Heat and high pressure produce lab-made fossils in a day

Fossils are certainly fascinating, but the darn things do take rather a long time to form. What if you want to fossilize something as fast as possible? Well, scientists have developed a method of doing so within about 24 hours – and it could lead to big advances in the field of paleontology.

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Category: Science

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• Fossils
• Paleontology
• The Field Museum of Natural History
• University of Bristol

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