The Evolution of the Primate Hand

Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4939-8105-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 589 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 9007 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kivell, Tracy L.

Lemelin, Pierre

Richmond, Brian G.

Schmitt, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Physische Anthropologie, Paläoanthropologie, Evolutionäre Anthropologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Entwicklungsbiologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FOREWARDMary Marke
Contents
1. IntroductionTracy L. Kivell, Pierre Lemelin, Brian G. Richmond, and Daniel Schmitt
2. On the primitiveness, prehensility, and opposability of the primate hand: the contributions of Frederic Wood Jones and John Russell NapierPierre Lemelin and Daniel Schmitt

SECTION I:  ANATOMICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVIDENCE
3. The Primate WristTracy 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 HandCampbell Rolian
6. Organization and Evolution of Neural Control of the Hand in Primates: Motor Systems, Sensory Feedback, and LateralityAndrey Verendeev, Chet C. Sherwood, and William D. Hopkins
7. Anatomy, Function, and Evolution of the Primate Hand MusculaturePierre Lemelin and Rui Diogo
8. Comparative and Functional Morphology of the Primate Hand IntegumentStephanie A. Maiolino, Amanda K. Kinston and Pierre Lemelin
SECTION II: BIOMECHANICAL, EXPERIMENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL EVIDENCE
9. Functional Morphology of the Primate Hand: Recent Approaches using Biomedical Imaging, Computer Modeling, and Engineering MethodsCaley M. Orr
10. Experimental Research on Hand Use and Function in PrimatesEvie E. Vereecke and Roshna E. Wunderlich
11. Biomechanics of the Human Hand: From Stone Tools to Computer KeyboardsErin Marie Williams-Hatala
12. Functions of the Hand in PrimatesDorothy M. Fragaszy and Jessica Crast
13. Patterns, Variability, and Flexibility of Hand Posture during Locomotion in PrimatesDaniel Schmitt, Angel Zeininger, and Michael Granatosky


SECTION III: PALAEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
14. The Hands of Paleogene PrimatesDoug M. Boyer, Gabriel S. Yapuncich, Stephen G. B. Chester, Jonathan I. Bloch, and Marc Godinot
15. The Hands of Subfossil LemursLaurie R. Godfrey, Michael C. Granatosky, and William L. Jungers
16. The Hands of Non-Hominoid AnthropoidsTerry Harrison and Thomas R. Rein
17. The Hands of Miocene HominoidsMasato Nakatsukasa, Sergio Almécija, and David R. Begun
18. Evolution of the Early Hominin HandBrian G. Richmond, Neil Roach, and Kelly Ostrofsky
19. The Evolution of the Hand in Pleistocene HomoErik Trinkaus

Über Autor(innen)

Tracy L. Kivell
Animal Postcranial Evolution (APE) Lab, Skeletal Biology Research Centre, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Pierre Lemelin
Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Brian G. RichmondDivision of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
Daniel SchmittAnimal Locomotion Lab, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA