Why do we only find fossils?

Ok, I got one for all you creationists out there.If all the fossils we find are only 6,000 years old, then how come we always find them as fossils?That is to say, we never find any non-fossilized dinosaur bones, trilobite shells, pakicitus skeletons. If these fossil creatures once lived along side our modern animals, how come all these ancient remains are always found as fossils. What are the chances that none NONE of their skeletons actually survived over the years?Some extra data to think about:Bones don't last for ever. They will break down in about 12 years when exposed to moist, humid, environments. However certain conditions will see the bones last much longer.Deserts, for example, will likely yeild bones many thousands of years old. Places like the labrea tarpits caught dozens of ancient mamals and perserved the bones (NOTE: It didn't catch any dinosaurs oddly, wonder why?).So it is concivable that 6000 year old bones would survive, at least in some environments. So how come all we see are fossils?This message has been edited by Yaro, 11-09-2005 08:06 PM

Biological evolution or geology?I'll promote it as soon as you remove that horrid avatar.

Bio Evo.

*poot*

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