Gibt es mikroevolutive Veränderungen im Bau der Hand seit dem Auftreten des anatomisch modernen Menschen ?

Contrary to the relatively extensive and impressive research on the development of form and structure of the brain (respectively endocasts) from Homo sapiens neanderthalensis through the first representatives of anatomically modern man (Homo sapiens sapiens) to recent mankind, research on the hand seems to be neglected. There is a wide gap between the results of morphometric studies on hand-bones of Neandertals and our knowledge of the hand of recent living man, which is very extensively fixed in anatomical text-books and numerous anthropological papers. The intended critical review asks for facts and possibilities which can be used to fill this gap.