Fossils
[fɒslz]
Examples
- These markings and fossils in the rocks and the rocks themselves are our first historical documents. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But when we call these rocks and the fossils a record and a history, it must not be supposed that there is any sign of an orderly keeping of a record. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At any time some new deposit may reveal fossils that will illuminate this question. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We find fossils in the Eocene of monkeys and lemurs, but of one particular creature we have as yet not a single bone. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At this period organized fossils first appear. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is all over now; but when I look back, the idea of these venerable fossils skipping forth on a six months' picnic, seems exquisitely refreshing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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