What kind of bone is this?

[.dsaavedra.]

i found this bone while digging along a stream bank.

i was redirecting the flow of the stream and i was digging into some sand/gravel and i hit a hard spot about 7 inches down, so i grabbed it thinking it was a stick but it was really hard, i pulled it out and it was a bone.

any ideas what kind of bone this is and what animal it came from?

i'm thinking it is either the femur of humerus of a small to medium sized mammal.

[Tin]

Hoffa

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Lindbergh baby

[Hookemdown.]

Colt McCoy

[.dsaavedra.]

sometimes i just dont understand you guys......

but i did find out its a humerus and its in the "recent bone" stage of fossilization, and its most likely from a white tailed deer, and possibly a peccary.

[cart7t]

In laymans terms, is the humerus bone the same as the funny bone?

[.dsaavedra.]

In laymans terms, is the humerus bone the same as the funny bone?

uppermost forelimb bone

[=Matt 5.0=]

Steve Fossett?

[.dsaavedra.]

In laymans terms, is the humerus bone the same as the funny bone?

uppermost forelimb bone

This gets 2

this gets a WTH :-??

[cart7t]

In laymans terms, is the humerus bone the same as the funny bone?

uppermost forelimb bone

You mean like this?

[Hookemdown.]

Messing with Dave is so fun...

[Paul Roberts]

Those are some really funny responses.  ;D ;D ;D

I'll try to be serious though...

It's too short to be a deer. It looks like a bone from a short-legged dog breed to me. It does look old, but I'm not a good judge, especially by photo. Native people did have domestic dogs. Maybe it's not that old though. You could email the photos to an archeologist at a nearby university, someone who works on sites in your region. I've done that before.

[Bassboy15]

Oh Dave doesn't know what a Colt McCoy is...

;D ;D

[.dsaavedra.]

you guys get the Saavedra Genuine Seal of Suck....

                                                                           

                                                                           seriously...

[.dsaavedra.]

Paul Roberts,

the humerus of a deer isn't really all that long. here are a few photos:

http://www.science-art.com/gallery/58/58_6272003234051.jpg

[Muddy]

I was wondering where I left that!

[cart7t]

- Here's an arm.

 

                 

Here's a leg.

 

                 

Here's a wing.

 

                 

What do you like, the leg or the wing?

Or you still prefer the hearts and lungs?

;D

[=Matt 5.0=]

Where's Raul? Maybe he knows.

[Muddy]

This  may come from an ancient ritual dancing grounds and may be associated with the mans first attempt at doing the

HOOKIE POKY! You know ; You put your right leg in!

perhaps they went a little overboard that first  night

[Tin]

You're a sick man Mudster....

[DADto4]

No response only laughter here

[guitarkid]

I am willing to say it is either a chupacabra or bigfoot.

                          -sm

[Paul Roberts]

Sure looks like a deer humerus to me now!

[fishfordollars]

Well it definately is not a T-Rex.

[Long Mike]

Years ago I had a bone about that size, but it has since withered away.   :'(