6 sentences with 'fossils'
Example sentences and phrases with the word fossils and other words derived from it.
• « In both human fossils - which date back to more than 35,000 years ago - there was also evidence of significant arthrosis of the cervical region of the spine. »
• « For centuries, naturalists (the term for what would later become known as biologists) had been puzzled by the fact that fossils of marine animals could be found on mountaintops. »
• « Likewise, fossils embedded in rock were an enigma that the biblical creation story could not explain. »
• « Nevertheless, Darwin's theory was the first to systematically explain the existence of fossils and biological adaptation on the basis of hard evidence. »
• « Even today it is surprising that bones, apparently so fragile, can survive millions of years as fossils. »
• « This "resurrected" specimen was followed by others, and since then hundreds of coelacanths have been caught; thus, the world's museums can replace old fossils in clay with gleaming pressurised aquariums, where the giant coelacanths must continue with life as usual, unaware of their fame and the controversy that their appearance generated among biologists all over the planet. »