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																		 Fossils
 
																		 
																		
																	 
																		 
																		
																	 
																			
																					
	"Fossils" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				Remains, impressions, or traces of animals or plants of past geological times which have been preserved in the earth's crust.
    
			 
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D005580 |  
						| MeSH Number(s) | I01.076.368.584.311 |  
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				This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fossils" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fossils" was a major or minor topic of these publications.  
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 | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |  | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |  | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |  | 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |  | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 |  | 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 |  | 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 |  | 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 |  | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |  | 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 |  | 2016 | 0 | 4 | 4 |  | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |  | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |  | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |  | 2020 | 0 | 5 | 5 |  | 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |  | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | 2023 | 2 | 4 | 6 |  | 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 
 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Fossils" by people in Profiles. 		
					
								
								Berger LR, Makhubela TV, Molopyane K, Krüger A, Randolph-Quinney P, Elliott M, Peixotto B, Fuentes A, Tafforeau P, Beyrand V, Dollman K, Jinnah Z, Brewer Gillham A, Broad K, Brophy J, Chinamatira G, Dirks PHGM, Feuerriegel E, Gurtov A, Hlophe N, Hunter L, Hunter R, Jakata K, Jaskolski C, Morris H, Pryor E, Mpete M, Roberts EM, Smilg JS, Tsikoane M, Tucker S, Van Rooyen D, Warren K, Wren CD, Kissel M, Spikins P, Hawks J. Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi. Elife. 2025 Sep 01; 12.
								Kay RF, Kirk EC, Vizcaino SF, Bargo MS, Allen KL, Olson S, Morse PE. The Fossil Record of Anthropoid Brain Evolution. Am J Biol Anthropol. 2025 Jul; 187(3):e70081.
								Bolter DR, Cameron N, Wolfe CA, Boughner JC, Mahoney P, Schell L, Monson TA, Molopyane K, Berger L, Bernstein R, Churchill SE, Elton S, Hawks J, Leece AB, Pruetz J, Stull KE. Palaeoanthropology and the study of pre-adult fossil remains. Ann Hum Biol. 2025 Jun; 52(sup1):2512021.
								Alverson AJ, Roberts WR, Ruck EC, Nakov T, Ashworth MP, Brylka K, Downey KM, Kociolek JP, Parks M, Pinseel E, Theriot EC, Tye SP, Witkowski A, Beaulieu JM, Wickett NJ. Phylogenomics reveals the slow-burning fuse of diatom evolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jun 03; 122(22):e2500153122.
								Chapman TJ, Walker C, Churchill SE, Marchi D, Vereecke EE, DeSilva JM, Zipfel B, Hawks J, Jan SVS, Berger LR, Throckmorton Z. Long legs and small joints: The locomotor capabilities of Homo naledi. J Anat. 2025 06; 246(6):892-906.
