In a potential breakthrough in wearable sensing technology, researchers have designed a wrist-mounted device that continuously tracks the entire human hand in 3D.

The bracelet, called FingerTrak, can sense and translate into 3D the many positions of the human hand, including 20 finger joint positions, using three or four miniature, low-resolution thermal ...

The discovery of a 1.4-million-year-old fossil of a hand bone reveals the modern human ability to make and use complex tools may be far older than previously thought, researchers say.

The duo isn’t saying that the advantages of manual dexterity and selection for a different foot shape played no part in hand evolution -- just that fighting may have done so as well.

Dog discovers human hand while being taken out on a walk with owner Police were called to the North Mount Loretto State Forest, New York City, ...

Scientists have long linked the evolution of the human hand—unique for its lengthy opposable thumbs and dexterous fingers—to the rise of stone tools some 2.6 million years ago. These ...