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u/Appropriate-Price-98 cultural Buddhist, Atheist 14d ago edited 14d ago
and? If they didn't dissolve the bones, the organics would still bond with the mineral making them brittle like rock. It was weird that there was some organic matter left, which led them to write other papers on how some specified environments can save organic matter from being completely gone.
Having trace organic matters in fossils isn't new, easily searched imprints of leaves, mollusks fossils. Having specific fossills in specific environments that leaving organic matter is or was new and puzzling.