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Hominid fossil found in travertine floor tile during kitchen renovation
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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 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 A dentist found a human jawbone embedded in his parents’ tile floor Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, April 23, 2024 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 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 Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Two years ago I lost some fossils at the Flagg Gem and Mineral Show in Mesa, Arizona. The one that I most cared about was a large piece of Durania austinensis that I found near Plano, Texas; it always challenges most paleontologist to give an ID. A friend of mine from the Flagg Foundation asked me in early December if I could ID a fossil that they found in their storage shed. I told him exactly what it was and where it was found. I even showed him the photo on The Forum of the same piece. Although a geologist, he had no idea what it was. He had posted it on Reddit fossil site and was branded a kook for posting it; they had no idea what it was. I was his next choice to give an ID. Later he asked me if a metal cash box full of fossils was mine; yes it was. Everything lost was now found. The moral; go the the Forum first for an ID. Posting a photo of a fossil on the Forum can help prove ownership.
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