The ancient fecal material, or coprolite, was littered with seared prickly pear seeds and flecked with small bones from fish, birds, and rodents.

这块古代排泄物或粪化石，同烧焦的多刺梨种子散落在一起，点缀着来自鱼、鸟、啮齿目动物的小块骨头。

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Frank: First we remove any small bones from the salmon like this.

弗兰克：首先我们要去掉马哈鱼上的小刺，就像这样。

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Below the sacrum is the coccyx, or tailbone, which consists of several small bones.

在骶骨下面是尾骨，或尾巴骨，其中包含几个小骨头。

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In a dancer there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.

NPR: An Athlete of God

Radiocarbon dating can also be difficult if the bones are very small or fragmentary.

BBC: Carbon dating and the Jersey case

Like many African women, she was malnourished and her pelvic bones were too small for a natural birth.

CNN: A fate worse than death for scores of African women