								Zuntini AR, Carruthers T, Maurin O, Bailey PC, Leempoel K, Brewer GE, Epitawalage N, Françoso E, Gallego-Paramo B, McGinnie C, Negrão R, Roy SR, Simpson L, Toledo Romero E, Barber VMA, Botigué L, Clarkson JJ, Cowan RS, Dodsworth S, Johnson MG, Kim JT, Pokorny L, Wickett NJ, Antar GM, DeBolt L, Gutierrez K, Hendriks KP, Hoewener A, Hu AQ, Joyce EM, Kikuchi IABS, Larridon I, Larson DA, de Lírio EJ, Liu JX, Malakasi P, Przelomska NAS, Shah T, Viruel J, Allnutt TR, Ameka GK, Andrew RL, Appelhans MS, Arista M, Ariza MJ, Arroyo J, Arthan W, Bachelier JB, Bailey CD, Barnes HF, Barrett MD, Barrett RL, Bayer RJ, Bayly MJ, Biffin E, Biggs N, Birch JL, Bogarín D, Borosova R, Bowles AMC, Boyce PC, Bramley GLC, Briggs M, Broadhurst L, Brown GK, Bruhl JJ, Bruneau A, Buerki S, Burns E, Byrne M, Cable S, Calladine A, Callmander MW, Cano Á, Cantrill DJ, Cardinal-McTeague WM, Carlsen MM, Carruthers AJA, de Castro Mateo A, Chase MW, Chatrou LW, Cheek M, Chen S, Christenhusz MJM, Christin PA, Clements MA, Coffey SC, Conran JG, Cornejo X, Couvreur TLP, Cowie ID, Csiba L, Darbyshire I, Davidse G, Davies NMJ, Davis AP, van Dijk KJ, Downie SR, Duretto MF, Duvall MR, Edwards SL, Eggli U, Erkens RHJ, Escudero M, de la Estrella M, Fabriani F, Fay MF, Ferreira PL, Ficinski SZ, Fowler RM, Frisby S, Fu L, Fulcher T, Galbany-Casals M, Gardner EM, German DA, Giaretta A, Gibernau M, Gillespie LJ, González CC, Goyder DJ, Graham SW, Grall A, Green L, Gunn BF, Gutiérrez DG, Hackel J, Haevermans T, Haigh A, Hall JC, Hall T, Harrison MJ, Hatt SA, Hidalgo O, Hodkinson TR, Holmes GD, Hopkins HCF, Jackson CJ, James SA, Jobson RW, Kadereit G, Kahandawala IM, Kainulainen K, Kato M, Kellogg EA, King GJ, Klejevskaja B, Klitgaard BB, Klopper RR, Knapp S, Koch MA, Leebens-Mack JH, Lens F, Leon CJ, Léveillé-Bourret É, Lewis GP, Li DZ, Li L, Liede-Schumann S, Livshultz T, Lorence D, Lu M, Lu-Irving P, Luber J, Lucas EJ, Luján M, Lum M, Macfarlane TD, Magdalena C, Mansano VF, Masters LE, Mayo SJ, McColl K, McDonnell AJ, McDougall AE, McLay TGB, McPherson H, Meneses RI, Merckx VSFT, Michelangeli FA, Mitchell JD, Monro AK, Moore MJ, Mueller TL, Mummenhoff K, Munzinger J, Muriel P, Murphy DJ, Nargar K, Nauheimer L, Nge FJ, Nyffeler R, Orejuela A, Ortiz EM, Palazzesi L, Peixoto AL, Pell SK, Pellicer J, Penneys DS, Perez-Escobar OA, Persson C, Pignal M, Pillon Y, Pirani JR, Plunkett GM, Powell RF, Prance GT, Puglisi C, Qin M, Rabeler RK, Rees PEJ, Renner M, Roalson EH, Rodda M, Rogers ZS, Rokni S, Rutishauser R, de Salas MF, Schaefer H, Schley RJ, Schmidt-Lebuhn A, Shapcott A, Al-Shehbaz I, Shepherd KA, Simmons MP, Simões AO, Simões ARG, Siros M, Smidt EC, Smith JF, Snow N, Soltis DE, Soltis PS, Soreng RJ, Sothers CA, Starr JR, Stevens PF, Straub SCK, Struwe L, Taylor JM, Telford IRH, Thornhill AH, Tooth I, Trias-Blasi A, Udovicic F, Utteridge TMA, Del Valle JC, Verboom GA, Vonow HP, Vorontsova MS, de Vos JM, Al-Wattar N, Waycott M, Welker CAD, White AJ, Wieringa JJ, Williamson LT, Wilson TC, Wong SY, Woods LA, Woods R, Worboys S, Xanthos M, Yang Y, Zhang YX, Zhou MY, Zmarzty S, Zuloaga FO, Antonelli A, Bellot S, Crayn DM, Grace OM, Kersey PJ, Leitch IJ, Sauquet H, Smith SA, Eiserhardt WL, Forest F, Baker WJ. Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms. Nature. 2024 May; 629(8013):843-850.
								Sorrentino R, Carlson KJ, Orr CM, Pietrobelli A, Figus C, Li S, Conconi M, Sancisi N, Belvedere C, Zhu M, Fiorenza L, Hublin JJ, Jashashvili T, Novak M, Patel BA, Prang TC, Williams SA, Saers JPP, Stock JT, Ryan T, Myerson M, Leardini A, DeSilva J, Marchi D, Belcastro MG, Benazzi S. Morphological and evolutionary insights into the keystone element of the human foot's medial longitudinal arch. Commun Biol. 2023 10 19; 6(1):1061.
								Bolter DR, Cameron N, Hawks J, Churchill SE, Berger L, Bernstein R, Boughner JC, Elton S, Leece AB, Mahoney P, Molopyane K, Monson TA, Pruetz J, Schell L, Stull KE, Wolfe CA. Addressing the growing fossil record of subadult hominins by reaching across disciplines. Evol Anthropol. 2023 08; 32(4):180-184.
								Anderson RP, Woltz CR, Tosca NJ, Porter SM, Briggs DEG. Fossilisation processes and our reading of animal antiquity. Trends Ecol Evol. 2023 11; 38(11):1060-1071.
								Araujo RP, Riede F, Okumura M, Araujo AGM, Leplongeon A, Wren C, Rabu?al JR, Cardillo M, Cruz MB, Matzig DN. Benchmarking methods and data for the whole-outline geometric morphometric analysis of lithic tools. Evol Anthropol. 2023 06; 32(3):124-127. | 
																	
																		
																			
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