Lucy's pelvic, hip, and leg bones offered more proof. As in a human, Lucy's thighbones (femurs) angle in from the hip toward the knee. Her shinbones (tibiae) then descend straight to the ground ...

Much older origins of bone toolmaking were suggested by the identification of a 1.4-million-year-old hippo’s leg bone fashioned into a cutting or sawing tool, which had gone unexamined since its ...

PRESENTER:'Our skeleton has over 200 bones from the largest - our leg bone, or our femur, to the smallest - the bones in our ears. PRESENTER:'Bones are made of calcium and other minerals.