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Jan 10th, 2023 at 10:48am
 
Hello,
I need help for different sizes in a hand.
After discussions I had about chalk slingstones with archeologists, I think it's possible that the size of several slingstones are measured with the hands. This is the hypothesis I want to study.
So I need your help to establish "an average hand".
All responses are welcome and a big thank you to all.
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Reply #1 - Jan 10th, 2023 at 12:25pm
 
Most of the info you are looking for is likely already available online:

https://www.healthline.com/health/average-hand-size#hand-size-vs-height
(The primary sources are linked in the article)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288518032_Kids_and_gender_Differences_i...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5535485/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090536X16300697

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1258/rsmmsl.49.2.123



Note that people in ancient times might have been younger on average and also likely less obese than we are nowadays. That might affect the measurements somewhat.

How to look for more information:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
https://scholar.google.com

There are other platforms, but they are mostly locked behind paywalls. Your local university library may have access to a couple.
https://www.scopus.com
https://clarivate.com/webofsciencegroup/solutions/web-of-science/ (Web of Science)

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Reply #2 - Jan 10th, 2023 at 1:25pm
 
I agree with Teg -- modern people and their hands are much larger than than our predecessors.  You would do well to explore the studies of ancient humans -- Egyptians, Scythians, Greeks & Romans, Europeans etc.  Forensic anthropologists (or whatever they're called) will certainly have studied and recorded findings about body size, including hands.  A simple look at sword hilts from 1000 or more years ago tells you that hands were smaller 'back in the day'.
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Reply #3 - Jan 11th, 2023 at 2:45am
 
Yes, I agree with you.
But my height is 1 m 68. For me, the lenght D is 5,3 cm and E is 2,5 cm.
If my height is 1 m 60, D would be 5,0 cm and E would be 2.4 cm.
If my height is 1 m 50, D would be 4,7 cm and E would be 2,2 cm.
Yes, some differences exist.
But ...
For example, 15 Hawaian slingstones in museum of Quimper. This is the museum I want to visit. 7 have a width of 2,4 cm. My question is : is it a coincidence ?
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Reply #4 - Jan 12th, 2023 at 3:00am
 
Always with my example, the median lenght is 5,4 cm. Second coincidence !
Yes, I'm not Hawaian and I didn't live in the XIXth century but I see two coherent coincidences.
My goal isn't to prove anything but to convince the archeologists that this hypothesis is interesting. Archeologists are scientist ; this is why an "average hand" is useful.
My idea may be stupid but if no one tries, we'll never know.
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Reply #5 - Jan 12th, 2023 at 5:42am
 
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Reply #6 - Jan 13th, 2023 at 2:49am
 
Hi, Blondsquirrel.
Thanks for the share. Useful and interesting.

In my photo, the 1st number is the lenght, the 2nd number is the width and the 3d number is the ratio width/lenght. The longer the lenght, the lower the ratio. It's normal because the width is almost fixed, about 2.4 cm.
My hypothesis :
1) Cut the diameter (1 phalanx on the index finger) in a pebble.
2) Cast off each end to obtain a projectile of about 3 fingers.
It's simple, fast and efficient to have identical slingstones. In addition, this method is easy to transmit to young slinger.
The photo attached to this post summarizes my idea.
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Reply #7 - Jan 13th, 2023 at 7:18am
 
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Reply #8 - Jan 16th, 2023 at 11:38am
 
In 1888, Vigors remarked that the slingstones used in New Caledonia had a diameter of exactly 2,5 cm (Kubikova, 2015).
The length of the middle phalanx of my index finger is 2,5 cm.
I just contacted the museum and I hope the visit will be possible.
Allow me to insist but the length of the middle phalanx of the index finger of many of you would be of great statistical help.
Thanks to all.
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Reply #9 - Jan 16th, 2023 at 11:43am
 
Blindsquirrel wrote on Jan 13th, 2023 at 7:18am:
Based upon the sizes of glandes pictured up above where the weights of them somewhere around 75-85 grams?


Between 40 and 50 grammes.
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Reply #10 - Jan 16th, 2023 at 7:33pm
 
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Reply #11 - Feb 1st, 2023 at 3:49pm
 
@TOMBELAINE - Do you still want hand measurements?  Sorry, I meant to post mine but forgot.  I'll definitely do it if this is still something you want to gather.
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Reply #12 - Feb 2nd, 2023 at 2:41am
 
Yes, Joe Meadmaker.
I'm waiting for an answer from the museum, but it's closed in the winter.
The size of the human has varied according to the times. For example, I see on a French website that the size of a Neanderthal man was 1.60 meter. I measure 1.68 m.
https://www.hominides.com/dossiers/neandertal-et-sapiens-les-differences/
Therefore, some statistical data would be very useful to me to better understand my subject.
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Reply #13 - Feb 3rd, 2023 at 7:40pm
 
Here are my hand measurements.  The F measurement is hard to see in the picture because the line disappears between two fingers.  I measured from the first knuckle of the middle finger to the point where the finger meets the palm.  If that's not what you want, just let me know and I'll measure it again.

All measurements are in mm.

Left:
A - 78
B - 34
C - 87
D - 53
E - 26
F - 52

Right:
A - 80
B - 35
C - 89
D - 56
E - 28
F - 55
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Reply #14 - Feb 5th, 2023 at 3:19am
 
Thanks, Joe.
With your hands, you could have made the first bullet on the top left.


If I'm pessimistic, you are the only one who answered. If I'm optimistic, you are the first to answer.  Undecided
Your answers are important. Right or left hand, inch or millimeter ... like you want.


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