The Evolution of the Primate Hand
Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence
This book demonstrates how the primate hand combines both primitive and novel morphology, both general function with specialization, and both a remarkable degree of diversity within some clades and yet general similarity across many others. Across the chapters, different authors have addressed a variety of specific questions and provided their perspectives, but all explore the main themes described above to provide an overarching primitive primate hand thread to the book. Each chapter provides an in-depth review and critical account of the available literature, a balanced interpretation of the evidence from a variety of perspectives, and pros…
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Weitere Autoren: Lemelin, Pierre (Hrsg.) / Richmond, Brian G. (Hrsg.) / Schmitt, Daniel (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4939-3646-5
- EAN: 9781493936465
- Produktnummer: 20400952
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 589 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 19'875 KB
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2016
- Abbildungen: 64 farbige Abbildungen, 27 schwarz-weiße Tabellen, Bibliographie
Über den Autor
Tracy L. KivellAnimal Postcranial Evolution (APE) Lab, Skeletal Biology Research Centre, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UKDepartment of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, GermanyPierre LemelinDivision of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaBrian G. RichmondDivision of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USADaniel SchmittAnimal Locomotion Lab, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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