this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2024
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What is this thing?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Fairly certain it a human hand with what appears to be a blackish paint of some kind on fingernails.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What you have is the posterior portion of a fish mandible, known as the articular.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My background is in zooarchaeology, so I've spent a lot of time identifying and analyzing bones from archaeological sites. (Although I'm not good with fish and reptiles. Mostly mammals and birds where I'm at.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago