A 700,000-year-old fragment of arm bone has shed light on the origins of the early human species known as the "hobbit". The tiny piece of bone is from an early hobbit (Homo floresiensis ...

Overall, 27 of the human bone artifacts recovered from this period were made from arm or leg bones, with the other two fashioned from ribs. In general, the osseous relics were produced using a ...

The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found in Japan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The findings include the smallest ever human arm bone. “This very rare specimen confirms our hypothesis that the ancestors of Homo floresiensis were extremely small in body size; however, it is now ...

it is the smallest upper arm bone known from the hominin fossil record worldwide," said Professor Adam Brumm from Griffith University's Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, a co-author ...

A mysterious group of prehistoric hunter-gatherers who once inhabited the southern Texas coast may have created music in a hauntingly unconventional way—by transforming human bones into instruments.

At just 88 millimetres long, the arm ... bone that connects the shoulder to the elbow. The fossil was missing both end pieces but could still provide some clues to the size of the ancient human ...

A farmer was left feeling unsettled when he discovered suspected human remains just outside a ... on the road I found an ulna [forearm], an arm bone and a collarbone. "I couldn't leave them ...

It can be difficult for members of the public to tell the difference between human and seal bones, as seals also have five "fingers" and "toes", it said. Gareth Richards, who runs the Gower Seal ...