Little finger A tiny bone from the little finger of a human ancestor that lived more than 1.84 million years ago in East Africa is the oldest "modern" hand bone ever found, say scientists. The pinkie ...

The styloid process allows the hand to lock into the wrist bones The discovery of an ancient bone at a burial site in Kenya puts the origin of human hand dexterity more than half a million years ...

The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were discovered ...

The discovery of an ancient bone at a burial site in Kenya puts the origin of human hand dexterity more than half a million years earlier than previously thought. In all ways, the bone - a ...