Described as "the missing evolutionary link in the fish to tetrapod transition," a fascinating Canadian fossil reveals an ancient fish species with arm, hand and finger bones similar to our own, ...

Five digits radiating from a palm, an arrangement both flexible and strong—capable of playing a piano, wielding a hammer, offering a comforting touch. The hand is our most familiar body part, central ...

It's no big news that hands and feet evolved from aquatic fins. But when you look at a modern fish, it's hard to imagine just how how fins like theirs evolved into the hands, wrists and fingers that ...

An ancient Elpistostege fish fossil found in Miguasha, Canada, has revealed new insights into how the human hand evolved from fish fins. Paleontologists have revealed the fish specimen has yielded the ...

Richard Cloutier receives funding from Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada and The Australian Research Council. Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) provides funding as a ...