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a person with old-fashioned ideas
some old fossil who thinks that a boy and a girl shouldn't be together unsupervised until they are engaged
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Recent Examples of fossils
Herr was waiting for him at the top, where the rock formations were bleached and pocked with fossils.
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Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
For years, these fossils lay in quiet obscurity, their significance hidden.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
However, even these simulations would be restricted to the information gleaned from the fossils themselves.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Most of these fossils are fragmentary, consisting of only a few bones or parts of bones.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2024
Microraptorian fossils, such as the fossil above, provide insights into the origin of flight.
—Margherita Bassi, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Bone fossils almost never capture an animal in motion.
—Margherita Bassi, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Once thought unique to birds, this structure has also been identified in theropod fossils, highlighting some deep evolutionary roots.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
This new, comprehensive picture of the Triassic and Jurassic periods combines information from the dino poop with climate data, along with details from other fossils, including plants, footprints and bones.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
For years, these fossils lay in quiet obscurity, their significance hidden.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
However, even these simulations would be restricted to the information gleaned from the fossils themselves.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Most of these fossils are fragmentary, consisting of only a few bones or parts of bones.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Dec. 2024
Microraptorian fossils, such as the fossil above, provide insights into the origin of flight.
—Margherita Bassi, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Bone fossils almost never capture an animal in motion.
—Margherita Bassi, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Once thought unique to birds, this structure has also been identified in theropod fossils, highlighting some deep evolutionary roots.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
This new, comprehensive picture of the Triassic and Jurassic periods combines information from the dino poop with climate data, along with details from other fossils, including plants, footprints and bones.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Fossils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fossils. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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