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What does it mean when a bone is black?

I found a bone black looking thing on the ground of a stream. Its really soft and look a little old. Someone told me that means the bone is from the ice age. Does anyone know anything about this sort of thing?

The answer to your question, "Does anyone know something about what it means when a bone is black? "Yes, and they are called," paleontologists. "Many of them work in museums, for what C. 'S Steve answer is correct. But I would add that many bones have been found in stream beds and along the coasts of South Carolina to Florida. Most of those "black" or dark brown, had their calcium "replaced" by minerals called "phosphates." This substitution process is a long time. Paleontologists have determined that many of these dark-colored bones are from animals that lived during the ice age. " That is why many people assume that when a bone is black is from the ice age. "However, in the western U.S. paleontologists have found bones that are often higher than the ice age. "When these bones are light-colored rocks, bones tend to be colored, too. That's because the bone has been" replaced " by the color of light minerals in the rock. Therefore, the color of a fossil bone has more to do with the type of minerals where it was found that the age is.

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