The opposable thumb you use to hold a pencil was long thought to be a defining aspect of humans. But an analysis of finger bones suggests stone tool use by pre-humans — perhaps 3 million years ago.

These images show the oldest human hand bone ever found. It was discovered in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, and is believed to be more than 1.84 million years old. M. Domínguez-Rodrigo ...

Earliest modern human-like hand bone from a new >1.84-million-year-old site at Olduvai in Tanzania. Nature Communications. Published August 18, 2015. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8987.

Equipped with touch pads and pressure sensors, the robotic hand has 19 tendon-like structures (in humans, tendons are the fibrous connective tissues that connect bones and muscles) that allow it ...

Opinion Michael Netter – Andy Warhol’s Right-hand … Eye. THE DAILY PIC: At ACA, Netter's Warhol videos and later paintings show the same equal-opportunity observer.

Researchers have successfully created a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons using 3D printing for the first time. A team from ETH Zurich in Switzerland were able to accomplish the ...

Nasa’s X-ray telescopes, Chandra and IXPE, have captured images of ‘bones’ of a cosmic ‘hand’ that died 1,500 years ago. The pictures shared by the space agency show a gigantic ‘hand ...

BALTIMORE -- Lal Ding was born with radial club hand, a genetic condition that left him without a thumb, CBS Baltimore reports. He also has a shortened forearm, which causes his right hand to ...

With the crash, I broke two bones in my hand, so now it's the first time for surgery this Tuesday." So, it was a significant setback for Worst, who will be out for a while.

The "ghostly hand" — formally known as MSH 15-52 — was created by the the death of a massive star. This catastrophic event, called a supernova explosion, left behind a fast-spinning ...

UFC's Kevin Holland broke three bones in hand, manager says. Marc Raimondi Dec 4, 2022, 04:31 PM ET. Close. Marc Raimondi's first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn't his first year ...