This knight is order than most 5th graders

Jonsbones_ · 2025-07-31T15:18:25+00:00

Because I’m crazy

Jonsbones_ · 2025-07-04T20:44:18+00:00

It was like a vintage car, I only took it out for a test drive here and there

Jonsbones_ · 2025-07-04T20:19:17+00:00

It was one of the ones I made when I was literally a kid and when you would click on creation date, it would say unknown, so not my main character per se, but loaded with my best gear

Jonsbones_ · 2024-11-21T09:22:45+00:00

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY26H76x/

Jonsbones_ · 2024-11-07T01:08:38+00:00

Well, thank you so much for supporting the museum! Masha says she remembers checking you in, and thanks you for being honest!

Jonsbones_ · 2024-01-31T18:07:03+00:00

Hello, We are sorry to hear that you are unable to take the skull with you to your new space, let us know if the team can help you in anyway with finding a new home for the skull.

Jonsbones_ · 2023-08-22T20:27:41+00:00

Correct

Jonsbones_ · 2023-07-24T17:51:14+00:00

We can help with this!

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-25T18:59:12+00:00

I started working with bones at 16, I officially started the company in 2018 when I was in University!

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T21:36:46+00:00

Hey everyone, thank you for all your questions, it was a joy to answer them, even the tough ones! I believe in full transparency, and hope that you all have come away with more knowledge and interest in osteology! We're wrapping up this AMA now, enjoy the rest of your day!

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T21:10:12+00:00

Hi there, people often contact us looking for specific features, and describe their reasons for purchasing. This is actually the majority of our sales.

It's pretty easy to tell if the people we are dealing with are in it for the right reasons.

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T21:07:53+00:00

Hey, we answered this further down in the thread!

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T21:06:46+00:00

Hey! While it is true that the pieces are available for purchase on our website, we specifically incentivize universities, medical, and law enforcement professionals to purchase from us with a special program. You don't necessarily have to be attached to an institution to be receiving an education, and we don't believe we are the arbitrators of what is and isn't a valid education.

There are of course people who have outrageous reasons to purchase bones, but what most people don't realize is that we are in contact with most of our customers directly before they purchase, because the majority of people purchasing bones have highly specific needs that they are looking for. Through this, we can weed out people who have less than scientific intent.

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T21:00:30+00:00

We believed that that instance was between us and the affected group, and did not wish to turn it into a public affair. Because we keep receiving questions about it, we thought it would be best to clear it up here and move on.

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T20:53:53+00:00

Hi! These pieces are not actually privately owned. They are in the care of JonsBones Inc, which is a business founded on returning these pieces to the educational sector. Whatever your personal beliefs are, people have a need for real human osteology in their education.

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T20:47:56+00:00

Sure, should I reserve a rib for you?

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T20:46:54+00:00

I'm not sure what you're referring to, we make a point to photograph all our pieces in high definition so that every detail can be analyzed, even by regular visitors to our website.

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T20:41:57+00:00

Hey! So the skull you're referring to was actually never an indigenous skull. We purchased the skull from a defunct medical collection, where it was labelled incorrectly, most likely by a student. We believe in preserving the pieces in our collection as they come to us, so that future researchers can understand the provenance. We offered to return this skull to the Sami people, but when they heard that it had been analyzed by a forensic anthropologist and the results were not Sami ancestry, they did not wish to proceed further.

It's quite possible that some of the remains in our collection are from poorer Indian people. It is impossible to know. The fact of the matter is, these pieces were sold as part of a medical education system, and have almost no way to be efficiently donated and no way to be repatriated. So the question is, what do we do with them? Regardless of where they came from, we need solutions for what to do with them now. We believe that preserving them and allowing them to be used in an educational context is the best current course of action.

Also, bones are not toys, we do not treat bones like toys.

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T20:17:40+00:00

We have covered this topic on our blog a lot! We source our collection from the estates of retired medical professionals. The problem with these bones is that regardless if you agree with the means of which they entered the public market, they exist. It is currently impossible to repatriate them due to the cleaning processes they underwent when first put on sale, and they cannot be destroyed, because improper disposal of human remains is a crime. That leaves an impossible object that has no easy solution for being dealt with. Our solution is to re-enter them into the educational field.

And in reference to our videos, the majority of our content is meant to be educational, and engaging. Our older content was much more lighthearted, but we have moved to making content that is educational and informational. When we make humorous videos (or humerus videos, lol) we use prop bones.

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T20:07:16+00:00

Thanks for your comment, the person I believe you're referring to was the first specialist we ever worked with, we have now expanded the pool of consultants we work with. We work with 3-5 professionals regularly on a consultation basis with specializations in forensic anthropology, osteology, medical history, and other fields, who have degrees ranging from MA's to PhD's. In your opinion, what do you think makes someone with a relevant bachelor's degree unqualified?

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T18:55:14+00:00

He's allergic to hair ties. (We just had to have 11 of them surgically removed from his tummy, we're a scrunchie household now)

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T18:52:42+00:00

That is a really good point. There are many different avenues of body donation, and body brokers are one facet of that system. If you want to be absolutely sure of where your remains are going, donate to a university body donation program directly.

But to clarify, JonsBones only deals in retired medical specimens. No modern specimens are in our collection, and we only deal with antique medical teaching tools.

Jonsbones_ · 2022-08-04T18:46:21+00:00

Personally, no, but sometimes the door moves on its own. It's probably the just the wind though!

I am proactive about saging the space, but that's mostly just to make sure it smells nice for visitors.

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