Modern Human
Object Details
- Discipline
- Anthropology
- Description
- This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
- Cast of a male modern human right femur. The cast displays the pathology of bone atrophy from polio. The maximum length of the femur is approximately 40 cm long.
- Number of objects in this record
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 22 Feb 2021
- USNM Number
- EO401730
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Is this real?
- No, it's a cast.
- Life Stage
- Adult
- Material
- Plastic
- Sex
- Male
- Scientific Name
- Homo sapiens
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Theria, Primates, Hominidae
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_12198527
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/311dc5a53-f943-4017-9ee8-b643aab060ba
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