Precision grips, hand morphology, and tools

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-110

  Marzke, Mary W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chimpanzees; fossil hominids; hand; manipulation; morphology; tool making; tool use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOLOGY; BABOON; CHIMPANZEE; EQUIPMENT; HAND; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EVOLUTION; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO; THUMB;

EID: 0031016198     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199701)102:1<91::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Review

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