Contents
1 Origins of Humanity
2 Two Evolutionary Principles
3 Human Prehistory
4 Characteristics of the Human Hand
5 Hands and Tools
6 Hands and Language
7 Ostension and Prehension
8 From Signs to Speech
9 Hand and Mind
10 Selective Cognition and the Mouth
11 The Origin of Sentience
12 The Meaning of the Grip
13 A Culture of Hands
14 Arboreal Remnants
15 The Future of the Hand