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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Autores principales: Hashimoto, Teruo, Ueno, Kenichi, Ogawa, Akitoshi, Asamizuya, Takeshi, Suzuki, Chisato, Cheng, Kang, Tanaka, Michio, Taoka, Miki, Iwamura, Yoshiaki, Suwa, Gen, Iriki, Atsushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4027408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24101627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0417

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4027408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24101627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2012.0417

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