Renovation relic: Man finds hominin jawbone in parents’
travertine kitchen tile. Yes, travertine often has embedded
fossils. But not usually hominin ones.
Jennifer Ouelette, Ars Technica, April 18, 2024
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Jawdropping discovery: Remains of extinct human species
that died thousands of years ago found in kitchen floor tiles
Peter hess, Daily Mail, April 19, 2024
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A dentist found a human jawbone embedded in his parents’ tile floor
Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, April 23, 2024
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A Dentist Found a Jawbone in a Floor Tile. Fossils are quite common
in this type of stone, but human-looking ones are not.
By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, April 2024
[www.theatlantic.com]

Found a mandible in the travertin floor at my parents house, Reddit
My parents just got their home renovated with travertin stone. This
looks like a section of mandible. Could it be a hominid? Is it usual
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Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)