Rogers says in commercial cremation, bones are sort of sifted, to crush them into dust, like you'd see in an urn. The bones themselves don't burn off -- they just become more brittle, and are crushed.
One of the bones was similar to a human radius bone, Rogers says, likely a left outer forearm.
Rogers says the end of one of the objects looks similar to the wrist end of the radius bone.
Rogers says she "can't say for certain" that this is a human radius though. Again, she's just going on a photo.
Cameron now asking if this bone is at all similar to a deer radius bone.
Rogers says a human radius extends a little further, the two sides aren't the same. On the deer radius, things are more equal.
Rogers now talking about comparing measurements of bones.
Rogers says that she actually got a human bone and a deer bone from the university's collection and compared them both, for this exercise.
Rogers took measurements from the gridded photo. She says it was 25 mm. On average, a US female average for that bone was 27 mm.
The same measurement for a deer was 39 mm, Rogers says.
Rogers has zoomed in on one portion of the photo to highlight an area.
Rogers says based on the shape comparison, another object in the Eliminator is similar to the human humerus bone, which is in the upper arm, and connects to the elbow.
We're now seeing a photo of two more bones -- a human humerus, and a deer humerus as a comparison. The human one has a much more oval impression in the centre, where the bones lock in at the joint.
Rogers says based on a width measurement from the photo, it looks like a human humerus.
She says the average for the width of this specific section of bone for a white female is 55.1 mm. For deer, it's 39.15 mm.
IN the photo, rogers estimates the bone measurement is around 50 mm.
Rogers says she can't say for certain, but says there are similarities between human bones and the object found in the incinerator.
The Crown is now done with its examination in chief of Dr. Rogers.
Code says Dungey and Millard have the weekend to prepare their cross-examinations for Dr. Rogers. So we're done for the day. We're not sitting on Monday because of the civic holiday for Remembrance Day on Monday. We're back at 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
That's it from me today. I'll have a recap of the day up soon.
