Hand of whether the three digits of the bird hand involved the same homologous loss of two digits as in the dinosaur hand. The human hand normally has five digits: four fingers plus one thumb; these are often referred to collectively as five fingers, however, whereby the thumb is included as one of the fingers. It has 27 bones, not including the sesamoid bone, the number of which varies between people, 14 of which are the phalanges (proximal, intermediate and distal) of the fingers and thumb. The metacarpal bones connect the fingers and the carpal bones of the wrist. Each human
A Bloom of Bones A Bloom of Bones A Bloom of Bones: a novel is a 2016 novel by Allen Morris Jones. It follows the life of Eli Singer, a rancher and poet, in eastern Montana. A "Library Journal review of "A Bloom of Bones" wrote "The dry-as-bones Montana landscape perfectly captures the emotional state of the story's two central characters as they struggle toward something each wants but neither quite knows how to get.", while "Missoula Independent" called Jones "a top-notch storyteller." and, although being critical of Jones' portrayal of the relationship between Singer and Barnes, found the novel "a compelling illustration of