Femur

... quite apparent neck and head visible on the upper part of the bone, which I think is missing in the arm. However, I think the neck and head of the femur (if that even is a femur) are heavier or more prominent at least in adult humans - is there any indication of the size of that bone? So, it still ...

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Dear all Does any one got an idea about the thickness of the single strut of trabeculae in pigeon's femur? Please give some reference if ' yes '. Zartasha

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... go from big scaly toothed creatures(yes, I'm being stereotypical) to what they are today, so what makes these scientists not even suggest that the femur muscle structure has evolved aswell? But the evidence shows that skeletal differences—including a mobile femur— meant dinosaurs couldn’t have ...

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... theropod dinosaurs’ skeletons would have allowed a similar pulmonary system. But the evidence shows that skeletal differences—including a mobile femur— meant dinosaurs couldn’t have given rise to birds. “Theropod dinosaurs had a moving femur and therefore could not have had a lung that worked ...

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... 1997; Seehausen, van Alphen, & Witte, 1997), including perhaps humans (Holliday, 1997). On the basis of change in relative bone size (e.g., femur, that is thigh bone, length) comparing fossils dating from 6,000 to 30,000 years ago to modern populations, Holliday concluded "that the ...

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