It is a highly unlikely process that is the result of a chain of events, not just at the "creation" end but also at the "discovery" end: that the bones are clos

It is a highly unlikely process that is the result of a chain of events, not just at the "creation" end but also at the "discovery" end: that the bones are close enough to the surface to be detected, but haven't been eroded away yet. The fossils we have are from hundreds of millions of years, we only got to get the most common species which lived in the places that were good for fossilization, the fraction of a fraction of all animals that lived. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-are-fossils-formed.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-are-fossils-formed.html