James Schiffbauer, University of Missouri-Columbia (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

James Schiffbauer, University of Missouri-Columbia

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Schiffbauer suggest that bacteria involved in the decay of those organisms play an active role in how fossils are formed -- often in a matter of just a few tens to hundreds of years.

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