10th May 2005, 09:37 AM
well, I've worked on a hell of a lot of bodies both in the ground and out of it, and I've always found that, generally, sub-adult bones are as well preserved as the adults. You get the same degree of variation in preservation as adults, but they are not usually in a poor state of preservation if the adults are good. The bones just get missed/misidentified a hell of a lot more.
++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++
++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++