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jawbone

[jaw-bohn] / ˈdʒɔˌboʊn /








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It was found alongside a tooth from a Tyrannosaurus rex and a jawbone from a crocodylian, in a region already known for fossils of the duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

She told MPs that this included a “foetal skeleton posed under a glass dome, a human thigh bone turned into a cane, a human jawbone necklace and the varnished skull of a six-year-old”.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

Forensic genealogists solve a 21-year-old case, linking a jawbone to a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2024

A jawbone found in a child’s rock collection in Arizona more than two decades ago belonged to a Marine who died in California in 1951 and was buried in Missouri, the authorities said on Friday.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2024

Adam’s face was bent down, and his jawbone jutted below his temples from clenching.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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