What Happens When You Fossilise A Pheasant In Four Months

Whether in the name of science, art or sheer morbidity, Austin Houldsworth’s determination to fossilise a pheasant and a pineapple got results. Although, if Houldsworth’s goal is eventually to fossilise humans, I hope we turn out better than the bird.

The project, called 2 Million & 1 AD, involved placing the bird and the fruit in separate “Fossilisation Machines” designed to speed the petrification. While the pineapple turned to compost, the pheasant came out pretty well preserved, albeit decapitated.

There are apparently no petrified homo sapien remains on the fossil record, which Houldsworth hopes someday to correct. Although based on his results so far, I’ll take cryogenics or mummification any day of the week. [We Make Money Not Art]