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The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture
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The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture (edit title)

by Janet Malcolm (Author), Frank R. Wilson (edit contributors)

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"A startling argument . . . provocative . . . absorbing." -- The Boston Globe "Ambitious . . . arresting . . . celebrates the importance of hands to our lives today as well as to the history of our species." -- The New York Times Book Review The human hand is a miracle of biomechanics,... read more

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THE EARLIEST DIRECT HUMAN ANCESTORS were the australopithecines, "southern apes" of Africa who walked upright.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Janet Malcolm (Author)
  2. Frank R. Wilson

First Edition

Original Language: English
Publisher: New York
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0679412492
Page Count: 397

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  1. brain, 
  2. hand, 
  3. human body, 
  4. medicine 
 

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