Arrow shaft not Captain Cook bone

DNA testing has shot down theories that an arrow held by an Australian museum was made out of a bone from British explorer Captain James Cook’s leg, finding that the remains probably are not even human.

Arrow shaft not Captain Cook bone

DNA testing has shot down theories that an arrow held by an Australian museum was made out of a bone from British explorer Captain James Cook’s leg, finding that the remains probably are not even human.

The Sydney-based Australian Museum announced the findings of DNA tests on the arrow’s shaft today, the 234th anniversary of the day Cook stepped ashore in what is now southern Sydney.

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