"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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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fossils" by people in Profiles.
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NASA has launched the most ambitious Mars rover ever built: here's what happens next. Nature. 2020 08; 584(7819):15-16.
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The fight for control over virtual fossils. Nature. 2019 03; 567(7746):20-23.
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Porcupine gnaw marks on a Late Pliocene bone from the Upper Siwaliks exposed near Village Khetpurali (Haryana, India). An Acad Bras Cienc. 2019 Feb 14; 91(1):e20170910.
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Siberia's ancient ghost clan starts to surrender its secrets. Nature. 2019 02; 566(7745):444-446.
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Soft-tissue evidence for homeothermy and crypsis in a Jurassic ichthyosaur. Nature. 2018 12; 564(7736):359-365.
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Niche adaptation and viral transmission of human papillomaviruses from archaic hominins to modern humans. PLoS Pathog. 2018 11; 14(11):e1007352.
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Did Caravaggio die of Staphylococcus aureus sepsis? Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 11; 18(11):1178.
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Discovery of vibrant deep-sea life prompts new worries over seabed mining. Nature. 2018 09; 561(7724):443-444.
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The fossil record and the origin of ticks revisited. Exp Appl Acarol. 2018 Jun; 75(2):255-261.
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The taphonomic fate of isorenieratene in Lower Jurassic shales-controlled by iron? Geobiology. 2018 05; 16(3):237-251.