The bone tools measure up to around 16 inches (40 centimeters), with the largest being a sharp blade made from the humerus of an elephant.
There is one radius (R1) and one ulna (U1); these are the two bones that connect the wrist and elbow. There are two humerus bones (H1 and H2). The humerus connects the shoulder and the elbow.
has been discovered on the Antarctic Island of Marambio. Scientists found only a remnant of the humerus, which is the arm bone, but could still easily determine that the specimen was one of the ...
But the new discovery show that early hominins were "systematically" producing bone tools long before. It included a tool shaped out of an elephant humerus. Elephant bones were brought to the site ...
TreeHouse Wildlife Center will release a rehabilitated eagle at Two Rivers Wildlife Refuge after nearly a year of recovery.
Visitors to a museum have the chance to see the bone of what is believed to have been the world’s largest ever land mammal, ...
There was evidence of a smooth periosteal reaction associated with the cranial and caudal cortex of the proximal humerus of ...
Ball and socket joints also allow flexion and extension. Flexion of the shoulder joint occurs when the humerus (upper arm) moves forwards from the rest of the body, which happens at the end of an ...