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Here are various views of the petrified human femur embedded in a slab of slate, or shale. Since the bulb ends which would extend the specimen's length were broken off, the femur belonged to a person who was approximately eight feet tall since a person's accurate height can be determined by measuring the length of the femur and multiplying by four.

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