"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D005580
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.076.368.584.311
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fossils" by people in Profiles.
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Three-dimensional genome architecture persists in a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin sample. Cell. 2024 Jul 11; 187(14):3541-3562.e51.
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Primate phylogenomics uncovers multiple rapid radiations and ancient interspecific introgression. PLoS Biol. 2020 12; 18(12):e3000954.
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Investigating Biotic Interactions in Deep Time. Trends Ecol Evol. 2021 01; 36(1):61-75.
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The Prevotella copri Complex Comprises Four Distinct Clades Underrepresented in Westernized Populations. Cell Host Microbe. 2019 11 13; 26(5):666-679.e7.
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Reorganization of surviving mammal communities after the end-Pleistocene megafaunal extinction. Science. 2019 09 20; 365(6459):1305-1308.
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Palaeoproteomics resolves sloth relationships. Nat Ecol Evol. 2019 07; 3(7):1121-1130.
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Physiology, Metabolism, and Fossilization of Hot-Spring Filamentous Microbial Mats. Astrobiology. 2019 12; 19(12):1442-1458.
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Archaic human remains from Hualongdong, China, and Middle Pleistocene human continuity and variation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 05 14; 116(20):9820-9824.
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Ancient plant DNA in the genomic era. Nat Plants. 2018 07; 4(7):394-396.
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Early history of Neanderthals and Denisovans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 09 12; 114(37):9859-9863.