The Evolution of the Primate Hand

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Beschreibung

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 prospects for future research questions. In order to make this a useful resource for researchers at all levels, the basic structure of each chapter is the same, so that information can be easily consulted from chapter to chapter. An extensive reference list is provided at the end of each chapter so the reader has additional resources to addressmore specific questions or to find specific data.

Über den Autor

Tracy L. KivellAnimal Postcranial Evolution (APE) Lab, Skeletal Biology Research Centre, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, GermanyPierre Lemelin
Division 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, USA
Daniel SchmittAnimal Locomotion Lab, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

Zusammenfassung

Covers all primate clades, from strepsirrhines to hominoids, and from the earliest primate fossils and close relatives to the evolution of modern Homo sapiens

Provides an in-depth review and critical account of the available literature on primate morphology

Addresses primate evolution in a straightforward, accessible language with data-rich tables and illustrations that will serve as a comprehensive guide for any researcher interested in the primate hand

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Biologie
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
Inhalt:	xi 589 S. 64 farbige Illustr. 589 p. 64 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9781493936441
ISBN-10:	1493936441
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-1-4939-3644-1
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Redaktion:	Kivell, Tracy L. Schmitt, Daniel Richmond, Brian G. Lemelin, Pierre
Herausgeber:	Tracy L Kivell/Pierre Lemelin/Brian G Richmond et al
Auflage:	1st ed. 2016
Hersteller:	Springer US Springer New York Springer US, New York, N.Y. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
Maße:	241 x 160 x 38 mm
Von/Mit:	Tracy L. Kivell (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	11.08.2016
Gewicht:	1,062 kg