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Phalangeal cortical bone distribution reveals different dexterous and climbing behaviors in

Samar M Syeda, Christopher J Dunmore, Matthew M Skinner, Lee R Berger, Steven E Churchill, Bernhard Zipfel, Tracy L Kivell

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors.

Samar M SyedaRichard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1514-8086
Christopher J DunmoreSchool of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K.
Matthew M SkinnerDepartment of Human Origins, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8321-3543
Lee R BergerCentre for the Exploration of the Deep Human Journey, School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0367-7629
Steven E ChurchillCentre for the Exploration of the Deep Human Journey, School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6656-4621
Bernhard ZipfelEvolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4251-884X
Tracy L KivellDepartment of Human Origins, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5087-0897

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evolution of the human hand is marked by a transition from a hand primarily used for locomotion to one primarily used for dexterous manipulation. The hand skeletons of Plio-Pleistocene hominins have different mosaics of human-like features associated with enhanced dexterity and ape-like features associated with locomotor hand use. However, the functional relevance of the ape-like features is debated, particularly due to a lack of complete and associated hand remains. Here, we investigate the internal phalangeal cortical structure of the nearly complete

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