Scientists have unearthed the oldest modern-looking hand bone from a human ancestor at a site in Africa, demonstrating that features we take for granted, like the ability to grip, go much further ...

The hand skeletons of women workers from the early days of industrialization reflect the diverse and unstable manual activities of their everyday lives. A team of researchers from Japan, Hong Kong ...

The bone, which is the earliest modern humanlike finger bone ever found, could come from a number of species that were around at the time, including Homo erectus Editor's note: The following essay ...

We use our hands for almost every type of activity. But hands are complex, and when a part of them gets damaged, it can affect the whole hand. A metacarpal fracture is a break in one of the ...

Hand surgeons have generally discontinued use of bone cement in total wrist and small joint arthroplasty, but they do not rule out the use of bone cement altogether. “The use of cement in the ...

It turns out that early human ancestors were handier than previously thought. A study published Thursday in the journal Science found evidence that Australopithecus africanus may have used tools more ...