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The evolution of the primate hand : anatomical, developmental, functional, and paleontological evidence
- Author(s):
- Kivell, Tracy L (Tracy Lynne)1974-, editor
- Lemelin, Pierre, editor
- Richmond, Brian, editor
- Schmitt, Daniel, (Professor of evolutionary anthropology), editor
- Title(s):
- The evolution of the primate hand : anatomical, developmental, functional, and paleontological evidenceĀ / Tracy L. Kivell, Pierre Lemelin, Brian G. Richmond, Daniel Schmitt, editors.
- Series:
- Developments in primatology, ISSN 1574-3489
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Publisher:
- New York : Springer, [2016]
- Copyright Date:
- 2016
- Description:
- xi, 589 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 9781493936441 (hbk : alk. paper)
1493936441 (hbk : alk. paper)
9781493936465 (eBook)
- LCCN:
- 2016935857
- Summary:
- This book demonstrates how the primate hand combines both primative and novel morphology, both general function with specialization, and both a remarkable degree of diversity within some clades and general similarity across many others. Across these 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 address more specific questions or to find specific data. --
- MeSH:
- Biological Evolution
Fossils
Hand/physiology
Hominidae/physiology
Primates*
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction / Tracy L. Kivell, Pierre Lemelin, Brian G. Richmond, and Daniel Schmitt -- 2. On primitiveness, prehensility, and opposability of the primate hand : the contributions of Frederic Wood Jones and John Russell Napier / Pierre Lemelin and Daniel Schmitt -- Part I. Anatomical and Developmental Evidence. 3. The primate wrist / Tracy L. Kivell ; 4. Morphological diversity in the digital rays of primate hands / Biren A. Patel and Stephanie A. Maiolino ; 5. The role of genes and development in the evolution of the primate hand / Campbell Rolian ; 6. Organization and evolution of the neural control of the hand in primates : motor systems, sensory feedback, and laterality / Andrey Verendeev, Chet C. Sherwood, and William D. Hopkins ; 7. Anatomy, function, and evolution of the primate hand musculature / Pierre Lemelin and Rui Diogo ; 8. Comparative and functional morphology of the primate hand integument / Stephanie A. Maiolino, Amanda K. Kingston, and Pierre Lemelin -- Part II. Biomechanical, Experimental and Behavioral Evidence. 9. Functional morphology of the primate hand : recent approaches using biomedical imaging, computer modeling, and engineering methods / Caley M. Orr ; 10. Experimental research on hand use and function in primates / Evie E. Vereecke and Roshna E. Wunderlich ; 11. Biomechanics of the human hand : from stone tools to computer keyboards / Erin Marie Williams-Hatala ; 12. Functions of the hand in primates / Dorothy M. Fragaszy and Jessica Crast ; 13. Patterns, variability, and flexibility of hand posture during locomotion in primates / Daniel Schmitt, Angel Zeininger, and Michael C. Granatosky -- Part III. Paleontological Evidence. 14. Hands of Paleogene primates / Doug M. Boyer, Gabriel S. Yapuncich, Stephen G.B. Chester, Jonathan I. Bloch, and Marc Godinot ; 15. The hands of subfossil lemurs / Laurie R. Godfrey, Michael C. Granatosky, and William L. Jungers ; 16. The hands of fossil non-hominoid anthropoids / Terry Harrison and Thomas R. Rein ; 17. The hands of Miocene hominoids / Masato Nakatsukasa, Sergio AlmeĢcija, and David R. Begun ; 18. Evolution of the early hominin hand / Brian G. Richmond, Neil T. Roach, and Kelly R. Ostrofsky ; 19. The evolution of the hand in Pleistocene Homo / Erik Trinkaus.
- Other ID:
- (OCoLC)935195671
- NLM ID:
- 101713334 [Book]