Tool making, hand morphology and fossil hominins

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1630, 2013, Pages

  Marzke, Mary W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimpanzees; Forceful precision grips; Muscle architecture; Power (squeeze) grip; Thumb

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN EVOLUTION; KINEMATICS; MOVEMENT; STRESS; TOOL USE;

PAN;

ANIMAL; CHIMPANZEES; EVOLUTION; FORCEFUL PRECISION GRIPS; FOSSIL; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HISTOLOGY; HOMINID; MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; POWER (SQUEEZE) GRIP; REVIEW; THUMB; TOOL USE;

CHIMPANZEES; FORCEFUL PRECISION GRIPS; MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE; POWER (SQUEEZE) GRIP; THUMB;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HOMINIDAE; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84885217397     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0414     Document Type: Review

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