fossils
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They have been reported across our recent evolutionary history, from 2-million-year-old fossils through to Neanderthals.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
But first, somebody has to pack it all up — all 3.5 million fossils, each fragile and irreplaceable, like a house move out of a nightmare.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Visitors peered into the Fish Bowl, the glass-walled lab where white-coated preparators carefully clean fossils.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Conjuring fossils, keepsakes, toys and relics, these nostalgic, tactile miniatures suggest that Duchamp, the consummate iconoclast, may have believed in the aesthetic, transformational power of art after all.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
“He says when a mockingbird sings, for all we know it’s pitching fossils into the air. He says who knows what songs of ancient creatures we may be hearing out there.”
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
