In addition, the Swiss team demonstrates that the elephant trunk velocity obeys a mathematical law observed in human hand drawing movements. These results are published in the journal Current Biology.

"The goal from the beginning has been to create a prosthetic hand that we model based on the human hand's physical and sensing capabilities—a more natural prosthetic that functions and feels like a ...

The manual pressures of stone tool behaviors and their implications for the evolution of the human hand. Journal of Human Evolution, 2018; 119: 14 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2018.02.008 ...