Screen LibraryPrimate functional morphology and evolution /
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©1975 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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World anthropology
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110803808 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110803808.jpg |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (584 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783110803808 |
| Index Number: | QL737 |
| CLC: | Q959.83 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- General Editor s Preface -- Preface -- SECTION ONE: New Perspectives on the Origin and Deployment of Catarrhine Primates -- Haplorhine Phylogeny and the Status of the Anthropoidea -- The Beginnings of the Catarrhini -- Paleoecology and Zoogeography of the Old World Monkeys -- Discussion -- SECTION TWO: Biomolecular Perspectives on Primate Evolution -- Molecular Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature -- The Study of Primate Chromosomes -- SECTION THREE: Anatomical Correlates of Feeding Behavior in Monkeys, Apes, and Man -- An Assessment of Masticatory Efficiency in a Series of Anthropoid Primates with Special Reference to the Colobinae and Cercopithecinae -- The Role of Cheek Pouches in Cercopithecine Monkey Adaptive Strategy -- SECTION FOUR: Knuckle-Walking and Hominoid Evolution -- Knuckle-Walking and Knuckle-Walkers: A Commentary on Some Recent Perspectives on Hominoid Evolution -- Knuckle-Walking and the Functional Anatomy of the Wrists in Living Apes -- SECTION FIVE: Mechanisms and Evolution of Bipedalism in the Hominoidea -- Functions and Evolution of Hominid Hip and Thigh Musculature -- Electromyography of the Gluteus Maximus Muscle in Gorilla and the Evolution of Hominid Bipedalism -- Function of the Gluteals in Man -- Functional Adaptation to Posture in the Pelvis of Man and Other Primates -- Biomechanical Perspectives on the Lower Limb of Early Hominids -- Comparative Osteometry of the Foot of Man and Facultatively Bipedal Primates -- SECTION SIX: Brain Evolution in the Hominoidea and the Evolution of Human Language -- Brain Evolution in the Hominoidea -- Early Hominid Endocasts: Volumes, Morphology, and Significance for Hominid Evolution -- Maturation and Longevity in Relation to Cranial Capacity in Hominid Evolution -- Estimation of the Cranial Capacity of Fossil Hominids -- Correlations Between Major Cranial Diameters of Man and Pongidae -- A Comparison of the Neurocranium and the Splanchnocranium in Recent and Fossil Primates -- The Brain of Primitive Man -- On the Evolution of Language: A Unified View -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects |