How Fossils Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 3 March 2011

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A fossil is a piece of once-living organic material that has undergone a transition from an organic state to an inorganic state. But what exactly is fossilization? Listen in as Josh and Chuck break down the process of fossilization.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
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0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:30.4	Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 Camry.
0:33.3	It's ready for you.
0:35.8	Welcome to Stucky Should Know, GrimhouseStopworks.com.
0:45.8	Hey and welcome to The Podcast.
0:47.2	I'm Josh Clark.
0:48.4	With me is always the intrepid paleontologist Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
0:55.4	It's terrible isn't it?
0:57.4	No I like it.
0:58.4	Okay.
0:59.4	I wish I was a paleontologist.
1:00.4	But you're new nickname or intrepid at least.
1:03.4	Let's just go with paleontologists and that'd be great.
1:06.4	We're talking fossils today dude.
1:08.4	This isn't really interesting stuff.
1:10.4	It really is.
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