Primate Functional Morphology and Evolution /
Tuttle, Russell H.
Primate Functional Morphology and Evolution / Russell H. Tuttle. - Reprint 2011 - 1 online resource (583 p.) : 26 plates. Num. figs. and tabs. - World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series .
I-VI -- 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 -- Discussion -- 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 -- Discussion -- 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 -- Discussion -- 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 -- Discussion -- 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 -- Discussion -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789027976895 9783110803808
10.1515/9783110803808 doi
Human evolution--Congresses.
Primates--Anatomy--Congresses.
Primates--Evolution--Congresses.
PHILOSOPHY / General.
QL737.P9
599/.8/0438
Primate Functional Morphology and Evolution / Russell H. Tuttle. - Reprint 2011 - 1 online resource (583 p.) : 26 plates. Num. figs. and tabs. - World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series .
I-VI -- 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 -- Discussion -- 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 -- Discussion -- 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 -- Discussion -- 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 -- Discussion -- 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 -- Discussion -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789027976895 9783110803808
10.1515/9783110803808 doi
Human evolution--Congresses.
Primates--Anatomy--Congresses.
Primates--Evolution--Congresses.
PHILOSOPHY / General.
QL737.P9
599/.8/0438