Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2001 Mar 13;98(6):2953-5.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.061032198.

Hand morphology, manipulation, and tool use in Neandertals and early modern humans of the Near East

S E Churchill  1
Affiliations
Review

Hand morphology, manipulation, and tool use in Neandertals and early modern humans of the Near East

S E Churchill. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Fossil hands of Near Eastern Mousterian humans. (Left) Palmar view of the left hand of the Shanidar 4 Neandertal. (Right) Palmar view of the right hand metacarpal and phalangeal skeleton of the Qafzeh 9 early modern human The two hands are not to the same scale. (Reprinted with permission from E. Trinkaus and Israel Department of Antiquities).
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Comment on

References

    1. Bar-Yosef O. In: The Human Revolution. Mellars P, Stringer C B, editors. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Univ. Press; 1989. pp. 589–610.
    1. Quam R M, Smith F H. In: Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western Asia. Akazawa T, Aoki K, Bar-Yosef O, editors. New York: Plenum; 1998. pp. 405–421.
    1. Trinkaus E. In: The Evolution and Dispersal of Modern Humans in Asia. Akazawa T, Aoki K, Kimura T, editors. Tokyo: Hokusen-sha; 1992. pp. 277–294.
    1. Trinkaus E, Ruff C B, Churchill S E. In: Neandertals and Modern Humans in Western Asia. Akazawa T, Aoki K, Bar-Yosef O, editors. New York: Plenum; 1998. pp. 391–404.
    1. Harrold F B. In: Continuity or Replacement: Controversies in Homo sapiens Evolution. Bräuer G, Smith F H, editors. Rotterdam: Balkema; 1992. pp. 219–230.

LinkOut - more resources