fossilization

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"If this was true, they wouldn't survive fossilization except under very special circumstances where rapid fossilization outcompeted degradation."

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

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

To help interpret the chemical signals preserved in the fossil feathers, the team also ran experiments to help understand how feather proteins break down during the fossilization process.

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

A large proportion of aquatic creatures have structures which do not admit of fossilization; while of the rest, the great majority are destroyed, when dead, by various kinds of scavengers.

From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert