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Fossil - Wikipedia A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis, lit ' obtained by digging ' ) [ 1 ] is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age Examples include bones , shells , exoskeletons , stone imprints of animals or microbes , objects preserved in amber , hair , petrified wood and DNA remnants
Fossil | Definition, Types, Examples, Facts | Britannica fossil, remnant, impression, or trace of an animal or plant of a past geologic age that has been preserved in Earth’s crust The complex of data recorded in fossils worldwide—known as the fossil record—is the primary source of information about the history of life on Earth
Fossil - Education | National Geographic Society A fossil can preserve an entire organism, just part, or traces of one (for example, footprints) Bones, shells, fur, skin, footprints, feathers and leaves can all become fossils Fossils can be very large or very small
What is a Fossil? - U. S. National Park Service Fossils provide information about plants, animals, and microorganisms that have lived on Earth throughout geologic time What a fossil is can be highly variable Fossils range from the bones of giant dinosaurs like Apatosaurus to the remains of microscopic organisms or grains of pollen Fossils also include hefty chunks of petrified wood and
What Are Fossils and What Do They Teach Us About Earth’s History? The Fossil Hunters: Heroes of Deep Time Behind every fossil is a story—not just of the creature it once was, but of the human who unearthed it Fossil hunting requires grit, patience, and a certain romantic obsession with the past From Mary Anning, the 19th-century British woman who uncovered the first ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs, to
Fossils - Definition, Types and Formation - Biology Dictionary A fossil is the mineralized partial or complete form of an organism, or of an organism’s activity, that has been preserved as a cast, impression or mold A fossil gives tangible, physical evidence of ancient life and has provided the basis of the theory of evolution in the absence of preserved soft tissues