Abstract: Previous articleNext article No AccessRudimentary Digits in PrimatesWilliam L. Straus, Jr.William L. Straus, Jr.PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Quarterly Review of Biology Volume 17, Number 3Sep., 1942 Published in association with Stony Brook University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/394656 Views: 15Total views on this site Citations: 85Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Tracy L. Kivell, Niguss Baraki, Victoria Lockwood, Erin Marie Williams‐Hatala, Bernard A. Wood Form, function and evolution of the human hand, American Journal of Biological Anthropology 181, no.S76S76 (Dec 2022): 6–57.https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24667Caley M. Orr, Richard Atkinson, Jamie Ernewein, Matthew W. 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