Thus, Aristotle's teleological ideas were able to fossilize into a relic that was used as the template against which new ideas were tested. |
Morphological species are important in palaeontology, for interbreeding ability does not fossilize. |
Clearly, such behaviors do not fossilize directly and have to be inferred from anatomy. |
What is stupid of Fred is to ask for detailed fossil data from organisms that don't fossilize well. |
They fossilize readily and in recognizable form because the interlocking desmas retain the original form of the sponge. |
Fossilized bones say nothing about external layers, and skin and clothes don't fossilize well. |