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> "More than half of the known dinosaur species in the world are described from a single specimen. We have thousands of Pachyrhinosaurus here."

This was fascinating to realize. I had no idea that our general experience was so spotty, but this also shows what an absolute gold mine this is.

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Come to think of it, our societies have a lot of mechanisms to ensure that human fossils will be close to non-existing. In my part of the world, bodies or even the smallest remains are retrieved. Even if it means dredging a lake. And when they dredge the lake they find a different body or clues to solve a decades-long disappearance mystery. What I’m getting at is that our bodies always end up in a wooden box or incinerated. Neither of which is conducive to fossilisation.

I wonder if there could be a way to opt for “likely natural fossilisation” in your testament.

Pope Francis was interesting in part because he asked to be buried in a single casket. Typically, popes are buried in 3 caskets, one of which is lead. I’d wager there will be some EXCEPTIONALLY well-preserved human fossils.

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