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minus-squareWoodScientist@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoThere are fossilized humans. Fossilization really doesn’t take that much time, geologically speaking; it just requires very specific conditions.
minus-squareCopythis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoAbout how much time are we talkin here?
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI know there’s some animal fossils in New Zealand that date back to its colonization by the ancestors of the Maori, so about the 1400s. Though I don’t know if they are partially or fully fossilized.
There are fossilized humans. Fossilization really doesn’t take that much time, geologically speaking; it just requires very specific conditions.
About how much time are we talkin here?
I know there’s some animal fossils in New Zealand that date back to its colonization by the ancestors of the Maori, so about the 1400s. Though I don’t know if they are partially or fully fossilized.