fossil record
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Preserved inside the bone is something almost never found in the fossil record: evidence of an injury that was still healing when the animal died.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
The average mammal disappears from the fossil record in two million years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The fossil record includes spiders, flies, wasps or beetles, insect larvae, crustaceans, vertebrates such as fish and amphibians, and a remarkable diversity of plants.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
That shift brings the fossil record somewhat closer to estimates produced by molecular clock studies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
The fossil record shows that about three-quarters of Earth’s species, including all of the non-bird dinosaurs, went extinct.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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