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VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-07-25

“the effectiveness of the fossilization process and how good it is at preserving a history of what has happened on our planet,”

Jan Zalasiewicz · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-25

Zalasiewicz argued that Schmidt and Frank underestimated the fossilization process's effectiveness at preserving planetary history.

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