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A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis, lit. 'obtained by digging') is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
History, History of study & Fossilization processes
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Fossil | is a | fossil found in rock that accumulated significantly later than when the fossilized animal or plant died | 0.90 | text |
| plaster | instance of | the silicone acts as a mold to be refilled with a liquid | 0.80 | text |
| which hardens into a plaster cast | instance of | the silicone acts as a mold to be refilled with a liquid | 0.80 | text |
| 3D printing serve a similar purpose.Internal mold | instance of | More recent technologies | 0.80 | text |
| siderite | instance of | can act as a nucleus for the precipitation of minerals | 0.80 | text |
| resulting in a nodule forming around it | instance of | can act as a nucleus for the precipitation of minerals | 0.80 | text |
| insects | instance of | predominantly arthropods | 0.80 | text |
| spiders | instance of | predominantly arthropods | 0.80 | text |
| and only extremely rarely a vertebrate such as a small lizard | instance of | predominantly arthropods | 0.80 | text |
| that of mollusks or amber | instance of | Fossils however may consist of relatively unaltered material | 0.80 | text |
| the chemistry of the environment may have been responsible for changes.While prokaryotic cyanobacteria themselves reproduce asexually through cell division | instance of | Factors | 0.80 | text |
| they were instrumental in priming the environment for the evolutionary development of more complex eukaryotic organisms | instance of | Factors | 0.80 | text |
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