femur (IMAGE) Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Caption Professor Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser examining the femur of a large adult male European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) in the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology in Halle. Credit photo/©: Lutz Kindler, LEIZA Usage Restrictions Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted. License CC BY-NC-ND Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.