Evolution and homologies of primate and modern human hand and forearm muscles, with notes on thumb movements and tool use

2012/05/27 by Rui Diogo, Brian G. Richmond, Bernard Wood · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Action Observation and Synchronization #Anatomy #Biological evolution #Biology #Bipedalism #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Extant taxon #Forearm #Hominidae #Myology #Neuroscience #Primate #Primate Behavior and Ecology #Thumb

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.04.001

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Citations

• Early Origin for Human-Like Precision Grasping: A Comparative Study of Pollical Distal Phalanges in Fossil Hominins
• The evolutionary context of the first hominins
• Orrorin tugenensis Femoral Morphology and the Evolution of Hominin Bipedalism
• First hominid from the Miocene (Lukeino Formation, Kenya)
• Quantitative analysis of the intrinsic muscles of the hand
• Functional anatomy of the gibbon forelimb: adaptations to a brachiating lifestyle
• Evidence of hominid-like precision grip capability in the hand of the Miocene ape Oreopithecus

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• Was Australopithecus afarensis able to make the Lomekwian stone tools? Towards a realistic biomechanical simulation of hand force capability in fossil hominins and new insights on the role of the fifth digit
• Thumb [wikipedia]