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Rodents?

Posted by agalloway on 10 Aug 2017 at 15:49 GMT

How have you distinguished these marks from rodent gnawing, which do track with similar parallel lines along ridges of bone? The lack of coloration in the "cuts" would suggest these occurred well after decomposition of the remains and could be of recent origin. Rodents use bone to not only obtain calcium but to control growth of their incisors.

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