<i>Australopithecus africanus</i> Finger Bones (IMAGE)
Caption
This image shows the first metacarpals of a chimp, the fossil australopiths, and a human (top row). The bottom row constists of images from micro-computertomography-scans of the same specimens, showing a cross-section of the trabecular structure inside.
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Tracy Kivell
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