Primate Functional Morphology and Evolution / / Russell H. Tuttle.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Philosophy <1990
• VerfasserIn: Tuttle, Russell H.,
• MitwirkendeR: BASMAJIAN, JOHN V.,; CACHEL, SUSAN,; CHIARELLI, B.,; DELSON, E.,; DRICOT, J. M.,; FLEAGLE, JOHN G.,; GOODMAN, MORRIS,; GREENLAW, ROBERT K.,; HAMLIN, HANNIBAL,; HOLLOWAY, R. L.,; ISHIDA, HIDEMI,; JENKINS, FARISH A.,; JOUFFROY, F. K.,; KUMMER, BENNO Κ. F.,; LASKER, GABRIEL W.,; LESSERTISSEUR, J.,; LIEBERMAN, PHILIP,; LOVEJOY, C. OWEN,; MURRAY, PETER,; OLIVIER, G.,; ROSIŃSKI, FRANCISZEK M.,; SACHER, GEORGE A.,; SIGMON, B. A.,; SZALAY, F. S.,; SZWEDZIŃSKA, ANNA,; TISSIER, H.,; TOBIAS, PHILLIP V.,; TUTTLE, RUSSELL H.,; WALKER, PHILLIP,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1975
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (583 p.) :; 26 plates. Num. figs. and tabs.
• Other title: 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 --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110803808; 9783110636925
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110803808
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Russell H. Tuttle.