Is This Human?
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Project run by Dr C Yunge, Forensic Scientist.
Think you have found remains in skeletal form? This is a feed of submissions.
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Think you have found remains in skeletal form? This is a feed of submissions.
Enquiries: IsThisHuman@protonmail.com
No DMs.
Is This Human?
No. Shallow burial base, with no nearby bones and the location (sheep farm), makes identification easier.
Always assess the context as well as the direct evidence.
(Submission from OR, Monmouthshire)
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No. Shallow burial base, with no nearby bones and the location (sheep farm), makes identification easier.
Always assess the context as well as the direct evidence.
(Submission from OR, Monmouthshire)
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February 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Is This Human?
No. Shallow burial base, with no nearby bones and the location (sheep farm), makes identification easier.
Always assess the context as well as the direct evidence.
(Submission from OR, Monmouthshire)
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No. Shallow burial base, with no nearby bones and the location (sheep farm), makes identification easier.
Always assess the context as well as the direct evidence.
(Submission from OR, Monmouthshire)
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Is This Human?
No. From the size and shape, this has been taken from food refuse. Lock up bins.
Findings on grass are more common than you think. Foxes and rats will strip the bone of flesh, then abandon when satiated.
(Submission from RB, Surrey)
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No. From the size and shape, this has been taken from food refuse. Lock up bins.
Findings on grass are more common than you think. Foxes and rats will strip the bone of flesh, then abandon when satiated.
(Submission from RB, Surrey)
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February 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Is This Human?
No. From the size and shape, this has been taken from food refuse. Lock up bins.
Findings on grass are more common than you think. Foxes and rats will strip the bone of flesh, then abandon when satiated.
(Submission from RB, Surrey)
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No. From the size and shape, this has been taken from food refuse. Lock up bins.
Findings on grass are more common than you think. Foxes and rats will strip the bone of flesh, then abandon when satiated.
(Submission from RB, Surrey)
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Is This Human?
No. This is almost-certainly bone, but not from a human.
There are clear shapes identifiable on a human skeleton, and without any abrasions or fractures, this bone end looks complete.
(Submission from DS, Peak District)
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No. This is almost-certainly bone, but not from a human.
There are clear shapes identifiable on a human skeleton, and without any abrasions or fractures, this bone end looks complete.
(Submission from DS, Peak District)
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January 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Is This Human?
No. This is almost-certainly bone, but not from a human.
There are clear shapes identifiable on a human skeleton, and without any abrasions or fractures, this bone end looks complete.
(Submission from DS, Peak District)
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No. This is almost-certainly bone, but not from a human.
There are clear shapes identifiable on a human skeleton, and without any abrasions or fractures, this bone end looks complete.
(Submission from DS, Peak District)
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Is This Human?
No. Many birch branches have a mottled coating akin to what one might imagine is bone. Added to that, the bark of silver birch is filled with oil, which acts as a preservative.
(Submission from HM, Surrey Heath)
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No. Many birch branches have a mottled coating akin to what one might imagine is bone. Added to that, the bark of silver birch is filled with oil, which acts as a preservative.
(Submission from HM, Surrey Heath)
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January 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Is This Human?
No. Many birch branches have a mottled coating akin to what one might imagine is bone. Added to that, the bark of silver birch is filled with oil, which acts as a preservative.
(Submission from HM, Surrey Heath)
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No. Many birch branches have a mottled coating akin to what one might imagine is bone. Added to that, the bark of silver birch is filled with oil, which acts as a preservative.
(Submission from HM, Surrey Heath)
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Is This Human?
No. Although it is bone, you can see the socket joint is far too circular to be human, and for it to be an eye socket, it would need the surrounding bone to be flatter.
What do you think it is?
(Submission from SE, Rutland)
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No. Although it is bone, you can see the socket joint is far too circular to be human, and for it to be an eye socket, it would need the surrounding bone to be flatter.
What do you think it is?
(Submission from SE, Rutland)
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January 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Is This Human?
No. Although it is bone, you can see the socket joint is far too circular to be human, and for it to be an eye socket, it would need the surrounding bone to be flatter.
What do you think it is?
(Submission from SE, Rutland)
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No. Although it is bone, you can see the socket joint is far too circular to be human, and for it to be an eye socket, it would need the surrounding bone to be flatter.
What do you think it is?
(Submission from SE, Rutland)
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