title: On manual proportions and pad-to-pad precision grasping in Australopithecus afarensis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8081, USA; Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICP, Campus de la UAB s/n, 08193 Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: sergio.almecija@stonybrook.edu.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Almécija
authors.affiliation: Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICP, Campus de la UAB s/n, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Alba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005580:Fossils; D050276:Hand Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D015186:Hominidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male
keywords: Australopiths; Early hominins; Hand; Manipulation; Pollical distal phalanx; Postcranial evolution