Earliest modern human-like hand bone from a new 41.84-million-year-old site at Olduvai in Tanzania

Modern humans are characterized by specialized hand morphology that is associated with advanced manipulative skills. Thus, there is important debate in paleoanthropology about the possible cause-effect relationship of this modern human-like (MHL) hand anatomy, its associated grips and the invention...

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Autores: Domínguez-Rodrigo, Manuel, Pickering, Travis|||0000-0001-5369-7807, Almécija, Sergio|||0000-0003-1373-1497, Heaton, Jason|||0000-0001-8039-4748, Baquedano, Enrique, Mabulla, Audax, Uribelarrea, David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:187254
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/187254
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1038/ncomms8987
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Anthropology
Palaeontology
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Sumario:Modern humans are characterized by specialized hand morphology that is associated with advanced manipulative skills. Thus, there is important debate in paleoanthropology about the possible cause-effect relationship of this modern human-like (MHL) hand anatomy, its associated grips and the invention and use of stone tools by early hominins. Here we describe and analyse Olduvai Hominin (OH) 86, a manual proximal phalanx from the recently discovered.