Hi, just sending it through now :)
Sheila
SH-D ArchaeoZoology
http://www.shd-archzoo.co.uk
On 11/08/2014 17:39, Leif Jonsson wrote:
> Dear Angela,
> I believe that it is a first phalanx of a bear. Both the proximal articular surface and the strength of the distal joint points to a strong grasping ability suitable for a claw.
> I know that the american federal police (FBI) produced a manual for the distinction between human and bear feet bones. There had been many cases with presumed human remains found in nature and they turned out to be bear bones. Poachers had killed bears and skinned them leaving bodies minus head and claws. This happened in 1960ies or so. I have tried to get that manual but without success. If anyone has it and is able to make a pdf it would be fine.
> Leif Jonsson / Gothenburg Museum of Natural History
>
|