Hafted technologies likely reduced stone tool-related selective pressures acting on the hominin hand

Abstract The evolution of the hominin hand has been widely linked to the use and production of flaked stone tool technologies. After the earliest handheld flake tools emerged, shifts in hominin hand anatomy allowing for greater force during precision gripping and ease when manipulating objects in-ha...

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Main Authors: Anna Mika, Julie Lierenz, Andrew Smith, Briggs Buchanan, Robert S. Walker, Metin I. Eren, Michelle R. Bebber, Alastair Key
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42096-z