Download or read book Opposable Thumb written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beth-Ann Shepley describes a group activity for high school biology classes that she presented at the 1991 Woodrow Wilson Biology Institute. The activity is designed to illustrate the importance of the opposable thumb among primates. The students have to perform various tasks while their thumbs are taped to their hands. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey, provides the procedures for this activity online.