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We know that petrified skeletons, encased in rock, may be millions of years old, but where are the unpetrified skeletons of men who lived even 5,000 years ago?

From The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments by Williams, William A. (William Asbury)

No power on earth—except, perhaps, a glance from Elsie—could have unpetrified Ian Macdonald at that moment.

From The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

If unpetrified skeletons could last 750,000 years, there would be millions of them.

From The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments by Williams, William A. (William Asbury)