@inbook {315649,
	title = {Hands, Brains, and Precision Grips: Origins of Tool Use Behaviors},
	booktitle = {Evolution of Nervous Systems},
	year = {2017},
	month = {2017},
	pages = {299 - 315},
	publisher = {Academic Press},
	organization = {Academic Press},
	edition = {2nd edition},
	address = {Oxford},
	abstract = {<p>Humans possess the most advanced manipulative skills among hominoid primates\&nbsp;and produce the most sophisticated technology. This capability is reflected in (1) human hand anatomy, facilitating opposition during precision grasping; and (2) neurobiological structure and function, conferring humans with enhanced neocortical control over behavior. This stark human{\textendash}ape dichotomy is less clear when looking at the fossil record, in part due to the difficulty of assessing primitive versus derived (ie, {\textquotedblleft}uniquely human{\textquotedblright}) features. We review the evolutionary history of the link between the hand and brain in primates, with a view toward\&nbsp;understanding the emergence of human tool culture.</p>
},
	keywords = {Brain, Evolution, Fossil hominoids, great apes, Hand, hominins, Humans, Pad-to-pad, precision grip, Primates},
	isbn = {978-0-12-804096-6},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128040423000853},
	author = {Alm{\'e}cija, S and Sherwood, CC},
	editor = {Kaas, JH}
}
