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The Hand: How Its Use Shapes the Brain, Language, and Human Culture

By Frank R. Wilson
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By Frank R. Wilson
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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, one of the most remarkable adaptations in the history of evolution. The hands of a concert pianist can elicit glorious sound and stir emotion; those of a surgeon can perform the most delicate operations; those of a...

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