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

[Stephen Shimatzki]

I just imagine the spine cross sectioned.... amazing.  Sadly, without exact
quarry details like depth and location that the tile came from it looses
all scientific credibility and chance of finding other pieces.

On a tangent I'm reminded there was a book or webpages that covered a
fossil collection documented in DC(?) In building tiles and facades etc...
just the sheer amount of rock used in the monuments in the general
locations and someone took time to document the fossils a person could see.

Remember when you adopt a rock, it will probably outlast you,  unless you
become part of the rocks!  Lol..

Steve S.
OHIO



On Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 10:05 AM Paul <etchplain at att.net> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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