Learn how fossils form through sedimentation and mineralization. Discover types like moulds, casts, and trace fossils in our guide.

One hypothesis suggests the fossils may have been traded for use in ritual or medicinal practices, researchers said. Photo by Jens Lehmann. During an excavation on Morocco’s Mogador Island, ...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Fossils Are Where You Find Them -- 1. Fantastic Fossils -- 2. How Are Fossils Formed? -- 3. What Kinds of Rocks Yield Fossils? -- 4.

A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities challenges previous classifications paleontologists use ...

A new study by the University of Minnesota challenges previous classifications paleontologists use to determine how the ...