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Two morphologically distinct types of primate hands, the «ectaxonic» hand of most strepsirhines, and the «mesaxonic» of many, epecially ground-dwelling, monkeys and of apes and humans, are subject to a biomechanical analysis. A functional explanation for the existence of these two combinations of skeletal and myological characteristics is presented.
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Preuschoft, H., Godinot, M., Beard, C., Nieschalk, U., Jouffroy, F.K. (1993). Biomechanical considerations to explain important morphological characters of primate hands. In: Preuschoft, H., Chivers, D.J. (eds) Hands of Primates. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6914-8_17
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