[HN Gopher] High-altitude cave used by Tibetan Buddhists yields ...
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       High-altitude cave used by Tibetan Buddhists yields a Denisovan
       fossil
        
       Author : LinuxBender
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2024-07-03 22:00 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | ggm wrote:
       | It is in the source article, and it may just be me, but I
       | question use of the word "fossil" because I don't think these
       | remains have undergone any of the various transformations which
       | cause fossilisation in the geologic sense.
        
         | viciousvoxel wrote:
         | It's counterintuitive, but the term "fossil" doesn't always
         | necessitate fossilization. Basically if the specimen is >10,000
         | yo (roughly the transition from Pleistocene to Holocene) then
         | it can be referred to as a "fossil". This isn't a hard and fast
         | rule, and seems to depend on the specific field/subfield or
         | even US vs UK, etc.
        
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