Police investigating the discovery of bones on a popular Welsh beach have confirmed one of those found is human.
South Wales Police were called to Aberavon beach last Friday following the discovery of the bones , but were unable to say whether the remains were human or animal.
But they have now confirmed that a jaw bone found there is human.
Analysis of the bone is now taking place in the hope of identifying who it belonged to.
A spokesman for South Wales Police said: “We can confirm a human jaw bone was found on Aberavon beach on November 29.
“Analysis of the bone is ongoing to help establish the identity of who it belonged to”.
South Wales Police have yet to confirm whether any of the other bones discovered on the beach are of human origin.
The discovery came after the skeletons of at least six people were found by archaeologists at Cwm Nash in the Vale of Glamorgan.
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Initial findings suggested the group might have been the victims of shipwreck and they were initially thought to be from the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century, living in the early modern period of the Tudors and the Stuarts.
