- A
fossil (from
classical Latin fossilis, lit. 'obtained by digging') is any
preserved remains, impression, or
trace of any once-living
thing from a past...
- The
following tables give an
overview of
notable finds of
hominin fossils and
remains relating to
human evolution,
beginning with the
formation of the...
- be
considered a
living fossil, the
fossil species must be old
relative to the time of
origin of the
extant clade.
Living fossils commonly are of species-poor...
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Fossil water,
fossil groundwater, or
paleowater is an
ancient body of
water that has been
contained in some
undisturbed space,
typically groundwater in...
- dictionary. A
trace fossil, also
called an
ichnofossil (/ˈɪknoʊˌfɒsɪl/; from
Ancient Gr**** ἴχνος (íkhnos) 'trace, track'), is a
fossil record of biological...
- A
transitional fossil is any
fossilized remains of a life form that
exhibits traits common to both an
ancestral group and its
derived descendant group...
- The
fossil trade is the
purchase and sale of
fossils. This is at
times done
illegally with
stolen fossils, and
important scientific specimens are lost...
- The
Ashfall Fossil Beds of
Antelope County in
northeastern Nebraska are rare
fossil sites of the type
called lagerstätten that, due to
extraordinary local...
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years ago to the
early Cambrian. Teyssèdre, B. (2003), "Trois
classes de fossiles precambriens pour un meme taxon",
Comptes Rendus Palevol (in French)...
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Fossil is a city in and the
county seat of
Wheeler County, Oregon,
United States. The name was
chosen by the
first postmaster,
Thomas B. Hoover, who had...
