"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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| 2007 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2011 | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| 2012 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2013 | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2015 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 2016 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2017 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2019 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2020 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2021 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2022 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fossils" by people in Profiles.
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The end-Cretaceous mass extinction restructured functional diversity but failed to configure the modern marine biota. Sci Adv. 2025 May 23; 11(21):eadv1171.
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The origin of vertebrate teeth and evolution of sensory exoskeletons. Nature. 2025 Jun; 642(8066):119-124.
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Chicago Archaeopteryx informs on the early evolution of the avian bauplan. Nature. 2025 May; 641(8065):1201-1207.
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Cranial vault thickness, its internal organization, and its relationship with endocranial shape in Neanderthals and modern humans. J Hum Evol. 2025 Jul; 204:103683.
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Insights into the early evolution of modern avian physiology from fossilized soft tissues from the Mesozoic. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2025 Feb 27; 380(1920):20230426.
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Early-middle Permian Mediterranean gorgonopsian suggests an equatorial origin of therapsids. Nat Commun. 2024 12 17; 15(1):10346.
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Paleoinspired robotics as an experimental approach to the history of life. Sci Robot. 2024 Oct 23; 9(95):eadn1125.
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New enantiornithine diversity in the Hell Creek Formation and the functional morphology of the avisaurid tarsometatarsus. PLoS One. 2024; 19(10):e0310686.
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The enigmatic Triassic ovulate reproductive structures of Dordrechtites are recurved cupules fundamentally comparable to the cupules of Doylea and similar plants. New Phytol. 2024 Dec; 244(5):2089-2100.
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Direct evidence of frugivory in the Mesozoic bird Longipteryx contradicts morphological proxies for diet. Curr Biol. 2024 Oct 07; 34(19):4559-4566.e1.