Kenyan find narrows Australopithecus-Neanderthal gap, reshaping 2M years of hand evolution
Dated to about 1.5 million years ago, the bones display a long robust thumb, short fingers and a mobile little finger, hinting at tool use and precision grips beyond the genus Homo.
Australopithecus-to-Neanderthal gap narrows as Kenyan discovery.(photo credit: Illustration by Carrie Mingle)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF