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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.” (10[1])A capital at Anyang was found with the help (-5[1])of inscriptions on these objects (10[1])that were (10[1])once burned to form cracks. (10[1])Those “oracle” (10[2])types of these objects were used (10[1])for divination (10[1])during the Shang dynasty. In early uses of hafting, either sticks or these objects were bound to stones to create (10[1])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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