Evidence for precision grasping in Neandertal daily activities

Author:

Karakostis Fotios Alexandros1ORCID,Hotz Gerhard23,Tourloukis Vangelis14ORCID,Harvati Katerina14ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Paleoanthropology, Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72070, Germany.

2. Anthropological Collection, Natural History Museum of Basel, Basel 4051, Switzerland.

3. Integrative Prehistory and Archaeological Science, University of Basel, Basel 4055, Switzerland.

4. DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Center for Advanced Studies “Words, Bones, Genes, Tools,” Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Rümelinstrasse 23, D-72070 Tübingen, Germany.

Abstract

Contrary to common assumptions, Neandertal habitual behavior relied mainly on manual precision rather than brute grip force.

Funder

H2020 European Research Council

German Academic Exchange Service

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

A.G. Leventis Foundation

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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