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Prehension : the hand and the emergence of humanity / Colin McGinn. [electronic resource]

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource (202 pages)ISBN:
  • 9780262331043 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Prehension : the hand and the emergence of humanity.DDC classification:
  • 599.93/8 23
LOC classification:
  • GN281 .M395 2015
Online resources:
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.
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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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