Tiny Sea Animal Fossils Found Near a Whale
Small fossils near whale bones give clues about life in an ancient sea.
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have in . The are 9.5 . The the this .
The from . are to . the in in 2018.
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Source: Museum of Southern Jutland via Brightsurf, 2026-11-03.
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In this lesson: Separate the age of fossils from their collection date and identify what remains unknown.
Grammar in this story: A possible past event
may have gathered
May have + past participle describes a possible event in the past. It is more cautious than “gathered”, which would present the event as definite.
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Write two sentences separating the fossils’ age from the date their surrounding soil was collected.
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The fossils are about 9.5 million years old. Researchers studied pieces from soil collected beside whale bones in 2018.
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