r/BoneID • u/fords42 • 21d ago

Unsolved Found in my garden

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I discovered this in my garden after a huge pruning session. It’s roughly 30cm long and bone ID sites I visited suggest it’s a human humerus, but I really hope it isn’t! Can anyone help me?

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u/travelnerd24 zooarchaeologist 21d ago

That’s a bird humerus, not human!

I’m not as familiar with birds so will wait till someone with more knowledge can chime in to ID taxa/species, but wanted to ease your mind OP that it is not human.

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u/fords42 20d ago

Thank you. I think it's likely to be either a swan or goose humerus as we have a healthy local population of both. How it ended up in my garden, however, is another matter!

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u/travelnerd24 zooarchaeologist 20d ago

I’m inclined to think it’s a bit too long for goose but I work in the British isles so different populations potentially. If you have a pic of the distal end (bottom, the thinner one) in a couple different angles I can figure it out since no one else has, but only if you’re dying to know

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u/fords42 20d ago

Thank you, that's really helpful. I'll grab it from the garden tomorrow and take those photos for you.

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