Napoleon North Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Hi Is this fossil bone ? Location: Twardowski Rock,Kraków , Southern Poland Age:? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Can you afford to have it radio carbon dated ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Try the burn test. Hold a flame to it and see if it smells like burnt hair. If it does smell it is recent. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 1 hour ago, ynot said: Try the burn test. Hold a flame to it and see if it smells like burnt hair. If it does smell it is recent. People have eaten Pleistocene meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 5 minutes ago, Rockwood said: People have eaten Pleistocene meat. Only from the "deep freezer" of the arctic region. OK, I should have put a qualifier in there. If it smells it is MOST LIKELY modern. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 33 minutes ago, ynot said: Only from the "deep freezer" of the arctic region. OK, I should have put a qualifier in there. If it smells it is MOST LIKELY modern. That's essentially how it was explained to me. Horse bones Calvert Cliffs Museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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