Tooth Marks on Pleistocene Moroccan Femur (IMAGE)

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Tooth Marks on Pleistocene Moroccan Femur

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Tooth-marks on a 500,000-year-old hominin femur bone found in a Moroccan cave indicate that it was consumed by large carnivores, likely hyenas, according to a study published April 27, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.

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Image Credit: C. Daujeard <i>PLOS ONE</i> e0152284

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