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To recover some of these objects, six “astronauts” were chosen for the Rising Star expedition in a “cradle” in South Africa. In 2012, the discovery of one of these objects identified the existence of a hybrid Denisovan girl named “Denny.” A capital at Anyang was found with the help of inscriptions on these objects (10[1])that were (10[1])once burned (10[2])to form cracks. (10[2])Those “oracle” types of these objects (10[1])were used for divination during the Shang dynasty. In early uses of hafting, either sticks or these objects were bound to stones to create handled tools. For 10 points, name these objects that may be pieced together to form hominin skeletons. ■END■

ANSWER: bones [or bone fragments; accept specific types of bones such as finger bones or scapulae or plastrons; prompt on remains; prompt on fossils by asking “fossils of what sort of objects?”]
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TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
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Southern CaliforniaUS7100%0%58.29
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Eastern Canada (2)US9100%0%65.78
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