Handy accessories

• Autores: Julia Brown
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2908, 2013, págs. 40-41
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Brown discusses how human hand defines people's personality, health, and development. Hand gestures may have been the forerunner of language, and they remain central to communication even if people do not always notice them. Some cultures have made gesticulation an art form: Sicilian people, for example, have a huge range of hand signals, and the traditional dances of India and Bali are characterized by precise gestures, each with a specific meaning. Above all, the fiendish design of human hands allows them to interact with the world like no other animal. From writing, drawing and making music to building nuclear power stations, almost everything they do with them is peculiarly human.