https://www.newsweek.com/bones-stored-box-decades-turn-out-neanderthal-remains-1828487

An amateur dug up the bones in the 1970, and they were stored in a
warehouse for decades. They are supposed to be the most significant Neanderthal fossils found in Spain.

Fossils from Europe from this time period out to a couple million years
should likely be stored at -80 degrees C. The DNA that they might
contain is likely more valuable than the morphometric data that you
could get from the bones.

There was a recent dead end thread on Dino DNA. It is unlikely that DNA
would survive for 65 million years, but if we could find somewhere that
had been cold and dry for most of the last 60 million years there might
be hope to scavenge a few bits. We might eventually have tech that can
3D visualize fragments of DNA in the bone matrix.

Antarctica might be someplace to look. The claim is that there are
parts of Antarctica so dry that they haven't seen rain or snow for
decades. The drier the better for DNA preservation. DNA is pretty
stable dried onto silica or cellulose at room temperature. Lower
temperatures would be better.

Ron Okimoto

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