Word: fossilizing
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...Fossil-Hunting...
Modern artists have apparently reached a stage of development which would defy even the criticism of the most conservative critics. A certain Mr. Deckinson of the individualist faith, having painted a picture entitled "The Fossil Hunters" in ghostly gray with a recumbent old man delicately pointing a twig in the general direction of a grind stone in the semi-abstract, won a five hundred dollar prize. Unfortunately, the photographer commissioned to take a picture of this work of art, being a conservative in the matter of posing and of regard for the limitations of his patrons, noted something amiss...
...What is a Fossil?" Professor Raymond, Geology Museum...
...University Museum of Comparative Zoology today opens a large Fossil Exhibition of extensive scope in the north wing of the University Museum. The exhibition covers the entire ground floor of that section of the Museum and includes four rooms, in which are located many new fossils...
...exhibition of invertebrate fossils is contained in one room. The specimens have been arranged systematically, giving the geneology of each group and showing the relationship to living representatives. These are numerous restorations, showing the probable habits of life and the appearance of the animals when alive. An entire case is devoted to an exposition of "how an animal becomes a fossil, and how deceptive fossil-like forms may be produced". This is one of the most interesting parts of the exhibit as it shows the steps in the development of a fossil, the appearance of which is vividly pictured...