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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 that were once burned to form cracks. (10[2])Those “oracle” types of (10[1])these (10[1])objects (10[3])were used (10[1])for divination during the Shang dynasty. In early uses (10[1])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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