excavations at a Tucker's Town residence some months ago.

A Police spokeswoman said the jaw bone was turned into Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo curator Wolfgang Sterrer by an electrician who was working at the site.

The electrician was given the jaw bone by some gardeners who were landscaping the property.

The spokeswoman said Dr. Sterrer contacted the Police who took the jaw bone and had it examined to confirm it was human.

Police are looking into the possibility that the jaw bone may have come to the job site along with landfill or soil that was trucked in.

Dr. Sterrer said he received a call from the workman at the building site saying that the lower jaw had been found and he went to look at it.

The jaw had most of its front teeth but was missing all the molars on both sides and there were no holes where the teeth should have been.

He said he called pathologist Keith Cunningham who told him that suggested dental work had been done long before the person died and the holes in the jaw had healed after the teeth were pulled.

If it was the remains of a sailor who had lost his teeth to scurvy then there would be roots visible where the teeth had been.

It was Dr. Cunningham that suggested he call the Police, he added, and now he was waiting to hear if they had come up with anything.

He noted that he encouraged people to contact him if they found unusual things.

Wild hog jaws, pieces of whale and a fossilised tortoise were amongst items that had been turned in to the museum, said Dr. Sterrer.