[HN Gopher] Fossils are found all over, but what made them was a...
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       Fossils are found all over, but what made them was a mystery
        
       Author : Petiver
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2024-08-25 18:03 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
        
       | nemomarx wrote:
       | One of those headline rules got this one - it's supposed to say
       | These fossils. Maybe edit to be more specific? Dumbbell shaped?
        
         | AlbertCory wrote:
         | Yes. I thought this was going to be more "creationism" stuff
         | (God made the fossils to test our faith /s)
        
         | mrbluecoat wrote:
         | Perhaps "Phallic Fossils Found" would have generated even more
         | clicks?
        
         | jumploops wrote:
         | Apparently the fossils are bifungites, created by an
         | unidentified marine worm species.
         | 
         | The new findings suggest these worms belong to a group called
         | Annulitubus.
        
         | dredmorbius wrote:
         | Email improvements/suggestions to the mods at
         | hn@ycombinator.com.
         | 
         | I've done so in this case suggesting the subhead, slightly
         | edited, as "Marine worms made at least some trace fossil
         | burrows called Bifungites" (71 characters).
         | 
         | Contrary to popular belief, HN _does_ permit title
         | substitution, though it strongly prefers text from an alternate
         | title or article text. See dang 's guidance, e.g.:
         | 
         | <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39508321>
         | 
         | <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14833599>
        
       | johncessna wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/Zov3M
        
       | webwielder2 wrote:
       | (1858)
        
         | dredmorbius wrote:
         | The article is dated 2024. Why do you suggest an earlier year?
        
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