The skeleton of a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), photographed at the National Museum of Natural History. Notice the bone pathology around the roots of the teeth in the upper jaw.
I love the Hall of Osteology... and there's never anyone up there! It was closed for a year or two recently, so I'm glad to have it back.
Several of the specimen in that exhibit show pathologies; the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) has a fractured and healed left fibula; the large marine turtle (I can't remember the name right now) has fractured and healed right metacarpals 2, 3 and 4. I think this is definitely one of the best exhibits at the NMNH!!
I love the Hall of Osteology... and there's never anyone up there! It was closed for a year or two recently, so I'm glad to have it back.
Several of the specimen in that exhibit show pathologies; the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) has a fractured and healed left fibula; the large marine turtle (I can't remember the name right now) has fractured and healed right metacarpals 2, 3 and 4. I think this is definitely one of the best exhibits at the NMNH!!