O'Driscoll also noted that most projectile impact marks were located on vertebrae or rib bones and that 17 % percent of the marks overall — and 50 % of the punctures —
held microscopic bits of embedded stone from the flint points, due to the high velocity of impact.
Most of the time, atmospheric chemists can see the carbon clumping taking place; when the
microscopic bits reach a certain size, they are able to attract and
hold water.