Tuesday, July 27, 2010

A Handy Bunch: Tools, Thumbs Helped Us Thrive

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128676181

The evolving anatomy of the human hand gave humans great dexterity and fine motor skills. With these advances came the ability to make stone tools and primitive knives. Anthropologists are now studying how our ancestors learned to make tools, and how these tools shaped our bodies.

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