fossil

01. A woman recently found the [fossil] of one of the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived in a river bed in northern British Columbia.

02. You can see the [fossils] of leaves and small animals in these rocks we found at the beach.

03. The [fossilized] remains of some of the oldest known human ancestors were discovered by Richard Leakey in Kenya.

04. If you don't work actively on reducing your accent, your pronunciation problems may [fossilize], which could make it almost impossible to improve.

05. The children were fascinated by the [fossilized] dinosaur bones of a tyrannosaurus rex.

06. Scientists believe they have found the [fossil] of a dinosaur which seems to show evidence of some kind of feathers.

07. The organization has become [fossilized] in its ways, and is no longer able to respond to the needs of a modern clientele.

08. The giant panda first appeared in the [fossil] record some three million years ago.

09. Ostriches are believed to be the oldest living birds; their [fossils] date back to when dinosaurs walked the Earth.

10. Astronomers can reconstruct the history of our galaxy from the [fossil] it left behind as it evolved.

11. The oldest [fossils] hint that life on our planet began in the oceans.

12. Shark [fossil] records date back more than twice as long as that of the dinosaurs.

13. Chalk is made from tiny plankton [fossils].

14. Cockroaches have lived on earth for 250 million years, and many varieties found today look identical to the [fossilized] record of their ancestors.

15. [Fossils] of insects have been found that are up to 350 million years old, while the oldest human ancestor appeared roughly 5-10 million years ago.

16. Skiing has existed for a long time; anthropologists have found [fossilized] skis over 5,000 years old.

17. The earliest date to which [fossils] can be traced is 600 million B.C.

18. In the year 2000, the [fossil] of a new species of snake with small front and hind legs was found in 95-million-year-old deposits near Jerusalem.

19. Living [fossils] are surviving representatives of ancient groups of plants or animals.

20. Buddhism has not [fossilized], and is still evolving to meet the differing circumstances of a changing world.