Hand pressure distribution during Oldowan stone tool production

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 520-532

  Williams, Erin Marie ^a   Gordon, Adam D ^b   Richmond, Brian G ^a,c  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Force; Knapping; Pollical musculature; Pressure; Thumb

Indexed keywords

HOMINID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOOL USE;

EID: 84859161477     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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