirtier polluting fossil fuels and renewables such as wind and solar.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The fossil includes unusually large canine and premolar teeth, molars with rounded and strongly textured chewing surfaces, and a particularly sturdy jaw.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Once we were down to the fossil “bed” we chipped away at the hard soil with hunting knives, searching for bones.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
They compared anatomical traits from living and extinct apes, DNA from living species, and the geological ages of known fossils.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
The new findings raise the possibility that some of those fossils may actually represent numerous species that have yet to be recognized.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Younger ape fossils have been found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, but scientists continue to debate how these species were related and where their ancestors originated.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Their analysis showed that the fossils consisted of an anterior trunk vertebra, a mid trunk vertebra, and a sacro-caudal vertebra.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
They were typically skeletons of colossal, extinct versions of animals that were still in existence at the very same locations where the fossils had been discovered.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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