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Most things that die are quickly picked clean to the bones by scavengers, insects, etc. I doubt for a normal skeleton there's much left around it.
by lutorm 9y ago
Most things that die are quickly picked clean to the bones by scavengers, insects, etc. I doubt for a normal skeleton there's much left around it.
- digikata 9y agoBut cases where that information is preserved are probably more prevalent that this case where the soft tissue was fossilized by harder minerals. So I would guess in terms of probability of occurence: skin-hard-fossilized < soft-tissue-soft "fossilized" < picked clean...