Editing Bone (section)

==Society and culture==
[[File:Bones of cattle on a farm in Namibia.jpg|thumb|Bones of slaughtered [[cattle]] on a [[farm]] in [[Namibia]]]]
Bones from slaughtered animals have a number of uses. In [[prehistoric times]], they have been used for making [[bone tool]]s.<ref>{{Cite book| vauthors = Laszlovszky J, Szabo P |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ft2d-zrlLWcC&q=Bones+from+slaughtered+animals+have+a+number+of+uses.+In+prehistoric+times%2C+they+have+been+used+for+making+bone+tools&pg=PA142|title=People and Nature in Historical Perspective |date= January 2003 |publisher=Central European University Press|isbn=978-963-9241-86-2|language=en}}</ref> They have further been used in [[bone carving]], already important in [[prehistoric art]], and also in [[modern time]] as crafting materials for [[button]]s, [[bead]]s, [[handle]]s, [[bobbin]]s, [[Napier's bones|calculation aids]], [[head nut]]s, [[dice]], [[poker chip]]s, [[pick-up sticks]], [[arrow]]s, [[scrimshaw]], ornaments, etc.

[[Bone glue]] can be made by prolonged boiling of ground or cracked bones, followed by filtering and evaporation to thicken the resulting fluid. Historically once important, bone glue and other animal glues today have only a few specialized uses, such as in [[antiques restoration]]. Essentially the same process, with further refinement, thickening and drying, is used to make [[gelatin]].

[[Broth]] is made by simmering several ingredients for a long time, traditionally including bones.

[[Bone char]], a porous, black, granular material primarily used for [[filtration]] and also as a black [[pigment]], is produced by [[charring]] mammal bones.

[[Oracle bone script]] was a writing system used in [[ancient China]] based on inscriptions in bones. Its name originates from oracle bones, which were mainly ox clavicle. The Ancient Chinese (mainly in the [[Shang dynasty]]), would write their questions on the [[oracle bone]], and burn the bone, and where the bone cracked would be the answer for the questions.

To [[:wikt:point the bone|point the bone]] at someone is considered bad luck in some cultures, such as [[Australian aborigines]], such as by the [[Kurdaitcha#Bone pointing|Kurdaitcha]].

The [[Furcula|wishbone]]s of fowl have been used for [[divination]], and are still customarily used in a tradition to determine which one of two people pulling on either prong of the bone may make a wish.

Various cultures throughout history have adopted the custom of shaping an infant's head by the practice of [[artificial cranial deformation]]. A widely practised custom in China was that of [[foot binding]] to limit the normal growth of the foot.