Early origin for human-like precision grasping: A comparative study of pollical distal phalanges in fossil hominins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Almécija, Sergio ^a   Moyà Solà, Salvador ^a   Alba, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CHIMPANZEE; CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL PHALANX; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL HOMININ; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GORILLA; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THUMB; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FINGER PHALANX; FOSSIL; HAND STRENGTH; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMO; ORRORIN;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FINGER PHALANGES; FOSSILS; HAND STRENGTH; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955400656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011727     Document Type: Article

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