Human-like hand use in Australopithecus africanus

Matthew M. Skinner; Nicholas B. Stephens; Zewdi J. Tsegai; Alexandra C. Foote; N. Huynh Nguyen; Thomas Gross; Dieter H. Pahr; Jean-Jacques Hublin; Tracy L. Kivell

doi:10.1126/science.1261735

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Human-like hand use in Australopithecus africanus

Matthew M. Skinner¹,²,³,⁴,*,
Nicholas B. Stephens³,
Zewdi J. Tsegai³,
Alexandra C. Foote²,
N. Huynh Nguyen³,
Thomas Gross⁵,
Dieter H. Pahr⁵,
Jean-Jacques Hublin³,
Tracy L. Kivell¹,³,⁴,*

¹School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, UK.
²Department of Anthropology, University College London, London WC1H 0BW, UK.
³Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig Germany.
⁴Evolutionary Studies Institute and Centre for Excellence in PalaeoSciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa.
⁵Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstrasse 27-29, 1040 Wien, Vienna, Austria.

↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: m.skinner{at}kent.ac.uk (M.M.S.); t.l.kivell{at}kent.ac.uk (T.L.K.)

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Science 23 Jan 2015:
Vol. 347, Issue 6220, pp. 395-399
DOI: 10.1126/science.1261735

Matthew M. Skinner

1School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, UK.

2Department of Anthropology, University College London, London WC1H 0BW, UK.

3Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig Germany.

4Evolutionary Studies Institute and Centre for Excellence in PalaeoSciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa.

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For correspondence: m.skinner@kent.ac.uk t.l.kivell@kent.ac.uk

Nicholas B. Stephens

3Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig Germany.

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Zewdi J. Tsegai

3Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig Germany.

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Alexandra C. Foote

2Department of Anthropology, University College London, London WC1H 0BW, UK.

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N. Huynh Nguyen

3Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig Germany.

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Thomas Gross

5Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstrasse 27-29, 1040 Wien, Vienna, Austria.

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Dieter H. Pahr

5Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstrasse 27-29, 1040 Wien, Vienna, Austria.

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Jean-Jacques Hublin

3Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig Germany.

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Tracy L. Kivell

1School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, UK.

3Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig Germany.

4Evolutionary Studies Institute and Centre for Excellence in PalaeoSciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa.

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For correspondence: m.skinner@kent.ac.uk t.l.kivell@kent.ac.uk

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