[Rockhounds] Hominid fossil found in floor tile during kitchen renovation

[Paul]

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
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/renovation-relic-man-finds-hominin-jawbone-in-parents-travertine-kitchen-tile/

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
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13328777/ancient-human-jawbone-kitchen-tiles-Reddit.html

A dentist found a human jawbone embedded in his parents’ tile floor
Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, April 23, 2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/04/23/human-jawbone-floor-tile-fossil/

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
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/04/hominin-jawbone-fossil-floor-tile-travertine/678153/

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
https://www.reddit.com/r/fossils/comments/1c4hldl/found_a_mandible_in_the_travertin_floor_at_my/

Yours,

Paul H.