Get a Grip: Variation in Human Hand Grip Strength and Implications for Human Evolution

Get a Grip: Variation in Human Hand Grip Strength and Implications for Human Evolution

Although hand grip strength is critical to the daily lives of humans and our arboreal great ape relatives, the human hand has changed in form and function throughout our evolution due to terrestrial bipedalism, tool use, and directional asymmetry (DA) such as handedness. Here we investigate how hand...

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Main Authors: Ameline Bardo, Tracy L. Kivell, Katie Town, Georgina Donati, Haiko Ballieux, Cosmin Stamate, Trudi Edginton, Gillian S. Forrester
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Symmetry
Subjects:
power grip strength
directional asymmetry
hand dominance
hand shape
manual activities
human evolution
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/7/1142

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