humerus
noun
hu·mer·us
ˈhyü-mə-rəs 
plural humeri
ˈhyü-mə-ˌrī
-ˌrē
: the long bone of the upper arm or forelimb extending from the shoulder to the elbow
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Researchers who studied fragments of a humerus, or upper arm bone, that were found on the same island in 2013 now say that earlier relatives were 2.4 inches shorter and existed since at least 700,000 years ago.
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Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
The morphology of the humerus is most closely related to the H. floresiensis individuals who resided on Flores hundreds of thousands of years later.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2024
Then in 2013, archaeologists recovered several pieces of an upper arm bone, or humerus.
—Bybridget Alex, science.org, 6 Aug. 2024
However, the humerus was broken into fragments and not immediately recognized.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
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Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2024
The morphology of the humerus is most closely related to the H. floresiensis individuals who resided on Flores hundreds of thousands of years later.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2024
Then in 2013, archaeologists recovered several pieces of an upper arm bone, or humerus.
—Bybridget Alex, science.org, 6 Aug. 2024
However, the humerus was broken into fragments and not immediately recognized.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
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humerus
noun
hu·mer·us
ˈhyüm-(ə-)rəs
plural humeri
ˈhyü-mə-ˌrī
-ˌrē
: the long bone of the upper arm or forelimb that extends from the shoulder to the elbow
Medical Definition
humerus
noun
hu·mer·us
ˈhyüm-(ə-)rəs
plural humeri
ˈhyü-mə-ˌrī
-ˌrē
-ˌrē
: the longest bone of the upper arm or forelimb extending from the shoulder to the elbow, articulating above by a rounded head with the glenoid cavity, having below a broad articular surface divided by a ridge into a medial pulley-shaped portion and a lateral rounded eminence that articulate with the ulna and radius respectively, and providing various processes and modified surfaces for the attachment of muscles
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