In short, yes. But we have to actively work to avoid repeating the abuses of mining for coal and other fossil fuels.

Fossil vertebrae excavated during a mine dig in western India are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever existed.

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A fossil hunter found all eight pieces of it while wading ... when fossils were dumped in huge open spoil piles during strip-mining operations for coal. The mines eventually played out and were ...