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