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> "It doesn't matter how; all their skeletons should be somewhere in the fossil record." This is false. Most skeletons decompose. Only some happen to end up
by metalliqaz 6y ago
> "It doesn't matter how; all their skeletons should be somewhere in the fossil record."
This is false. Most skeletons decompose. Only some happen to end up in the right spot to remain intact long enough to become fossils. Also, these mammoth remains aren't fossilized, they aren't old enough. These are just remains that have been preserved.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoOk, how about "represented in equal numbers in the fossil record". Leading to the main point: why would male skeletons happen to be preserved more often? Any ideas? That involve science, not guesses about impossible-to-measure Mastadon behavior.