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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Fossils Are Where You Find Them -- 1. Fantastic Fossils -- 2. How Are Fossils Formed? -- 3. What Kinds of Rocks Yield Fossils? -- 4.

ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER, AND THIS MORNING WE’RE HEARING FROM A CERTIFIED PALEONTOLOGIST. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST ERIC BURRIS IS AT THE SCIENCE CENTER LEARNING ABOUT HOW FOSSILS ARE FORMED. HEY ...

Every once in a great while paleontological fieldwork turns up a fossil so extraordinary that it revolutionizes our understanding of the origin and evolution of an entire branch of the tree of life.

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