CBS New York's Zinnia Maldonado found it's perfectly legal, but very complicated. The young man runs a bone supply business and says he wants to make the study of bones accessible to all.studio along Stewart Avenue, where she found skulls, spines and even a few skeletons.
"It's an osteological supply business. We sell retired medical pieces to schools and universities all over the country," he explained. Ferry said the goal of JonsBones is to make osteology, the study of bones, more accessible to all. Many online wonder where the bones comes from. Ferry said the majority are passed down to him from doctors, medical professionals and individual sellers who find themselves with bones they don't know what to do with.
Rutgers University anthropology professor Susan Cachel still uses authentic bones in her classroom to teach students, but points out the complicated history behind the bone trade.