How come that MIB's and his mother's bodies were 40-50 years old when found by Jack and Kate?
In episode 6, after they get rid of the bees, Kate and Jack find two bodies in the caves. We, later, get to know that they are Jacob's twin's and his mother's bodies. At that point, Jack says (at ~13:45): "It takes 40 to 50 years for clothing to degrade like this".
Shouldn't the bodies be much older?
Best Answer
The comments have been misleading. The show's creators have been very clear about the fact that they were not dead the whole time, only during the flash-sideways in season 6. The explanation given on the official podcast by Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse for what Jack says is simply that he isn't an anthropologist or archaeologist, so he misjudged the age of the clothes by about 2000 years.
I, for one, don't quite believe this explanation, and I think it's simply that the original vision for Adam and Eve was for them to be characters from a much more recent time, and Jack's estimate was originally intended to be accurate. But, later on, the story took a different direction.
Pictures about "How come that MIB's and his mother's bodies were 40-50 years old when found by Jack and Kate?"
Will Smith - Men In Black (Video Version)
Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Images: Pixabay, vectors icon, Jose Mueses, Hiyang Prem