Fossilization requires rapid burial, low oxygen, and favorable chemistry. The odds of any one person becoming a fossil are roughly 1 in tens of millions. Even large ancient populations would leave virtually no skeletal record after 100,000 years. Most of human history is simply gone. 🦷💀
Human remains are statistically unlikely to fossilize
Key facts
- Rapid burial, low oxygen, and favorable chemistry are required for bone fossilization.
- The odds of a single human becoming a fossil are roughly 1 in tens of millions.
- Even a large ancient population would leave virtually no skeletal record after 100 000 years.
Sources
How can I become a fossil? - BBCbbc.com
Less than one-10th of 1% of all species that have ever lived became fossils. But from skipping a coffin to avoiding Iran, there are ways to ...
What are the odds of a dead dinosaur becoming fossilized?scientificamerican.com
It is often stated in the paleontological literature that the chance an animal will become fossilized is "one in a million."
How Long do Fossils Take to Form? - Geoscience Research Institutegrisda.org
Modern observations tell us that only a very small proportion of the organisms living in a given environment will eventually become fossilized.
Fossilization is Rare - 8TH-GRADE SCIENCEscience8sc.weebly.com
Not many plants and animals are lucky enough to last 10,000 years or more and be turned into fossils. When an animal or plant dies its remains usually rot ...
Experiment: Fast-Formed Fossils - Answers in Genesisanswersingenesis.org
Do fossils require millions of years to form? Hardly! Even secular geologists now recognize that rocks form very quickly.
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