Sentences with phrase «modern human finger»

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«Still, I doubt whether anyone can identify a single isolated finger bone as a modern human, as opposed to any other form of hominin,» such as Neandertal, he says.

Homonaledi has a chest similar to a chimpanzee and hands and feet proportionate with modern humans, though with curved fingers.

Squeeze a baseball or pen between your thumb and the tips of your fingers: You are using what researchers call a precision grip, a highly evolved adaptation thought to be unique to modern humans and our most recent ancestors.

In March of 2010, a finger bone of a formerly unknown human ancestor, later called Denisovan, was found in a Siberian cave where modern human remains and Neanderthal remains also were found.

The hand bones of Stw 573 seem to be like those of modern humans in being relatively unspecialized, having a short palm and fingers compared to modern apes.

It's a freak event even by modern standards, and climate models point the finger firmly at humans.