Baylor College Medical School

Earth Science

Can you please explain the difference in fossilization between a mammoth frozen in ice and a seashell embedded in rock?

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One has its DNA literally frozen and largely preserved in ice. The shell is crushed among the properties of the rock itself. They need to be carefully extracted.

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