fossil record

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However, the fossil record does not preserve the entire lifespan of an individual animal.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026

Other early primate relatives have been discovered in the southwestern United States, but they date to roughly two million years later – creating a gap in the fossil record that puzzled scientists… until now.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Purgatorius, a small mammal about the size of a shrew, appears in the fossil record shortly after the dinosaurs went extinct around 65.9 million years ago.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

This adaptation appears repeatedly in the fossil record among fish eating animals, including aquatic ichthyosaurs, semi aquatic crocodile and flying pterosaurs.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

We know from the fossil record that the origin of life happened soon after, perhaps around 4.0 billion years ago, in the ponds and oceans of the primitive Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan