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Discovery of First Fossil Hand Linked to P. Boisei Suggests the Bygone Human Relative Could Have Used Tools
The fossils indicate that P. boisei ’s human-like hand proportions would have allowed it to handle stone tools with dexterity ...
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1.5-million-year-old human ancestor hand bones reveal dexterity, gorilla-like strength
A major fossil discovery about our ancient ancestor has occurred in Kenya. Researchers have found hand and foot bones ...
Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human ...
Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...
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Million-year-old fossil changes what we know about human hands and feet
For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...
“The hand shows it could form precision grips similar to ours, while also retaining powerful grasping capabilities more like ...
For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its ...
Newly discovered African fossils lend a hand to suspicions that an ancient hominid outside our own genus, Homo, made and used stone and bone tools.
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“Wholly Unexpected”: First-Ever Fossil Paranthropus Hand Raises Questions About Earliest Tool Makers’ Identity
Decades after the discovery of the Oldowan toolkit, we’re still waiting for the species responsible to put their hand up.
Scientists have detected pregnancy hormones in ancient bones and teeth, revealing a new way to trace pregnancies in the ...
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