Ifounda Bone News Today

I recognised as a bone but kind of assumed it might be an animal bone, and i was rowing with friends of mine, and ijust thought it would be quite funny to pick out of the water and go, "oh, ifound a bone, ifound a bone!" when i picked up out of the water, i was kind of staring at this, which i recognised as a hipjoint, and then i thought, "that cant be..." i cant think of an animal with a hip joint like that. and then i actually put the bone in the boat with me, carried on my morning row, and wh...

With a hip joint like that. and then i actually put the bone in the boat with me, carried on my morning row, and when we got back, the few of us that were there, we looked at it and say, "this is definitely a human bone, and id better do something about it. " so, what did you do? whats the protocol? well, i wasnt sure, so i phoned the police, thinking... my initial thinking was, "this is old, it looks really old," and then of course youre thinking, "well, what if it isnt?" this could be quite si...

Asked me to measure it, and they estimate it about 57", 58". see, that sounds quite tall for that long ago, doesnt it? yeah, it did. i was surprised. but like i say, that was an estimate. im no expert, but ill take their word for it for the moment. hopefully when it goes into the hands of the experts at the museum of london, they may be able to throw more light on this. in the meantime, where do you keep it? yes, i was going to say its a bone of contention in the house — thats terrible! its wr...

Do stay with us if you cant in the hours ahead. youre watching bbc news. as he went out for a row one morning on the river thames in london, graphic designer, simon hunt came across a rather unexpected find. lying on the pebbles and rocks of the riverbed at low tide, he discovered a human bone. when the police carbon—dated it, it turned out to be more than 5,000 years old. earlier, i spoke to simon hunt, who is also a bbc colleague. he started by showing me the bone. here we are. wow, its a ve...

As he went out for a row one morning on the river thames in london, graphic designer simon hunt came across a rather unexpected find. lying on the pebbles and rocks of the riverbed at low tide, he discovered a human bone. when the police carbon—dated it, it turned out to be more than 5,000 years old. earlier my colleague martine croxall spoke to simon hunt about how he found the bone. well, ijust put the boat in the water, it is quite low tide and the water is very clear. i could see this obje...