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A dense heavy bone would not float and a skull without any internal contents through decomposition or insect infestation would not hold water or a probable air pocket and so would sink, light porous bone might float especially in sea water. If a skull had previously been buried and there had been a gradual filling of the cranial cavity with soil so that an air pocket was formed within the area above the ear holes and nasal hole, a skull might float, at least until the soil dissolved.

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