DemWoman wrote:
"You only have to say you have a bone that may be human and may be linked to Earhart and people get excited. But it is true that, if they can get DNA, and if they can match it to Amelia Earhart's DNA, that's pretty good."
What are they going to compare the DNA to? I don't think they saved DNA back then.  Where is the plane? Wouldn't there be some trace of the plane if she crashed on the island?
DNA survives a long time under the right conditions. There may or may not be parts of the plane left. You certainly would think there would be something.