Virtual human hand simulation holds promise for prosthetics Date: September 26, 2019 ... there have been no methods to systematically acquire the motion of internal hand anatomy.

You've got to hand it to the roboticists at the University of Washington: They've built a robot hand modeled so closely on human anatomy, it's almost scary.

Eating bone marrow played a key role in the evolution of the human hand Date: July 11, 2018 Source: University of Kent Summary: The strength required to access the high calorie content of bone ...

The discovery of a 1.4-million-year-old fossil of a hand bone reveals the modern human ability to make and use complex tools may be far older than previously thought, researchers say.

Scientists have long linked the evolution of the human hand—unique for its lengthy opposable thumbs and dexterous fingers—to the rise of stone tools some 2.6 million years ago. These ...

The human hand is a beautiful product of evolution. Each one a finely crafted arrangement of 27 bones, our hands are among the most dexterous in the animal kingdom, ...

However, it is unlikely that all these behaviours equally influenced modern human hand anatomy. To understand the impact these different actions may have had on the evolution of human hands, ...

The strength required to access the high calorie content of bone marrow may have played a key role in the evolution of the human hand and explain why primates hands are not like ours, research at ...

Fossils of the hand and foot of the ancient human ancestor called Homo naledi, discovered in a cave in South Africa, are shown in this handout photo provided by Wits University in Johannesburg ...