1. Introduction / Tracy L. Kivell, Pierre Lemelin, Brian G. Richmond, and Daniel Schmitt
2. On primitiveness, prehensility, and opposability of the primate hand : the contributions of Frederic Wood Jones and John Russell Napier / Pierre Lemelin and Daniel Schmitt
Part I. Anatomical and Developmental Evidence. 3. The primate wrist / Tracy L. Kivell ; 4. Morphological diversity in the digital rays of primate hands / Biren A. Patel and Stephanie A. Maiolino ; 5. The role of genes and development in the evolution of the primate hand / Campbell Rolian ; 6. Organization and evolution of the neural control of the hand in primates : motor systems, sensory feedback, and laterality / Andrey Verendeev, Chet C. Sherwood, and William D. Hopkins ; 7. Anatomy, function, and evolution of the primate hand musculature / Pierre Lemelin and Rui Diogo ; 8. Comparative and functional morphology of the primate hand integument / Stephanie A. Maiolino, Amanda K. Kingston, and Pierre Lemelin
Part II. Biomechanical, Experimental and Behavioral Evidence. 9. Functional morphology of the primate hand : recent approaches using biomedical imaging, computer modeling, and engineering methods / Caley M. Orr ; 10. Experimental research on hand use and function in primates / Evie E. Vereecke and Roshna E. Wunderlich ; 11. Biomechanics of the human hand : from stone tools to computer keyboards / Erin Marie Williams-Hatala ; 12. Functions of the hand in primates / Dorothy M. Fragaszy and Jessica Crast ; 13. Patterns, variability, and flexibility of hand posture during locomotion in primates / Daniel Schmitt, Angel Zeininger, and Michael C. Granatosky
Part III. Paleontological Evidence. 14. Hands of Paleogene primates / Doug M. Boyer, Gabriel S. Yapuncich, Stephen G.B. Chester, Jonathan I. Bloch, and Marc Godinot ; 15. The hands of subfossil lemurs / Laurie R. Godfrey, Michael C. Granatosky, and William L. Jungers ; 16. The hands of fossil non-hominoid anthropoids / Terry Harrison and Thomas R. Rein ; 17. The hands of Miocene hominoids / Masato Nakatsukasa, Sergio Almécija, and David R. Begun ; 18. Evolution of the early hominin hand / Brian G. Richmond, Neil T. Roach, and Kelly R. Ostrofsky ; 19. The evolution of the hand in Pleistocene Homo / Erik Trinkaus.
