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Scientists discovered something 'shocking' that could rewrite a key part of human evolution

Gene Kim,Jessica OrwigSep 13, 2016, 18:48 IST

kalturavideoplaceholderHuman hands are capable of performing incredibly complex movements like no other parts of the body. It has, however, been a long-term mystery of how they evolved to the current form. A group of researchers, Tetsuya Nakamura, Andrew R. Gehrke, Justin Lemberg, Julie Szymaszek, and Neil H. Shubin, unveiled a new study that shows evidence of where human hands might have come from.

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