Unconstrained 3D-kinematics of prehension in five primates: Lemur, capuchin, gorilla, chimpanzee, human

Reghem, E.; Chèze, Laurence; Coppens, Yves; Pouydebat, Emmanuelle

doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.06.011

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“…Furthermore, investigation of the evolution of grasping is limited to inferences from bony morphology only, as this is all that is preserved in the fossil record [10,14,37]. Experimental studies, including the kinematics [38], electromyography of muscle use [8] or force experienced by the digits [39] during particular grasping tasks provide important information about the biomechanics of grasping, but may not be logistically or ethically feasible on extant primates and cannot be applied to extinct taxa. A lack of methods enabling the quantification of digit movement and dexterity directly from bony morphology has limited our understanding of evolution and variation of precision manipulation in primates.…”

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Estimating thumb–index finger precision grip and manipulation potential in extant and fossil primates

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Kivell

Pouydebat

et al. 2015

J. R. Soc. Interface.

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Primates, and particularly humans, are characterized by superior manual dexterity compared with other mammals. However, drawing the biomechanical link between hand morphology/behaviour and functional capabilities in non-human primates and fossil taxa has been challenging. We present a kinematic model of thumb-index precision grip and manipulative movement based on bony hand morphology in a broad sample of extant primates and fossil hominins. The model reveals that both joint mobility and digit proportions (scaled to hand size) are critical for determining precision grip and manipulation potential, but that having either a long thumb or great joint mobility alone does not necessarily yield high precision manipulation. The results suggest even the oldest available fossil hominins may have shared comparable precision grip manipulation with modern humans. In particular, the predicted human-like precision manipulation of Australopithecus afarensis, approximately one million years before the first stone tools, supports controversial archaeological evidence of tool-use in this taxon.

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Estimating thumb–index finger precision grip and manipulation potential in extant and fossil primates

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Kivell

Pouydebat

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J. R. Soc. Interface.

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“…However, manual grasping is generally thought to be associated primarily with feeding behaviour134. Although humans have long been considered as possessing the greatest dexterity during manual grasping2, all primates show the ability to grasp food and many of them use a variety of grip types567. Moreover, even among primates, food manipulation is associated with different ecological contexts and morphologies; hence, the uniqueness of the human hand only exists along a morphological and behavioural continuum2.…”

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Holding-on: co-evolution between infant carrying and grasping behaviour in strepsirrhines

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Wall

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The origin and evolution of manual grasping remain poorly understood. The ability to cling requires important grasping abilities and is essential to survive in species where the young are carried in the fur. A previous study has suggested that this behaviour could be a pre-adaptation for the evolution of fine manipulative skills. In this study we tested the co-evolution between infant carrying in the fur and manual grasping abilities in the context of food manipulation. As strepsirrhines vary in the way infants are carried (mouth vs. fur), they are an excellent model to test this hypothesis. Data on food manipulation behaviour were collected for 21 species of strepsirrhines. Our results show that fur-carrying species exhibited significantly more frequent manual grasping of food items. This study clearly illustrates the potential novel insights that a behaviour (infant carrying) that has previously been largely ignored in the discussion of the evolution of primate manipulation can bring.

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“…Mundinano et al, ). Their prehensile patterns were also highly comparable to other primates (including humans), in terms of the relative timings of their peak velocities and grip apertures (Reghem et al, ; Sartori, Camperio‐Ciani, Bulgheroni, & Castiello, b). Previous findings investigating hand preferences in marmosets were supported in the current study, demonstrating strong individual biases in hand preferences for unimanual tasks, with only one of the 10 animals showing no bias in their hand use (Cordeiro de Sousa et al, ; Hook & Rogers, ).…”

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“…Next, the second channel adjusts the configuration of the hand mid‐flight according to the properties of the target object, such as its dimensions and weight to handle the “grasp” component. Studies of reaching to grasp behaviors have revealed fundamental properties being relatively conserved across primates capable of opposition (Reghem, Chèze, Coppens, & Pouydebat, ; Roy, Paulignan, Farnè, Jouffrais, & Boussaoud, ). However, there is limited knowledge surrounding these properties observed in primates that lack independent control of the digits such as the New World marmoset monkey.…”

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Prehensile kinematics of the marmoset monkey: Implications for the evolution of visually‐guided behaviors

Fox

Mundinano

Bourne

2019

J of Comparative Neurology

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Throughout the primate lineage, there is a wide diversity of prehensile capacity that is thought to stem from individual species foraging patterns. While many studies have explored primates with precise hand grips, such as higher apes, few have considered primates that lack opposition movements. The New World marmoset monkey occupies an intriguing niche, displaying adept control of their hand movements yet their absence of opposable digits results in relatively imprecise grasping actions when compared with those observed in Old World monkeys, apes, and humans. The marmoset monkey offers a unique composition of ancestral primate corticospinal organization combined with skilled hand use to explore the evolution and development of visually-guided actions. In this study, four adult marmosets were trained to perform a series of visually-guided tasks, designed to assess their control over locating and retrieving objects of differing dimensions. Two of these animals received a neonatal lesion of the inferior pulvinar (unilateral), a thalamic nucleus previously demonstrated to be involved in visuomotor development.The kinematics of their reaching and grasping patterns were recorded for offline analysis. Predictive modeling revealed that maximum grip aperture, time to reach peak velocity and hand use were reliable predictors of distinguishing between cohorts. A consistent feature observed across all tasks was that they do not precisely scale their grip according to the dimensions of the target object which may be attributed to their lack of independent digit control. Therefore, the marmoset monkey represents a previously understudied position in the evolution of primate reach and grasp behavior.

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Unconstrained 3D-kinematics of prehension in five primates: Lemur, capuchin, gorilla, chimpanzee, human

Cited by 24 publications

References 44 publications

Estimating thumb–index finger precision grip and manipulation potential in extant and fossil primates

Estimating thumb–index finger precision grip and manipulation potential in extant and fossil primates

Holding-on: co-evolution between infant carrying and grasping behaviour in strepsirrhines

Prehensile kinematics of the marmoset monkey: Implications for the evolution of visually‐guided behaviors

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