(March 31, 2012 at 6:11 am)Christian Wrote: Could be bones from a monkey or human who died recently. Who the hell was there to see if the bones really did belong to a walker or crawler or swimmer or runner
There's this thing called "carbon dating".
You should look it up before typing anything.
In fact, fossiles aren't even bone. They're a mineral due to the bone decaying and being used as a mold for sediments with extreme age. If it was recent it would hardly be a fossil, would it?