In fact, in an average adult human, the skull combines 22 bones. One of these bones is the mandible, more commonly known as the lower jaw. Recognized as one of the most prominent bones in the ...

One of the floor tiles in a corridor leading to a terrace held what looked like a human mandible, sliced through at an angle, including a cross section of a few teeth. Not knowing exactly what ...

Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be part of a human jawbone—and it still had a few teeth. The man could recognize the bone because he’s a dentist, according to a post he made on Reddit ...

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The jawbone was by far the earliest trace of human presence ever discovered on the Tibetan Plateau. Intriguing, yes, but it got Zhang no closer to identifying the fossil. A Buddhist monk stands in ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans ...