Kivell / Lemelin / Richmond The Evolution of the Primate Hand

Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4939-3646-5
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 589 Seiten

Reihe: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects

This book demonstrates how the primate hand combines both primitive and novel morphology, both general function with specialization, and both a remarkable degree of diversity within some clades and yet general similarity across many others. Across the 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 addressmore specific questions or to find specific data. 

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kivell, Tracy L.

Lemelin, Pierre

Richmond, Brian G.

Schmitt, Daniel