 Fossils
"Fossils" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Remains, impressions, or traces of animals or plants of past geological times which have been preserved in the earth's crust.
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D005580
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| 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 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2012 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 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 | 3 | 5 | | 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fossils" by people in Profiles.
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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.
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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 Jun; 246(6):892-906.
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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.
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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.
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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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Deanna R, Mart?nez C, Manchester S, Wilf P, Campos A, Knapp S, Chiarini FE, Barboza GE, Bernardello G, Sauquet H, Dean E, Orejuela A, Smith SD. Fossil berries reveal global radiation of the nightshade family by the early Cenozoic. New Phytol. 2023 06; 238(6):2685-2697.
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Finger TE. Dinosaurs: Clever creatures or bird brains? J Comp Neurol. 2023 06; 531(9):954-955.
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White CL, Bloch JI, Morse PE, Silcox MT. Virtual endocast of late Paleocene Niptomomys (Microsyopidae, Euarchonta) and early primate brain evolution. J Hum Evol. 2023 02; 175:103303.
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Morse PE. Fossil primate research at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Evol Anthropol. 2022 Jan; 31(1):9-11.
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McNutt EJ, Hatala KG, Miller C, Adams J, Casana J, Deane AS, Dominy NJ, Fabian K, Fannin LD, Gaughan S, Gill SV, Gurtu J, Gustafson E, Hill AC, Johnson C, Kallindo S, Kilham B, Kilham P, Kim E, Liutkus-Pierce C, Maley B, Prabhat A, Reader J, Rubin S, Thompson NE, Thornburg R, Williams-Hatala EM, Zimmer B, Musiba CM, DeSilva JM. Footprint evidence of early hominin locomotor diversity at Laetoli, Tanzania. Nature. 2021 12; 600(7889):468-471.
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