A jawbone that was present in Iowa final month belonged to a prehistoric man, authorities have decided.
On Aug. 11, the Marshall County Sheriff's Workplace stated conservation employees discovered a attainable human decrease jawbone within the Iowa River. Whereas it was intact, officers stated it had deteriorated to the purpose that they believed it was a number of years outdated. Three different potential human bones had been additionally discovered within the space.
The Marshall County Medical Examiner was contacted, and authorities started investigating the findings.
Greater than a month later, the sheriff's workplace stated Wednesday that the jawbone probably belonged to a prehistoric Native American man who was center to older age. The bone was studied by the Workplace of the State Archaeologist on the College of Iowa.
The opposite three bones had been decided to not be human, based on the sheriff's workplace.
Archaeologists will probably conduct additional evaluation on the jawbone, the sheriff's workplace stated.