On manual proportions and pad-to-pad precision grasping in Australopithecus afarensis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8081, USA; Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICP, Campus de la UAB s/n, 08193 Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: sergio.almecija@stonybrook.edu.
² Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICP, Campus de la UAB s/n, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Torino, Italy.

Comment

Sergio Almécija et al. J Hum Evol. 2014 Aug.

. 2014 Aug:73:88-92.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.02.006. Epub 2014 Mar 11.

¹ Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8081, USA; Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICP, Campus de la UAB s/n, 08193 Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: sergio.almecija@stonybrook.edu.
² Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICP, Campus de la UAB s/n, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Torino, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Australopiths; Early hominins; Hand; Manipulation; Pollical distal phalanx; Postcranial evolution.

Comment in

Response to Almécija and Alba (2014) - On manual proportions in Australopithecus afarensis.
Rolian C, Gordon AD. Rolian C, et al. J Hum Evol. 2014 Aug;73:93-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.05.002. Epub 2014 Jun 21. J Hum Evol. 2014. PMID: 24957903 No abstract available.

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