No, we haven’t found a human bone on Mars – Metro.co.uk

It looks like a human bone, but its just a Mars rock (Nasa)

There are plenty of odd-shaped rocks littering the dusty, barren landscape of Mars.

One thing that isnt up there, however, are human bones.

Despite this, there are a few reports emerging at the moment of what looks like a human femur lying casually on the surface of the Red Planet.

In fact, this was a picture snapped way back in 2014 by Nasas Curiosity rover. Because the internet is the internet, its now resurfaced as some kind of proof that creatures once walked the surface of Mars.

Nasa itself even took the time to debunk this theory six years ago.

Seen by Mars rover Curiosity using its MastCam, this Mars rock may look like a femur thigh bone. Mission science team members think its shape is likely sculpted by erosion, either wind or water, a spokesperson for the space agency wrote in a blog post.

If life ever existed on Mars, scientists expect that it would be small simple life forms called microbes.

Mars likely never had enough oxygen in its atmosphere and elsewhere to support more complex organisms. Thus, large fossils are not likely.

Anyone seeing something familiar in an object perhaps a rock looks like a spoon or a cloud looks like a face is experiencing whats known as pareidolia. It happens when your brain unintentionally picks out patterns or familiar shapes in visual information.

Despite the fact Mars was once covered with water, experts are reasonably sure it never hosted complex life. Or rather, if there was once complex life there we havent found any evidence of it since scientists first starting exploring the planet back in the 60s.

So, just to reiterate, there arent any human bones littering the Martian landscape, despite what you may see reported around the internet at the moment.

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