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This is the jaw like interior of Ed's original specimen.
The object which Wilton Krogman identified as a premolar is seen from
above.
On Krogman's recommendation, the infrared scan was performed
on what he had identified as a premolar at the American Medical
Laboratories in Fairfax, Va., in September 1981.
However, when the graphic chart and accompanying data
arrived back from the lab, Ed learned that Krogman nor the pathologist
who had submitted the granules for testing possessed the expertise to
interpret the scan results.
Ed even phoned American Medical Laboratories but was told
that it does not interpret scans, only performs them.
Ed therefore sent a copy of the scan to Rye at the
Smithsonian but his request for an interpretation was ignored.
As time passed, Ed continued to search the same locality and
kept finding numerous unusual objects that bore the contour of bone,
although rock-like in their brownish coloration and weight.
Approximately a year later and in the same general area _
only a short distance from where he had found the specimen resembling
an anthropoid skull -- Ed discovered the large boulder in which was
embedded the object that bore a distinct resemblance to a human
cranium.
Actually, Ed had passed the specimen hundreds of times but
only after doing a bit of study about human skulls was he able to
recognize it, since the jaw like area was facing downward.
This is the boulder with the human skull protruding that
Ed Conrad discovered in 1982, about a year after finding the specimen
resembling the anthropoid skull. It was found in the same general area
in precisely this position, with the jawbone facing downward. The
Smithsonian had admitted that the protrusion does indeed resemble a
human skull.
This is another view of the human skull-like specimen
protruding from the boulder.
 
At left, a viw of the boulder from a slight angle reveals how
the skull-like specimen extends above the surface. At right, here's how
prehistoric human skulls sometimes are found. Note similarities to the
specimen embedded in the boulder.
Ed took some photos and forwarded them to Rye at the
Smithsonian, informing him it had been found in the same general
locality as the specimen resembling the anthropoid skull.
Intriguing side view of the specimen resembling a human
cranium in the boulder reveals that its most prominent protrusion is
precisely where it occurs in various prehistoric skulls.
Rye Responds After Seeing Photos Of The Boulder
Ed Sends Smithsonian Granules from Object in Boulder
Ed favorably followed up on Rye's request and removed some
granules from the rind of the object resembling a human cranium
protruding from the boulder.
However, before mailing them, Ed examined the granules
microscopically.
This is because, at this point in time, he had learned
something about the identification of bone that he hadn't known during
his visit to the Smithsonian a year before.
Ed was now aware that bone contains minuscule Haversian
canals and their presence is the conclusive evidence of bone, even if
the bone had petrified.
This scientific fact appears in the book, "Science in
Archaeology," which states that neither age nor the petrification
process can remove what are known as Haversian canals, an integral part
of the cell structure of bone.
He had learned that, since the Haversian canals are actually
passageways for nutrients to living bone, even the process of
petrification cannot displace them because, as tiny tunnels, there was
nothing there to begin with.
Therefore, prior to sending the granules, Ed's microscopic
examination revealed the presence of "pinholes" in the thinnest pieces,
virtually identical to cadaver bone at the same low magnification.
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