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Evidence for precision grasping in Neandertal daily activities
Neandertal manual activities, as previously reconstructed from their robust hand skeletons, are thought to involve systematic power grasping rather than precise hand movements. However, this interpretation is at odds with increasing archeological evidence for sophisticated cultural behavior. We reev...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6157967/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30263956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat2369 |
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author | Karakostis, Fotios Alexandros Hotz, Gerhard Tourloukis, Vangelis Harvati, Katerina |
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description | Neandertal manual activities, as previously reconstructed from their robust hand skeletons, are thought to involve systematic power grasping rather than precise hand movements. However, this interpretation is at odds with increasing archeological evidence for sophisticated cultural behavior. We reevaluate the manipulative behaviors of Neandertals and early modern humans using a historical reference sample with extensive genealogical and lifelong occupational documentation, in combination with a new and precise three-dimensional multivariate analysis of hand muscle attachments. Results show that Neandertal muscle marking patterns overlap exclusively with documented lifelong precision workers, reflecting systematic precision grasping consistent with the use of their associated cultural remains. Our findings challenge the established interpretation of Neandertal behavior and establish a solid link between biological and cultural remains in the fossil record. |
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spelling | pubmed-61579672018-09-27 Evidence for precision grasping in Neandertal daily activities Karakostis, Fotios Alexandros Hotz, Gerhard Tourloukis, Vangelis Harvati, Katerina Sci Adv Research Articles Neandertal manual activities, as previously reconstructed from their robust hand skeletons, are thought to involve systematic power grasping rather than precise hand movements. However, this interpretation is at odds with increasing archeological evidence for sophisticated cultural behavior. We reevaluate the manipulative behaviors of Neandertals and early modern humans using a historical reference sample with extensive genealogical and lifelong occupational documentation, in combination with a new and precise three-dimensional multivariate analysis of hand muscle attachments. Results show that Neandertal muscle marking patterns overlap exclusively with documented lifelong precision workers, reflecting systematic precision grasping consistent with the use of their associated cultural remains. Our findings challenge the established interpretation of Neandertal behavior and establish a solid link between biological and cultural remains in the fossil record. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2018-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6157967/ /pubmed/30263956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat2369 Text en Copyright © 2018 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, so long as the resultant use is not for commercial advantage and provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Karakostis, Fotios Alexandros Hotz, Gerhard Tourloukis, Vangelis Harvati, Katerina Evidence for precision grasping in Neandertal daily activities |
title | Evidence for precision grasping in Neandertal daily activities |
title_full | Evidence for precision grasping in Neandertal daily activities |
title_fullStr | Evidence for precision grasping in Neandertal daily activities |
title_full_unstemmed | Evidence for precision grasping in Neandertal daily activities |
title_short | Evidence for precision grasping in Neandertal daily activities |
title_sort | evidence for precision grasping in neandertal daily activities |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6157967/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30263956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat2369 |
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