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 var...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kivell, Tracy L. (Editor ), Lemelin, Pierre (Editor ), Richmond, Brian G. (Editor ), Schmitt, Daniel (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects,
Temas:
Evolution (Biology).
Anthropology.
Animal migration.
Evolutionary Biology.
Animal Migration.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FOREWARD
  • Introduction
  • On the primitiveness, prehensility, and opposability of the primate hand: the contributions of Frederic Wood Jones and John Russell Napier
  • The Primate Wrist
  • Morphological Diversity in the Digital Rays of Primate Hands
  • The Role of Genes and Development in the Evolution of the Primate Hand
  • Organization and Evolution of Neural Control of the Hand in Primates: Motor Systems, Sensory Feedback, and Laterality
  • Anatomy, Function, and Evolution of the Primate Hand Musculature
  • Comparative and Functional Morphology of the Primate Hand Integument
  • Functional Morphology of the Primate Hand: Recent Approaches using Biomedical Imaging, Computer Modeling, and Engineering Methods
  • Experimental Research on Hand Use and Function in Primates
  • Biomechanics of the Human Hand: From Stone Tools to Computer Keyboards
  • Functions of the Hand in Primates
  • Patterns, Variability, and Flexibility of Hand Posture during Locomotion in Primates
  • The Hands of Paleogene Primates
  • The Hands of Subfossil Lemurs
  • The Hands of Non-Hominoid Anthropoids
  • The Hands of Miocene Hominoids
  • Evolution of the Early Hominin Hand
  • The Evolution of the Hand in Pleistocene Homo. .

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