Homo Naledi Had Hands That Rock Climbers Would Be Jealous Of

Homo Naledi Had Hands That Rock Climbers Would Be Jealous Of

Let's get to grips with human hand evolution.

Hands from two hominin species show the path to dexterity and tool use was gradual

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)—Hand remains from two ancient hominins found in South Africa have human-like finger characteristics useful for object manipulation, even though both species still regularly climbed trees, a new study* finds. However, the human-like hand features in each species – Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi – differ from each other. The findings... Read more »