1 Comments Posted by Xixen

As a student archaeologist I can tell partially answer Guitorman's question - many of those bodies which have not rotted away entirely, or been otherwise destroyed, are still there - deep within the ground, unlikely to be found, buried under buildings and in river beds. Many skeletons are broken up and destroyed by natural forces including micro and macro organisms. A small percentage of the soil in populated areas is probably made from human bone. It's a sobering thought that below and around us, in the ground, the plants and the animals, are the components of our ancestors. We breathe the same molecules of oxygen and nitrogen that they did. It's a funny old world, when you think about it.