They describe it as follows: "Palmar view on left; dorsal view on right. This hand was discovered in articulation and all bones are represented except for the pisiform. The proportions of digits are humanlike and visually apparent..."
It has
They describe it as follows: "Palmar view on left; dorsal view on right. This hand was discovered in articulation and all bones are represented except for the pisiform. The proportions of digits are humanlike and visually apparent..."
It has a long thumb, like a modern human or like Australopithicus sediba, and unlike a chimp. It is not, however, as long as the fingers.
What it seems you are trying to do is gauge the length of the thumb by looking at a photograph where the bones of the hand have been taken apart and scattered on a table. (Close-up below.)
But obviously this has nothing to do with the actual proporti