In fact, in an average adult human, the skull combines 22 bones. One of these bones is the mandible, more commonly known as the lower jaw. Recognized as one of the most prominent bones in the ...

What Is a Broken or Dislocated Jaw? A broken jaw (or mandibular fracture) is injury to the mandible, or jawbone. It’s a common type of facial fracture; only the nose and the cheekbone are broken ...

A fossilized jawbone discovered in a cave in eastern China bears a curious mix of ancient and modern features, according to a detailed analysis that compares it with dozens of other human specimens.

HLD 6 and a mosaic of features By comparing the HLD 6 mandible to those of Pleistocene hominins and modern humans, the researchers found it has features of both. It is similarly shaped to the ...

"The mandible has been studied throughout the past century and was long considered to be a Neanderthal based on its age and location, and the fact that it lacks one of the diagnostic features of ...

However, the fossil lacked some other features of chins, leading the researchers to conclude that the ancient teen did not have one. "The HLD 6 mandible exhibits a mosaic pattern with some ...