11.11.2024

New Study Published in Journal of Human Evolution Uncovers Human-like Grasping Patterns in Early Hominin Fossils

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new open-access study in the Journal of Human Evolution, led by Jana Kunze and colleagues. This research provides compelling evidence of human-like habitual grasping patterns in the hands of certain—but not all—early fossil hominins.

The study, titled "Humanlike manual activities in Australopithecus”, is co-authored by our Center’s Principal Investigator, Prof. Dr. Katerina Harvati; Dr. Gerhard Hotz, Curator of Anthropology at the Natural History Museum of Basel and researcher at the Integrative Prehistory and Archaeological Science, University of Basel; and our Junior Research Group Leader, Dr. Fotios Alexandros Karakostis.

You can read the full article here:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004724842400099X.

The research team extends their gratitude to all contributors and collaborators who supported this work. Congratulations to all authors on this remarkable achievement!