History of measurement units of length referred to above and the Mesopotamian cubit were used in the 3rd millennium BC and are the earliest known units used by ancient peoples to measure length. The units of length used in ancient India included the dhanus, or dhanush (bow), the krosa (cry, or cow-call) and the yojana (stage). The common cubit was the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It was divided into the span of the hand or the length between the tip of little finger to the tip of the thumb (one-half cubit), the palm
Yup'ik clothing of toes to end of heel; foot (in length); "malruneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement of the width at their ends of the index finger and the middle finger held next to each other; "naparneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement from tip of extended thumb to opposite side fist; "patneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement, the width of the four fingers (thumb excluded) of one's hand; "pingayuneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement of the width at their ends of the index finger, the middle finger, and the ring finger held next to each other; "pupsuneq" (in Yup'ik) measurement from the thumb (outer edge of nail) to the second