Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
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ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Fossils are the dead remaining traces of the living organism. There are many processes of fossilization, but most of them are formed due to the embedding of the organism inside the rocks and under the ground.

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