A Show of Hands: Manipulation

The importance of the human hand from five angles, beginning with manipulation, and how people used their hands to organise, shape and change the world about them. Contributors include Professor Simon Kay, who leads the UK's only hand transplant service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and Professor Tracy Kivell from the University of Kent, who considers the evolution of a limb that has the strength to grip and wield heavy tools but can also perform the finest, most delicate tasks