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The most profound story of this type is the account of finding a leaf, in 10's of million year old clay, that when exposed, was green, but then very very rapidl
by metalman 2y ago
The most profound story of this type is the account of finding a leaf, in 10's of million year old clay, that when exposed, was green, but then very very rapidly oxidised and crumbled.Ref: from somewhere in the great lakes region? 90's mag, likely sciam.Also similar storys of other very ancient soft tissues, somewhat contentious, though
it is understood that,unless lithified, ancient organic remains are exceptionaly fragile and do crumble quickly without meticulous and complicated
preservation tecniques, the three common reasons for presevation in situ are freezing ,water saturation, or drying/mumification.
The shear volume of artifacts that humans have, and are leaving behind, insures plenty of interesting finds availible into the far future.
- throwaway63203 2y agoThere are a few unconfirmed stories about people eating mammoth meat that had been frozen in ice for thousands of years https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2023/12/04/episode-357-when-scientists-ate-mammoth-meat/ https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2023/12/04/episode...
- metalman 2y agoNative indiginous tribes are now taking field trips walking around on melting glaciers, where there are regular finds of artifacts that there ancient ancestors missplaced.Also digs at camp sites, but no digs of graves, as that is not allowed, even the discussion of the deceased is prohibited in native culture.Lost ,forgoten, or abandoned, bieng one thing, deliberatly burried another. But by all accounts the finding of freshly expossed artifacts by native youth has a strong effect on there feelings of conection to the land and there people.