How he spotted the human femur sticking out of the dirt.

The forensic examination highlighted the presence of fly puparia from an intact human femur.

A human femur (thigh bone).

Stepping forward, he tripped over something that skittered across the floor: a dry bone, big and heavy, larger than a human femur.

Inside the swag was a human femur, a hip bone and skull still covered in hair, which was shoulder-length and a red colour.

Average femoral geometry was determined from sections of 25 human femurs.

"It's the upper condyle of a human femur," said I.

"It's a human femur."