Sentences with phrase «old human finger»

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This finger bone (four sides shown) represents the oldest directly dated human fossil found outside of Africa and the Levant.

In 2010 the team discovered a new kind of human, cousins to Neanderthals called Denisovans, by sequencing DNA from a 50,000 - year - old pinkie finger found in a high - altitude Siberian cave in Denisova.

A 40,000 - year - old finger bone could force a rewrite of human evolution.

The research, titled «Human - like hand use in Australopithecus africanus, shows that Australopithecus africanus,» a 3 - 2 million - year - old species from South Africa traditionally considered not to have engaged in habitual tool manufacture, has a human - like trabecular bone pattern in the bones of the thumb and palm (the metacarpals) consistent with forceful opposition of the thumb and fingers typically adopted during toolHuman - like hand use in Australopithecus africanus, shows that Australopithecus africanus,» a 3 - 2 million - year - old species from South Africa traditionally considered not to have engaged in habitual tool manufacture, has a human - like trabecular bone pattern in the bones of the thumb and palm (the metacarpals) consistent with forceful opposition of the thumb and fingers typically adopted during toolhuman - like trabecular bone pattern in the bones of the thumb and palm (the metacarpals) consistent with forceful opposition of the thumb and fingers typically adopted during tool use.

A fossil of a middle finger found in Saudi Arabia is the oldest human fossil found outside of Africa and the Levant.