Trabecular variation in the first metacarpal and manipulation in hominids.
Christopher J DunmoreAmeline BardoMatthew M SkinnerTracy L KivellPublished in: American journal of physical anthropology (2019)
These results are consistent with abduction of the thumb during forceful "pad-to-pad" precision grips in humans and, in nonhuman great apes, a habitually adducted thumb that is typically used in precision and power grips. This comparative context will help infer habitual manipulative and locomotor grips in fossil hominins.