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I wondered about that myself when I first saw the bone Richard, but on closer inspection I was convinced of its (pathological) bony nature. Peter On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Richard Wright <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Acting devil's advocate, why should we consider the bubbly, greyer material > to be bone at all? > > I wonder whether it is a postmortem precipitate of mineral on the surface of > the bone. > > It looks like that in the cross section. > > Richard > > > > On 9/03/2012 02:34, Peter Popkin wrote: >> >> Hi ZOOARCH, >> >> A colleague is looking for some help figuring out (as far as possible) >> what might have caused an extensive pathology on a large canid ulna. >> Not my bag, but I'm sure someone out there knows... I've uploaded six >> photos onto BoneCommons that can be found here: >> http://alexandriaarchive.org/bonecommons/items/show/1837 >> >> Replies can be sent directly to me and I'll pass on the info. >> >> Any help is greatly appreciated! >> >> many thanks, >> Peter Popkin >> >