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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4566549, member: 5833&quot;]I have the same reservation.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]405491[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I know it is the term used, but I also have reservations about calling material like this &#039;fossilized&#039;, as to me that means once living tissue has been replaced by minerals or left an impression in a soft material that became hard over time.&nbsp; Fossils are rock.&nbsp; Material like this has been preserved by natural processes involving some combination of cold, dryness, protection from oxidation &amp; exposure to a natural preservative, such as tannin.&nbsp; To my way of thinking, if you can recover DNA from it, it ain&#039;t fossilized.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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