Three bones are brought to you a robust right humerus with h

Three bones are brought to you: a robust right humerus with heavy muscle mrkings, a large left os coxae, and a gracile right femur whose head fits easily into the acetabulum. Describe how you would determine if this assemblage represents one, two, or three individuals.

Solution

According to the question , right humerus which is the bone of arm is robust which articulates into the pectoral girdle of human . It also has the heavy muscle markings on it indicating that of a well built muscular man.

Os coxae is a flat bone which isformed by the fusion of iliuim , ishchium and pubis. Question says it to be large so its depression (acetabulum) willbe large too.

Now there is well built overtubulated gracile femur which would articulate with the acetabulum of large Os coxae.

So the overall skeleton represents that of a muscular well built man hence the assemblage of a single individual.