Behold the wondrous complexity of the human hand. Twenty-seven bones working in concert with muscles, tendons, and ligaments extending up the forearm to produce a range of motions that gave us ever… ...

The thumb then connects to the hand bone, or thumb metacarpal. As a result of only having two phalanges, the thumb only has one joint, while the other fingers have two joints.

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This may not be the first appearance of the modern human hand, but we believe that it is close to the origin, given that we do not see this anatomy in any human fossils older than 1.8 million years.

Life Oldest hand hints we came down from trees earlier than thought 18 August 2015 The 1.8 million year old pinky finger bone, pictured at different angles M. Domínguez-Rodrigo ...

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