This may have happened as recently as September 2023 when new research on a prehistoric jaw bone revealed a thrilling possibility.

A human jaw bone found on a beach last year is about 5,000 years old, police have said. South Wales Police received a call on 29 November after it was discovered on Aberavon Beach in Port Talbot.

And in March 2023, a human bone was uncovered in the sand at Shirley ... Smith Point County Park a month-and-a-half after a human head washed up at Key Biscayne in Florida. The head was found ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD The hyoid bone is a small horseshoe-shaped bone located in the front of your neck ...

"In this case, the scaffold supported and encouraged new bone to grow in the jaw of a 46 year-old man ... implants for dental reconstruction in human trials using our certified Quality Management ...