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Prehension

the hand and the emergence of humanity

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An edition of Prehension (2015)

Prehension

the hand and the emergence of humanity

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The MIT Press
Language
English
Pages
191

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Prehension: the hand and the emergence of humanity
2015, The MIT Press
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Table of Contents

Origins of humanity
Two evolutionary principles
Human prehistory
Characteristics of the human hand
Hands and tools
Hands and language
Ostension and prehension
From signs to speech
Hand and mind
Selective cognition and the mouth
The origin of sentience
The meaning of the grip
A culture of hands
Arboreal remnants
The future of the hand.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
599.93/8
Library of Congress
GN281 .M395 2015, GN281.M395 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 191 pages
Number of pages
191

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27198698M
Internet Archive
prehensionhandem0000mcgi
ISBN 10
0262029324
ISBN 13
9780262029322
LCCN
2014049819
OCLC/WorldCat
907512411

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