Hand before foot? Cortical somatotopy suggests manual dexterity is primitive and evolved independently of bipedalism

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1630, 2013, Pages

  Hashimoto, Teruo ^a   Ueno, Kenichi ^a   Ogawa, Akitoshi ^a   Asamizuya, Takeshi ^a   Suzuki, Chisato ^a   Cheng, Kang ^a   Tanaka, Michio ^a,b   Taoka, Miki ^a   Iwamura, Yoshiaki ^b   Suwa, Gen ^c   Iriki, Atsushi ^a,b  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Fingers; Neuroimaging; Somatotopic representation; Toes

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIPEDALISM; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN EVOLUTION; NEUROLOGY; TOOL USE;

HAPLORHINI; PRIMATES;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOOT; HAND; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOTOPIC REPRESENTATION; TOE;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FINGERS; NEUROIMAGING; SOMATOTOPIC REPRESENTATION; TOES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MACACA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 84885192927     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0417     Document Type: Article

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