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NosyNed
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Message 32 of 43 (440462)
12-13-2007 10:04 AM
Reply to: Message 31 by Kitsune
12-13-2007 2:49 AM


Why a mummy?
Thanks for the fascinating info. I have to say I was puzzled as to why the fossil has been called a mummy, when it sounded to me like an exceptionally well-preserved "normal" fossil.
It is a mummy (from what I read). It is a fossilized mummy.
That is, it was dessicated and mummified. We see this happen with animals in the right climate all the time. If the climate is right I think this happens in days, weeks or months.
Then the mummy was fossilzed. That is the original dry flesh was replaced with minerals. I guess we don't know yet if it is a total mineralization or not.
The fact that it was mummified first makes nonsense out of the "it had to happen fast" claim.

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Message 34 of 43 (440466)
12-13-2007 10:26 AM
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12-13-2007 10:22 AM


Mummies not just anthropogenic
Mummies are not just anthropogenic. It is suggested that the Egyptians developed the idea and techniques because they observed natural mummification.
Mummy - Wikipedia
Down a bit there is a discussion of natural mummies. Which are taken as only being human remains in this article.

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Message 36 of 43 (440470)
12-13-2007 10:42 AM
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12-13-2007 10:32 AM


'Tis Too!

Tis too a mummy! Well, it was a mummy but it has now been replaced with rock that preserves many details of the mummy. If it isn't a fossilzed mummy now then regular dinosaur bones (that have been completely mineralized) aren't a fossilzed dinosaur either.
This is really nit picking and doesn't matter much. Mummy conveys lots of useful and not untrue information in a short package. It isn't intended to be a careful definition of anything.
However, one might now ask: to get skin and such preservation over these time periods do we almost have to have mummification first?

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