When does a bone become a fossil? As organic material in a bone gets replaced by minerals over time, it becomes a fossil. But that can happen at different rates even within the same individual

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When does a bone become a fossil? As organic material in a bone gets replaced by minerals over time, it becomes a fossil. But that can happen at different rates even within the same individual (archive.ph)

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Doesn't fossil just mean "dug up"?

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No, read it

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Welcome to Archeology, a place to post anything relevant to the sciences of the Earth's ancient past. Be it an Archeology, Paleontology, Anthropology, Ancient Text, Shipwreck, Cartography, or a Fossil link, they're all welcome here.

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