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The mud helped to preserve and fossilize the wood.
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Set in a form of fossil resin called copal, the specimen represents a new species named Myrmarachne colombiana, and is the first ant-mimicking spider from Colombia, whether fossilized or non-fossilized.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The acid decays the tooth, but also destroys DNA and stops the dental plaque from fossilizing and hardening over time.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
Impressions of early rope fossilized in clay or depictions of it in prehistoric art are essentially the only evidence that has survived into the modern day, the scientists write.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
These drill holes were also made prior to the bones becoming fossilized, meaning that humans must have existed alongside these megafauna to have access to their fresh bones.
—Ryan McRae, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023
Ice doesn’t fossilize, so there’s no direct evidence showing how far the southernmost continent’s glaciers stretched in the distant past.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2023
Different types of organisms are likely to have fossilized in different types of environments, but the most crucial aspect of fossilization is a quick burial in a place where the organism is least likely to be scavenged, according to Gibson.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
The fried pigskin sprinkles, which usually add a welcome crackle to the sandwich, have fossilized into something hard and tooth-rattling.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
Over time, sediment buried the bones, which fossilized and drifted with the continents to what is now northeastern France.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2024
The acid decays the tooth, but also destroys DNA and stops the dental plaque from fossilizing and hardening over time.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
Impressions of early rope fossilized in clay or depictions of it in prehistoric art are essentially the only evidence that has survived into the modern day, the scientists write.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
These drill holes were also made prior to the bones becoming fossilized, meaning that humans must have existed alongside these megafauna to have access to their fresh bones.
—Ryan McRae, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023
Ice doesn’t fossilize, so there’s no direct evidence showing how far the southernmost continent’s glaciers stretched in the distant past.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 21 Dec. 2023
Different types of organisms are likely to have fossilized in different types of environments, but the most crucial aspect of fossilization is a quick burial in a place where the organism is least likely to be scavenged, according to Gibson.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
The fried pigskin sprinkles, which usually add a welcome crackle to the sandwich, have fossilized into something hard and tooth-rattling.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
Over time, sediment buried the bones, which fossilized and drifted with the continents to what is now northeastern France.
—Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
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fossilize
verb
fos·sil·ize
ˈfäs-ə-ˌlīz 
fossilized; fossilizing
: to change or become changed into a fossil
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