Which of the following is the final stage that Hill and Behrensmeyer found to be the process of how large animal skeletons fall apart?
A) A decomposing animal carcass will collapse into a flat pile of bones.
B) The scapula detaches from the vertebral column, allowing the entire front limb to drop away.
C) The vertebrae disarticulate.
D) The sun causes the exposed skull to flake away.
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