fossilization
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A recent study led by Tarhan and her colleagues, published last month in the journal Geology under the title "Authigenic clays shaped Ediacara-style exceptional fossilization," offers new insight into that process.
From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026
A team of researchers has developed an innovative method based on fossilization processes to seal cracks and fractures in rock using a "concretion-forming resin."
From Science Daily • May 22, 2024
Given the rarity of fossilization for hominin remains and how few have been found, we might never catch a glimpse of our immediate direct ancestor, Wood says.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024
Ms. Losso was analyzing the trilobites’ appendages when she came across a curled Ceraurus trilobite with a set of plates called sternites lining its stomach that rarely survives fossilization.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2023
Indeed, we may anticipate the speedy fossilization and extinction of books, while these younger broods alone shall occupy the earth.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
Vocabulary lists containing fossilization
Evolutionary BIology - Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity - Middle School
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Paleontology - High School
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Paleontology - Introductory
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