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.

Table of Contents

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