@Oh_Bernadine @DoctorKarl Great question! The skeleton is made of a hard substance called chitin. Looks like it will be there 4 ever "Chitin (C8H13O5N)n is a chain polymer of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, which is one of the most chemically and thermally stable
PubMed: Discovery of 505-million-year old chitin in the basal demosponge Vauxia gracilenta. https://t.co/HSRNruNkW4
.@AtheistAdvocate Like you, I want to be sure the claim is legit. Here's a mainstream find: http://t.co/1nQrNz6Poc See Suppl Info.
RT @argcPALEO: Discovery of 505-million-year old chitin in the basal demosponge Vauxia gracilenta http://t.co/kNmvKlZjQ1 v/@SciReports