living fossil

Because of that, it is sometimes called a living fossil.

The plants have often been considered to be a living fossil.

They are, in effect, living fossils whose origins go back 350 million years.

And in validation of his own status as a living fossil.

They are described as "living fossils" and relatively little is known about them.

From this perspective, it is humans who are the living fossils.

She's a living fossil, you know, unchanged in millions of years.

Living fossils are not identical to their ancestors, of course.

If he had been a living fossil long ago, he was far more of one now.

Some people have called the giant panda a living fossil.

The various species look very similar, and the genus is a good example of a living fossil.

This species, along with others in the family, have changed little over the past 200 million years, and thus represent "living fossils".

Yes, and it was easy for our parents to buy the fealty of these living fossils from the family past.

The ginkgo tree is what scientists call a living fossil.

The okapi is sometimes referred to as an example of a living fossil.

This tree is a "living fossil" dating back to the age of the dinosaurs.

It is a living fossil with no close relatives: its fossils date from 230 million years ago.

The giant panda has been referred to as a living fossil.

"Living fossil" is a turn of phrase, not a literal interpretation.

Living fossils a link to the beginning of life.

Its identification as a "living fossil" caused a scientific sensation.

Because of the great age of this species it is sometimes described as a living fossil.

Indeed the horseshoe crabs are often considered to be living fossils.

The endangered Purple frog was discovered in 2003 to be a living fossil.

Informal sources commonly refer to the plant as a "living fossil".