fossil evidence

collocation in English

meaningsoffossilandevidence

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fossil
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɒs.əl/us
/ˈfɑː.səl/
the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock for a very ...
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evidence
noun[U]
uk
/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/us
/ˈev.ə.dəns/
one or more reasons for believing that something is or is ...
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(Definition offossilandevidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffossil evidence

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Thefossilevidencesuggests that the adaptations necessary for articulate speech occurred only recently in hominid evolution.
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A thorough understanding of how such constituents change over time would allow us to extrapolate, fromfossilevidence, aspects of the original biochemistry.
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Finally, although it is not clear exactly when mammalian brain expansion began,fossilevidenceindicates that this was a late event in mammaliaform evolution.
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However, the currently availablefossilevidenceis not very conclusive regarding the precise age of these formations.
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The authors also assess howfossilevidencecould shed light on isocortical origin.
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However, our main interest here is in the discovery offossilevidencefor more conventional, photosynthetic forms of life originating from an earlier epoch.
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It is potentially falsifiable from further evidence from our great-ape cousins, and perhaps from furtherfossilevidenceon anatomical and inferred functional asymmetries in the early hominids.
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Attempts made to reconcile the molecular andfossilevidencehave proved controversial.
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Withfossilevidenceat about 26 million years old, it is the oldest known chameleon.
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Fossilevidenceof their skulls shows that they had a particularly acute sense of smell, while their teeth were adapted for shearing, rather than crushing.
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It may also take squid, paper nautilus, and swimming crabs, and there isfossilevidenceof it scavenging on whale carcasses.
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The oldest knownfossilevidenceof polar bears dates around 100,000 years ago.
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Since mammary glands do not fossilize well, supporting such theories withfossilevidenceis difficult.
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This theory is not supported byfossilevidence.
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Little is known about the genus, as the onlyfossilevidenceis a partial pubis - some paleontologists consider it to be a "nomen dubium".
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Although there is no surviving record of what sounds moa made, some idea of their calls can be gained fromfossilevidence.
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Analysis offossilevidenceand genetic distance are two of the means by which scientists understand this evolutionary history.
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Fossilevidenceshows jaguars of up to 190 kg (420 lb), much larger than the contemporary average for the animal.
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Thefossilevidenceof this species was comparably small, with for many years only femoral fragments and a maxilla known.
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