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... HAND AND PRECISE MANIPULATION The primate hand , with fingernails and divergent thumb , originally evolved as an adaptation to arboreal locomotion . However , not all primates have " the primate hand . " Marmosets climb like squirrels ...
... HAND AND PRECISE MANIPULATION The primate hand , with fingernails and divergent thumb , originally evolved as an adaptation to arboreal locomotion . However , not all primates have " the primate hand . " Marmosets climb like squirrels ...
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... hand to their mouths and snuffle at it — so do baby rhesus . They may even reach for the raisin with one hand , stand on it , then bring the other to their mouths . It seems incredible that an adult primate should not realize which hand ...
... hand to their mouths and snuffle at it — so do baby rhesus . They may even reach for the raisin with one hand , stand on it , then bring the other to their mouths . It seems incredible that an adult primate should not realize which hand ...
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... hand or hands making the sign ; twelve , the place where the sign is made ; twenty - four the action of the hand or hands . Thus the pointing hand configuration yields one sign near the forehead , another near the cheek , another near ...
... hand or hands making the sign ; twelve , the place where the sign is made ; twenty - four the action of the hand or hands . Thus the pointing hand configuration yields one sign near the forehead , another near the cheek , another near ...
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Arguing from primate to man | 2 |
Phylogeny and Ecology | 11 |
Summary | 22 |
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