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Prehension : the hand and the emergence of humanity / Colin McGinn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGinn, Colin, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human evolution.
- Hand--Evolution.
- Hand.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In praise of the hand: A philosopher considers the crucial role of the hand in human evolution, particularly with respect to language.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-33104-7
- OCLC:
- 919431845
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