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

People have long speculated whether the evolution of bipedalism in early hominins triggered tool use (by freeing their hands) or whether the necessity of making and using tools encouraged the shift to upright gait. Either way, it is commonly thought that one led to the other. In this study, we sough...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences 2013-11, Vol.368 (1630), p.1-12
Hauptverfasser:	Hashimoto, Teruo, Ueno, Kenichi, Ogawa, Akitoshi, Asamizuya, Takeshi, Suzuki, Chisato, Cheng, Kang, Tanaka, Michio, Taoka, Miki, Iwamura, Yoshiaki, Suwa, Gen, Iriki, Atsushi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Australopithecus Dexterity Fingers Fossils Hands Humans Magnetic resonance imaging Monkeys Neurons Toes
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