Traditional_Bend_225 t1_iwdhcw1 wrote on November 14, 2022 at 8:52 PM Reply to How do we have more woolly mammoth DNA than dodo DNA if woolly mammoths died off thousands of years ago and dodos only died off a few hundred? by Memer9456 Birds have a lot more lighter, fragile skeletons that dont usually hold up over centuries. We have much larger fossil records for animals with bigger, thicker, skeletons because they can survive the elements over time. Permalink 1
Traditional_Bend_225 t1_iwdhcw1 wrote
Reply to How do we have more woolly mammoth DNA than dodo DNA if woolly mammoths died off thousands of years ago and dodos only died off a few hundred? by Memer9456
Birds have a lot more lighter, fragile skeletons that dont usually hold up over centuries. We have much larger fossil records for animals with bigger, thicker, skeletons because they can survive the elements over time.