r/whatisthisbone

Recently acquired these vintage antelope horns. I’m just trying to identify the specific antelope type. The man I bought them from said they are ibex horns, but I highly doubt that

US Dime for scale

Absolutely no idea what this is, looks multituberculate but couldn’t find anything like it

I know 2 and 3 is a vertebrae, but is there anyway to tell what animal it is from?? Also, do teeth count as bones?

Can anyone identify this? We live next to a small river in South Wales, UK. It looks like a dog leg to me?

Ok my fellow redditors- just saw this in the news. The article talks about “possible” human remains but to me I think it’s 100% clearly human remains. What do we think?

At first I thought it was a mushroom but then I picked it up and asked Chatgpt who said it was most likely a bone.

Any idea what this came from?

I'm thinking this is a skunk. Size 10.5 Men's shoe for reference haha

added in the underside of the skull alongside the teeth of this skull found in a farmers field near me

Found this beautifully intact skull a small while back. Always wondered what it may have been. My very amateur research suggested dog, which I hope isn't the case but thought I would check.

It is about the size of a woman's palm of her hand. Thank you!

Found on the south coast of Newfoundland--rocky and with few to no trees. It is 2-2.5 inches long. The labels were inserted by ChatGPT, who was unable to identify it; nor was Claude.

I found this a few month ago in a dry creek bed . When I picked it up, I thought it was a bit of sheep jaw which while not ground breaking, was a pretty cool find to me.

I just ran some photos through google lens and to my surprise, it kept saying it was either partially fossilised or fossilised cow or pig jaw, depending on the photo. When I added the location, it changed to kangaroo or wallaby and suggested I contact the museum.

Obviously it isn’t 100% reliable but I really wasn’t expecting it to be anything other than a farm animal, let alone a possible fossil.

I thought it’d be best to get some other opinions first to make sure I’m not wasting the museum’s time. If there’s even a slim chance it is though, I’ll be taking it in to make sure.

Now looking at it more closely, It does seem to be heavier than what I would expect a dry bone to be. There’s also a sparkly section and a sheen to it that I didn’t notice when I picked it up (photos 3&4)

It weighs 22gms and is approx 7cm in length. Each tooth is approx 1cm in length.

Curious to hear your thoughts!

my dad found this skull in his backyard in north myrtle beach, south carolina. any idea what it came from? maybe a dog or fox?

I've been building this thing called Skulled for a while now and figured this crowd might actually appreciate it. I shared it here a few months ago but have made a ton of improvements since then so wanted to bring it back.

It works like Wordle but for skulls: every day there's a new skull and you try to identify the animal. There are different modes to play with it, classic with multiple choice, speedrun, skull match, progressive taxonomy, and your score goes to a global leaderboard. There's also a free play mode if you just want to practice at your own pace.

500+ species in the database so far. I keep adding more.

It's free, no account needed, works on mobile too. Would love to hear what you think!

(Mods: if links aren't cool in comments, feel free to remove them but keep the post up if you can!)

Is this a reason? Found it at the end of my driveway, by the creek.

Please help me identify these bones found in the leaves where I had cut down a row of box shrubs, scattered in about a one sq ft area. I’m in the country in North Carolina so lots of critters running around. I placed the marbles there for scale

Hi all,

Please could you help identify this bone that was found in a river bank in the West Midlands, England. It is approximately 10 inches to a foot long. It was spotted half exposed about 18 inches down from the top of the river bank just above the waterline.

Thanks in advance

Hello yall, while working with family in construction we found this bone that came from the ceiling. I took some quick pics just out of curiosity… it appears part of the knee/arm part of some sort of mammal; question being which one?