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Example sentences for: excavation

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From viewing stations, visitors may observe the excavation of fossilized remains.
This excavation at Zhoukoudian, estimated to be 500,000–690,000 years old, constituted one of the major chapters in modern paleontology, since it was the first evidence that early man (Homo erectus) might have evolved in Asia as well as Africa.
Paralleling RGC loss, optic nerve head excavation or cupping was also more severe and more frequent (P < 0.0001, Chi-square) in AKXD28 than D2 mice.
For nearly 900 years, it was left in ruins, and not until 1910 did the slow work of excavation begin.
Optic nerve excavation occurred in only 11 of 24 D2 mice that were 18 months or older.