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Old Hand Bone Research Paper

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Spanish researchers in East Africa have found a nearly 2 million year old fossil that is thought to be the oldest “modern” hand bone ever discovered. The remains, which were found in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, are a phalanx in the left hand pinky finger of a human's evolutionary ancestor. The ancestor was probably about six feet tall, according to researchers, who have named it “OH 86.” LARGER THAN CONTEMPORARIES "Our discovery not only shows that a creature with a modern-looking hand existed 1.85 million years ago, it also shows that OH 86 was bigger sized than any other prior and contemporary hominin," said the study's lead scientist, Manual Dominguez-Rodrigo. The first biped hominids existed 6 million years ago. Like modern monkeys, they

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