Round 6: Tossup 20

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 (10[1])was found with the help of inscriptions on these objects that were once burned to form cracks. (10[1])Those “oracle” (10[1])types (10[1])of these objects were used for divination during the Shang (10[1])dynasty. In early uses of hafting, (-5[1])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■ (10[1])

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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Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%0%59.25
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%0%58.29
Eastern Canada (1)US4100%0%67.25
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%0%65.78
FloridaUS4100%25%71.75
Great LakesUS10100%20%67.80
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%11%70.56
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS9100%22%70.33
MidwestUS9100%11%62.11
NorthUS4100%25%70.00
NortheastUS12100%8%70.75
PacificUS8100%0%62.13
South CentralUS6100%17%68.17
SoutheastUS11100%9%67.09
Upstate NYUS5100%20%66.40