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mikert89today at 3:25 AM2 repliesview on HN

not corroding, but all the wood/bone/soft materials basically disappear over 10k years. very little will be left


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ccgregtoday at 4:09 AM

Salt water without oxygen and salt water with oxygen are different.

samplatttoday at 4:16 AM

Not wrong, but TFA mentions "8.5k years" ago as the projected time for these findings. In cold, low-oxygen water, even wood & bone is preserved fairly well.