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fossils

NOUN

organic remains of a previous time

Synonyms

STRONGEST

relic skeleton specimen trace

STRONG

deposit eolith impression neolith paleolith petrifaction reconstruction

Example Sentences

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"You need more fossils. That's why it's an important field to train people in and for people to go out and find their own sites and find places that we haven't found fossils yet."

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

By studying the sediments around the fossils, researchers can reconstruct the habitats where early Homo and Australopithecus lived.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Diet could help answer one of the biggest mysteries raised by the fossils: how did early Homo and this unidentified Australopithecus share the same place?

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Palaeontologist Dr Sita Manitkoon, from Mahasarakham University, said that the country has a high diversity in dinosaur fossils and is "possibly the third most abundant in Asia in terms of dinosaur remains".

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Anning would spend the next thirty-five years gathering fossils, which she sold to visitors.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson