jawbone

Example Sentences

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"And now because the jawbone from Tibet and Dragon Man look like each other - now we might actually have the first face of the Denisovan."

From BBC

Within the cluster of Chinese fossils, the new skull was most closely related to a jawbone from Xiahe Cave on the Tibetan Plateau.

From Science Magazine

DNA from a male jawbone in Tianyuan Cave near Beijing proved that modern humans arrived in East Asia some 40,000 years ago.

From Science Magazine

Trump was criticized for trying to jawbone the Fed from the White House, and Yellen tried to make clear on Tuesday that she was not trying to sway the central bank.

From Washington Post

Stepping carefully through the ruins, they found an unexpected wealth of fossil material: immense turtle shells, crocodile jawbones, dinosaur vertebrae and even ancient human remains, all scattered across dusty floors and charred rubble.

From New York Times