Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the mineralized or otherwise preserved remains or traces (such as footprints) of animals, plants, and other organisms.
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Fossil
1. Dug out of the eart; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
fossil
preserved record of an ancient organism
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Fossil reptiles found in South Africa are also found in Brazil and Argentina.
Fossil amphibians and reptiles found in Antarctica are also found in South Africa, India, and China.
fossil -- Any evidence of past life, including remains, traces, imprints as well as life history artifacts. Examples of artifacts include fossilized bird's nests, bee hives, etc.
fossil 1. The remains or traces of prehistoric life preserved in rocks of the Earth's crust. 2. Any evidence of past life.
fossil fuels Fuels that are formed in the Earth from plant or animal remains; e.g., coal, petroleum, and natural gas.
fossil
[L. fossilis, dug up]
The remains of an organism, or direct evidence of its presence (such as tracks).
Fossils: Evidence of Past Life
The fossil record is the history of life recorded by remains from the past.
Fossil the preserved remains of a formerly-living (prehistoric) organism
(foss = ditch‚ trench; fossil = dug up)
Fructose a 6-carbon ketose with the formula C6H12O6
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Fossil evidence indicates that it has been killing plants and animals for millions of years.
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Fossils were known by primitive man and were sometimes identified correctly as the remains of ancient lifeforms. The organized study of paleontology dates from the late 18th century.
Notable paleontologists ...
fossil Any evidence of pre-existing life which is preserved in the earth's crust.
New Fossils
During the 1990s archaeologists unearthed dozens of new fossil hominids. These have been particularly useful for illuminating the changes that took place as the human lineage split from the chimp lineage.
The earliest fossil evidence of animals dates from the Vendian Period (650 to 544 million years ago), with coelenterate-type creatures that left traces of their soft bodies in shallow-water sediments.
Single celled organisms and soft bodied animals are not as likely to be found as fossils. Usually only animals with "hard parts" such as bone and shell are preserved.
Fossil evidence shows what plants used to be alive in other geological eras. The Ginkgo is one of the ones that made it. Some people call it a "Maidenhair Tree". It's the last one of its kind.
Biotechnology, significantly fueled by insights reaped from the genome project, will play a significant role in improving the use of fossil-based resources.
Evolutionary biology is partly based on paleontology, which uses the fossil record to answer questions about the mode and tempo of evolution,[45] and partly on the developments in areas such as population genetics[46] and evolutionary theory.
Cambrian: Cambria is the old name for Wales (UK) where the first skeletalized animal fossils were found. The first period in the Palaeozoic era marked by the occurrence of many forms of invertebrate life (540-500 Mya).
Paleontology. The study of the fossil record of past geo- logical periods and of the phylogenetic relationships between ancient and contemporary plant and animal species.
Palindrome. See Palindromic sequence.
It also generally includes paleontologists who use fossils to answer questions about the mode and tempo of evolution, as well as theoreticians in areas such as population genetics and evolutionary theory.
Nonrenewable Resource: A resource that is in limited supply and can't be replenished by natural processes, at least not for thousands of years or more. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources. Compare renewable resource.
[L. vestigium - a footprint, a track, a trace]. Any structure or organ that is reduced in size or function when compared to a previous embryonic stage or similar structure in related organisms or in the fossil record.
 See also: Organ, Plant, Life, Species, Evolution
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