Sentences with phrase «jumbled bones»

The jumbled bones, still nestled in sediment, include the fish's ribs, fins, and skull.

Fossil sites often contain the jumbled bones of several animals, and paleontologists must determine which bone belongs to which animal.

Using simulations of the scientists» tools, you can virtually uncover the fossil, examine its jumbled bones, and piece together the skeleton.

Not exact matches

If the signaling error occurs before the cells have differentiated to become either bone or hair or skin, the result can be a teratoma, a tumor that contains a jumble of cell types.

Ancient bones from many animals lying in a big jumble are more easily put in context than you might think.

For example, they note, Saitta used stegosaur skeletons from the Aathal Dinosaur Museum in Switzerland as a model to help sort out the jumble of bones dug out of the quarry.

But when it comes to dinosaurs, all they really have to work with is an incomplete jumble of bones.

Paleontologists often find fossils in a jumble containing many species» remains, and then struggle with the question of whether the mixed bones represent the community as it existed when the animals lived.

Compared with the spectacularly preserved dinosaur skeletons in the museum's collections, this tiny wing — its delicate bones jumbled and crushed — is decidedly unglamorous.

Whatever transported the eggs to their resting place likely damaged them, so the bones are jumbled and incomplete.

Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: Too late.»

Over the bleached bones and jumbled residue of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: «Too late.»