Land animals and plants usually decomposed or were eaten, and mainly the hard parts -- teeth, bones, shells, or wood -- were preserved. Fossils can be formed in several ways. Buried bone and shell ...

According to the police, the skeletal remains were in a decomposed state and not all bones were found. They said that it is likely that someone placed the remains in the suitcase and buried it at ...

A man’s decomposed remains were found a few kilometres ... At the time of discovery, only his bones were visible, his clothes were not, making it difficult to identify him.