Bones discovered on a Pacific island are likely the remains of international aviator Amelia Earhart, according to an anthropology professor at the University of Tennessee.Richard L. Jantz used bone measurement analysis to determine that the skeletal remains, including a humerus, radius, tibia, fibula and both femora, found on Nikumaroro Island in 1940, match estimates of Amelia Earhart’s bone lengths.Earhart was more similar to the Nikumaroro bones than 99 percent [...]
Skeletal Remains Likely Belonged To Amelia Earhart, Scientist Says
By Megan Cerullo | New York Daily News, The Providence Journal
Thu, 03/08/2018 - 10:14am
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