In a discovery that rewrites our understanding of human evolution, scientists have unearthed extraordinarily rare fossils on the Indonesian island of Flores, including an adult limb bone so tiny it ...

As first reported by IFLScience, Dr. Matthew Taylor, a biological anthropologist at Georgia's Augusta University, identified a musical rasp fashioned from a human humerus while studying bone ...

The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found in Japan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

The partial upper arm bone (humerus) found at the site. (Image credit: Yosuke Kaifu) "Adult bones leave traces of metabolism (we call it remodeling for bones) more than those of children," Kaifu said.

The complete humerus would have been 21.1 centimeters to 22 centimeters (8.3 inches to 8.7 inches) in length, the smallest human limb bone fossil ever found.

A fragment of distal humerus arm bone excavated from the Mata Menge archaeological site on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2013. ... about one-third the size of a modern human’s.