Fossil+remains
61Dali (fossil) — Dali Skull Common name Dali Skull Species Probably Archaic Homo sapiens Age 209,000 Place discovered China Date discovered 1978 …
62Kromdraai fossil site — Infobox protected area | name = Kromdraai Fossil Site, Cradle of Humankind caption = Map of South Africa locator x = 195 locator y = 98 location = Gauteng, South Africa nearest city = Krugersdorp, South Africa lat degrees = 26 lat minutes = 00… …
63Lake Mungo remains — Mungo Man The Lake Mungo remains consist of two prominent fossils: Lake Mungo 1 (also known as Mungo Lady, LM1, or ANU 618) and Lake Mungo 3 (or Mungo Man, Lake Mungo III, or LM3). Lake Mungo is located in New South Wales, Australia, a World… …
64Index fossil — Index fossils (also known as guide fossils or zone fossils) are fossils used to define and identify geologic periods (or faunal stages). They work on the premise that, although different sediments may look different depending on the conditions… …
65Agate Fossil Beds National Monument — Natural depository of an extinct animal community on the Niobrara River, northwestern Nebraska, U.S. The beds, laid down as sedimentary deposits 20 million years ago, bear the remains of prehistoric mammals. Discovered с 1878, the site was named… …
66Gibraltar remains — ▪ human fossils Neanderthal fossils and associated materials found at Gibraltar, on the southern tip of Spain. The Gibraltar limestone is riddled with natural caves, many of which were at times occupied by Neanderthals during the Late… …
67mold fossil — noun A fossil formed when an animal, plant, or other organism dies and is covered by sediment, its flesh decays and bones deteriorate due to chemical reactions, and a cavity remains below the ground surface; the cavitys interior surface is an… …
68trace fossil — noun A type of fossil reflecting the reworking of sediments and hard substrates by organisms, rather than the physical remains of the organism itself. This includes structures such as burrows, trails, impressions, coprolites and borings …
69index fossil — noun Any ancient remains of a plant or animal that lived during a specific geological period and that can be used to date the containing rocks …
70Chancelade skeleton — fossil remains of a human (genus Homo) discovered in 1888 in a rock shelter at Chancelade, southwestern France. The 17,000 year old skeleton was found in a curled posture an indication of a deliberate burial below the floor of the shelter.… …
