Can You Become A Fossil? | Earth Lab

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Greg Foot explains what a fossil is and whether or not anyone can become a fossil to be remembered for years to come.
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Footnotes:
1 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130810-fossil-science-paleontology-future/
2 http://atlasobscura.com/places/blue-lake-rhino-cave
3 http://bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/ocr_gateway_pre_2011/environment/4_survival_of_fittest1.shtml
4 http://www.livescience.com/23861-fossil-dna-half-life.html and http://www.nature.com/news/dna-has-a-521-year-half-life-1.11555
5 That’s about 63.5 million years at least.
6 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-the-odds-of-a-de/
7 http://www.livescience.com/37781-how-do-fossils-form-rocks.html
8 http://smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-easy-steps-becoming-fossil-180955167/?no-ist
9 http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/c.bckgrnd.html
10 http://smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/five-easy-steps-becoming-fossil-180955167/?no-ist



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