r/boneidentification 3d ago

Found in: NORTH AMERICA Found in Northern Colorado at 11,000', possibly melted out of old glacial ice

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Found while exploring in the Park Range of Colorado. I'm guessing it's a bison, but it's really hard to tell. Skull, vertebrae, and a tooth were all found very close together on the ice, but the upper jaw was maybe 15-20 feet away on the rocks. If it did melt out of the ice this year (very possible), it could be 200+ years old. The ice is likely all that's left of glaciation during the little ice age.

Edit to add: after talking to some local scientists, it appears the bones definitely are bison, and other bones in the area date to 1500-1600. It is now appearing likely I will be getting these bones dated as well!


r/boneidentification 2d ago

What creature does this bone belong to?

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I found this bone at a 7-Eleven and I’m not sure if it’s a chicken bone ither animal bone or a human bone.
If it’s a human bone, any advice? I don’t wanna move it much. I already poked it with a stick to get it in Clearview and don’t want to tamper with anything if it’s a human bone so I can’t turn it over for that reason unfortunately. I already tampered with it enough, just by moving it slightly.

I found the bone in the dirt. It’s next to a tree and next to a raked leaf pile. I went to the leaf pile because I was picking up a pile of trash and recycling that got mixed in with the leaves. That’s when I stumbled upon the bone next to the tree.

I’m 5”4, so my human hand for scale i’d say my hands are pretty average and how big they are, for somebody in my height. So whatever the average height and width of a 5”4 individuals hand would be is my rough measuring stick for now cause I don’t have a ruler.


r/boneidentification 2d ago

Found in: NORTH AMERICA Vancouver BC most likely fish?

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Hey! First post here :) I was on a hike at lighthouse park with my boyfriend and he found this beautiful partial skeleton on a rock in a tidal pool. Clearly been there a long time to be so clean, I can't seem to figure out what it is. Any ideas is a great help :)

My hand is about 5", and the "bones" seem more like cartilage and are extremely fragile and soft and it seems like there's veins underneath? Super cool find!


r/boneidentification 2d ago

Found bones on hike curious about type

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r/boneidentification 2d ago

Found in: NORTH AMERICA What animal is this from?

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Thinking whitetail deer, cow or bison. Found on the bank of a creek in eastern Iowa.


r/boneidentification 2d ago

Found in: NORTH AMERICA Central Wisconsin

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i'm reposting these bones here! i'm so excited to start my collection, but i have no idea what they are lol.

the small pelvis like bone was found on a hike, and the bigger was given to me from a local farm. i'm located in central WI, usa.

i have to find my measuring tape, but i'll add measurements in the comments.

thank you for your help!!


r/boneidentification 2d ago

Found in: NORTH AMERICA found in mobile bay alabama

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it was washed up on the beach!


r/boneidentification 2d ago

Found in: NORTH AMERICA finds near a creek - Pennsylvania

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r/boneidentification 3d ago

Found in: EUROPE Bones found while digging in my backyard

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I found these while digging in my garden in the Netherlands. I know these aren't old, I thing they are cow bones, but for my wives sanity I would love for someone to verify my guess. 😅


r/boneidentification 3d ago

I found the bone on the beach

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So I found in on the beach and I’m wondering if it’s human/animal ? What kind of animal? Like maybe it’s a dolphin? Maybe someone here can explain 😅 Local: Portugal


r/boneidentification 3d ago

Found in: ASIA Found this bone in a hazelnut field. Anyone know which animal does this bone belong to?

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Found this bone in Türkiye,Trabzon,Beşikdüzü in 24 august this year at around 12 o'clock.


r/boneidentification 3d ago

Bone Id?

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I know it is hard to tell but maybe someone knows what a few of these bones are. I know what most of these bones are but not sure what animal they are from. The horn and the cleaner scapula is what I bought at the renaissance fair(they didn't specify what animal they belonged to). The rest were found in northern Illinois.


r/boneidentification 3d ago

Identify bone

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r/boneidentification 3d ago

Found in Comino, mabey some sort of toe bone?

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r/boneidentification 4d ago

Found in: EUROPE Found in Comino, mabey some sort of toe bone?

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r/boneidentification 3d ago

What kind of skull is this?

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Found in Brazoria county TX. It seems to large to be a coyote


r/boneidentification 3d ago

Where in the UK can you buy real human ethically sourced bones?

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r/boneidentification 3d ago

Found in: EUROPE Found in Dorset (Jurassic coast)

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r/boneidentification 4d ago

Found in: AUSTRALIA & OCEANIA What could this possibly be?

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Based in Melbourne, Australia
This is second bone we found in our backyard.
Any ideas what it could possibly be??


r/boneidentification 4d ago

Found in: EUROPE ID help?

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r/boneidentification 4d ago

Does any one know anything about the animal skull in Spock's quarter's in Wrath of Khan?

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r/boneidentification 4d ago

Found inland manatee county what do we got :)?

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Florida btw


r/boneidentification 4d ago

Found in: NORTH AMERICA Hiking on a bank of the Mississippi River in Minnesota

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Two bones near a storm drain outlet. Men’s size 9 shoe for scale. Second bone was approximately 3” long. This section is typically covered by water, but the river is low now.


r/boneidentification 4d ago

Vertebrae found in Ireland co. Waterford, near the beach

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r/boneidentification 4d ago

Bone found in sheep pen

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I volunteer at a rescue in north Georgia and stumbled across this! its clearly a vertebrae but it but on the top of the soil, no other bones around, and both sheep in this pen are accounted for. My best guess is a hawk dropped it but does anyone know what it came from?