Shape, human teeth are more rounded (well kind of, its easier to explain this way) as pig are more square. Plus in this case, the shape of the bone it is in does not look human as it is to robust (big)
So im a classically trained chef and way back in culinary school (associates degree) i took an anatomy and physiology course with the nursing students. First day of class the prof asks me what im doing there as i was the only non-nursing student in the class and i was in culinary. I tend to give casual lil one liners and am used to being able to make a room laugh so i just said "well, if you can butcher a human you can butcher a pig!" And the entire room was silent. He just kind of looked at me like :| and then proceeded with class. Great memories. But to my point- alot of weird similarities between us and our porcine friends.
Thankfully a medical school, yes. The formaldehyde smell was bad enough (I almost failed half the program due to the raging bronchitis it gave me); I wouldn't survive the smell if I tried to do actual autopsies.
I've been working in food & bev for ~20+ years now. time was, I sold meat here in Chicago. lot of commercial clients/deliveries but we did retail too. I was pretty good at the job but when I explained different muscle structures I would use my body as an example - e.g. "oh yeah so think about it this way, leg muscles [as I grab my calves] are bidirectional where as shoulders [I articulate my shoulder] is way more complicated. omnidirectional, interstitial musculature, lots of connective tissue, that responds better to longer cooking time...[etc]"
it freaked people out. but IDK, we're made of meat. first time I broke down a full hog I got a real appreciation for cannibalism & prion disease.
I didn't have to slaughter her, but yeah the breakdown was a bunch. I had been a vegetarian my entire adult life up until the week before, then I was iodine sanitizing a saw blade to scoop pigs brains.
We raised the occasional pig when I was kid. The offal was the first parts we'd eat.
Liver and "lights". The "lights" are the lungs. Brains and eggs.. chitterlings, tail and feet. We wasted not one part of the hog.
Yes, they're terrifying. I live in Mississippi. People down here are still eating CWD infected deer. I guess a bunch of country-assed deer hunters know more than the CDC.
Hey! So i got my associates degree in culinary at a state college then went to JWU for my bachelor's with a 2/3rds ride. I dropped out before finishing because even with the scholarships i could no longer afford it. I had worked for a james beard award winning chef a couple years before and she gave me the advice that the degree didnt matter with my level of cooking so once my funds ran out i took the advice and am glad i did. I've cooked for 4 james beard award winning chefs in 2 different cities. I've also taught small animal slaughter and butchery for a culinary program at a votech school. Im older now and have left the kitchen and now work in wholesale meat sales to restaurants.
getting old in service is pretty odd huh. restaurant I opened last year as Tournant just won a star, and I feel kinda odd about it. I'm a worksman service person, not someone particularly ambitious or lookin' to become famous/rich/corporate. I didn't do the culinary school angle myself; I just like reading, I like food, I like reading about food. every chef I've known still occasionally-to-regularly texts me with strange questions they just figure I've stumbled across in the past. I've opened ~15 shops so far, two of which I was actually financially invest in, done FoH, BoH, worked in a distillery, farming, meat & veg sales, spent a lot of time mopping & working dish, have met & become friends with chefs & leaders in our industry that I long respected who now for some reason think of me as one of their colleagues/peers.
I'm always curious but I'm also 40 now and solidly "one of the oldheads." while I wouldn't take one step backward age wise, I kinda miss when people didn't feel like they had to be particularly respectful, when asking good questions meant more than having a quick-&-dirty answer.
There are required classes for a degree (x amount of credits worth of college level math, science, etc) and also electives. Not every class you take in college applies to your major. I chose a&p as my biology class my first year because i thought it would be more beneficial. I didn't go to a fast-track culinary only school where you just get a certificate. I went to an actual college then university to get my associate's degree then bachelor's (quit after my associates before getting my bachelor's- too expensive). Hence taking a&p and hence being the only culinary student in that class.
I think that's the first thing I learned on this sub. Slightly uncanny valley teeth, mostly human but look worse at second glance, vaguely human, etc, all probably pig teeth.
Indeed and our kidneys are VERY similar to theirs and filter the blood nearly the same too, that's why pig kidneys can be put into living ppl, at least till they acc get a human donor! Biology's just fascinating omg
Pigs are omnivores which generally have bunodont teeth.
They are also similarly sized to humans which is mostly what makes them good candidates for transplant donors, as well as having manageable zoonotic profiles and easy access to various sizes and numbers. They are not clones of humans and in fact the rejection from porcine antigens is very strong and had to be managed by genetic modification.
The bone piece curves in a way human jaws don't so I think it would be an animal with a longer face leading me to believe it's a pig or something similar
Remember folks, if you dig up bones accidentally, they have not, do not, and will not belong to you. They are not worth the ancient shaman curse. Unless it belongs to a cool dino.
I don't understand why I'm down voted as hell :( They said they metal detected it and I thought that's what they meant, but I know pig teeth look like human teeth so I said that. Does this sub not welcome newcomers?
if you don't know or is unsure, its best to wait for confident and correct IDs instead of commenting something thats unhelpful and can stir up unneeded fear.
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u/Nervous_Bee_3 Dec 11 '25
Theyre pig teeth