Grasp, Theory, Practice

Humans are not the only organisms that can grasp objects due to the possession of a thumb that opposes digits, and their grasp is not necessarily as strong as others.  Instead, what is distinctive in the human grasp is its degree of precision, the result of which is that the human hand can more accurately mold itself to the surface of a held object, and can more easily manipulate an object.  In other words, the human grasp is more highly evolved both as a cognition and as as dexterous, i. e. as a mode both of Theory and of Practice.