specimen

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She recovered key anatomical features including teeth, jawbones, and parts of the skull, which later allowed scientists to identify the specimen as a new species.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Preparing the specimen was a slow and careful process.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

What makes this specimen extraordinary is not just its skeleton, but its preserved skin.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026

The team found 13 key differences between the fossils, significant enough to name the specimen an entirely new species.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Normally, the type specimen of a species is the first set of bones found, but since no first set of Homo sapiens bones exists, there was a vacancy, which Cope desired to fill.

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