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2006-10-11 13:05:09 · 13 answers · asked by aya 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the mineralized or otherwise preserved remains or traces (such as footprints) of animals, plants, and other organisms. The totality of fossils and their placement in fossiliferous (fossil-containing) rock formations and sedimentary layers (strata) is known as the fossil record
Generally just digging up bones wouldn't make them a fossil. They need to be in sedimentary rock. Archeologists may get bones from digs to find out what people ate etc., but these are not fossils.
2006-10-11 13:15:28 · answer #1 · answered by Sean P 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A bone is fossilized if it has been in a very specific circumstance for a long period of time, which allows replacement of the bone with minerals, but does not decay or disintegrate before that happens. You have fossilized shells, trees and other items. ONLY if this process has happened can a bone be considered a fossil.
A bone which is not fossilized is just that --a bone, or more PC, "remains".
2006-10-11 13:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A skull is a bone, and you can have fossils of bones, but fossilization occurs when mineral-rich water seeps into the porous bones and creates a cast of that bone. So with fossils, there's very little, if any, bone left.
2006-10-11 13:13:16 · answer #3 · answered by answersBeta2.1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends if its been there for awhile over 200 years ago it will be a fossil if its only like 20 years old i would consider it a bone.
2006-10-11 13:09:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a cranium via itself isn't a fossil. A fossil is the imprint left in rock after minerals have eaten away and altered the certainly bone. for this reason, a bone via definition isn't a fossil.
2016-12-13 06:39:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not nessecarily, A fossil is anything that is belonging to the past so just b/c its a bone doesnt mean its a fossil.
2006-10-11 13:16:30 · answer #6 · answered by kodiakkia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only if the actual bone material has either converted, or mostly converted, into rock, THEN it can be a fossil.
2006-10-11 13:21:11 · answer #7 · answered by Archangel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
neither. to be honest, a fossil is a rock.
now it it has to be formed of the calcium deposits that are left by the bone. oh, and a skull is a bone... just an fyi.
2006-10-11 13:09:34 · answer #8 · answered by uncletoon2005 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
All bones fossilize.
2006-10-11 13:09:44 · answer #9 · answered by mark M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, if it is a bone or ar any other preserved part of something that is now gone
2006-10-11 13:08:41 · answer #10 · answered by tyler d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