In fact, the bones of cetacean flippers are the same kinds of bones as in the human arm, with an upper arm bone, two forearm bones, and hand, wrist, and finger bones.

While there's a common answer to the number of bones contained within the human body, it's not exactly accurate.

Giving robots a hand Scientists 3D print a robotic hand with human-like bones and tendons As a layer is printed, an optical scan IDs flaws and corrects them in the next layer.

Scientists have uncovered bone fragments from a human ancestor that lived around 700,000 years ago and was believed to be less than 3 feet tall.

The bone represents a human ancestor who likely stood around three inches shorter than its later “hobbit” descendant at around 3-foot-3.

How many bones are in the human body? Your skeleton is with you all the time, providing you structure and protection. But what do you actually know about your bones?

The discovery of a 700,000-year-old arm bone fossil and two teeth on the Indonesian island of Flores is shedding light on how the tiny, now-extinct human Homo floresiensis evolved.

New fossils from Indonesia, including the smallest humerus ever found from an adult hominin, belonged to the tiny Homo floresiensis species, researchers said.

Study finds prehistoric hunter-gatherers in South Texas may have crafted musical instruments from human bones.

Smallest Ever Human Arm Bone Found as a Piece of the Hobbit Origin Puzzle Ancestors to Homo floresiensis lived on the Indonesian island of Flores 650,000 years before their famous relatives.