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xtaberry t1_ist65s7 wrote on October 18, 2022 at 2:57 PM

Reply to comment by hilburn in How can we know details about animals that lived thousands of years ago if all we have are bones? by DemetrioGonz

And fossils usually form due to one of those kinds of events. The body needs to be quickly covered with sediment after death to have the best chance to become a fossil.