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Fossil hands of Near Eastern Mousterian humans. (Left) Palmar view of the left hand of the Shanidar 4 Neandertal. (Right) Palmar view of the right hand metacarpal and phalangeal skeleton of the Qafzeh 9 early modern human The two hands are not to the same scale. (Reprinted with permission from E. Trinkaus and Israel Department of Antiquities).
