I can reply to myself on this one. In the case of weathered bone, they
could be confused on superficial examination.
The subject is illustrated and discussed in detail - on an
anti-creationist site, of all places.
http://paleo.cc/fossils/hands.htm
Richard
On 17/12/2010 06:35, Richard Wright wrote:
> The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that a Pacific atoll has
> yielded what "what appears to be a phalanx from a finger . . ."
>
> "The suspected finger . . . may turn out to be from a turtle, which
> has similar bones in its flippers."
>
> It is considered possible that the finger bone is from Amelia Earhart.
>
> Does anybody on the list know their human and turtle osteology
> sufficiently to comment on the likelihood of a possible confusion
> between a human and a turtle.
>
> Richard
>
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