The Evolution of the Primate Hand: Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence - Softcover

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9781493936458: The Evolution of the Primate Hand: Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence

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Inhaltsangabe

FOREWARD
Mary Marke

Contents

1. Introduction
Tracy 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 Napier
Pierre Lemelin and Daniel Schmitt


SECTION 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 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. 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 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 Granatosky



SECTION III: PALAEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

14. The 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 Non-Hominoid Anthropoids
Terry Harrison and Thomas R. Rein

17. The Hands of Miocene Hominoids
Masato Nakatsukasa, Sergio Almécija, and David R. Begun

18. Evolution of the Early Hominin Hand
Brian G. Richmond, Neil Roach, and Kelly Ostrofsky

19. The Evolution of the Hand in Pleistocene Homo
Erik Trinkaus


 

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ISBN 10:  1493936441 ISBN 13:  9781493936441
Verlag: Springer, 2016
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