Gretchen shared with me an absolutely fascinating post on Reddit today: “Found a mandible in the travertin floor at my parents house”. The poster is a dentist and visited his parents house to see the new travertine they installed. It’s no surprise that he recognized something right away:
A section cut at a slight angle through a very humanlike jaw! I’m working in South Africa currently and I showed the image to some of our fossil preparation specialists today. Everybody agreed it is pretty cool!
The Reddit user who posted the story (Kidipadeli75) has followed up with some updates over the course of the day. The travertine was sourced…
