[post_page_title]The apparent exposure [/post_page_title]
One of the main reasons why skeptics did not believe Jose and the scientists was because of how easily Jose had found the shell. They wanted to know why he hadn’t found the shell before? Why was it so exposed?
And why was it so easy to get to? If it had been there for millions of years, they believed it would be buried deeper underground. However, the experts noted that the shell had been buried near a riverbank. Over time, the water had eroded the mud, exposing the fossil to Jose.