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Acosta Hospitaleche and her team discovered the fossils — a wing and anklebone — on Seymour Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 13 Aug. 2014
Think ape arm with human hand, ape heelbone adjoining human anklebone.
—Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2021
An irregular band of solid red ringed both legs, just above the anklebone.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 6 July 2017
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Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 13 Aug. 2014
Think ape arm with human hand, ape heelbone adjoining human anklebone.
—Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2021
An irregular band of solid red ringed both legs, just above the anklebone.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 6 July 2017
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“Anklebone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anklebone. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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anklebone
noun
an·kle·bone
-ˈbōn 
-ˌbōn
: the bone that in human beings bears the weight of the body and with the tibia and fibula forms the ankle joint
Medical Definition
anklebone
noun
an·kle·bone
ˈaŋ-kəl-ˌbōn
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