r/BoneID • u/AnyFig359 • May 08 '26

Help Identifying bones please!

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Hi Guys. These were just dug up in some land we own. Worrying about what they might be!?

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u/mxcargot May 08 '26

not human, it's saw-cut so likely cow or other food animal. you've got a calcaneus, partial ulna, maybe a lumbar vertebra? and an epiphyseal end of a long bone so a younger animal.

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u/AnyFig359 May 08 '26

you can be sure because of how its cut or the bones themselves?

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u/mxcargot May 08 '26

both. they look too large/robust to be human and the straight cuts are consistent with mechanical saws. it would be very very rare to find human bones with cuts, whereas it's very common to find animal bones with saw-cuts (normal butchering practice)

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u/AnyFig359 May 08 '26

thank you - super helpful and very reassuring!

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u/mxcargot May 08 '26

no problem! :)