Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Ishida, Hidemi. (Editor ), Tuttle, Russell. (Editor ), Pickford, Martin. (Editor ), Ogihara, Naomichi. (Editor ), Nakatsukasa, Masato. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Colección:Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects,
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hidemi Ishida: 40 Years of Footprints in Japanese Primatology and Paleoanthropology
  • Hidemi Ishida: 40 Years of Footprints in Japanese Primatology and Paleoanthropology
  • Fossil Hominoids and Paleoenvironments
  • Seven Decades of East African Miocene Anthropoid Studies
  • Evolution of the Vertebral Column in Miocene Hominoids and Plio-Pleistocene Hominids
  • Terrestriality in a Middle Miocene Context: Victoriapithecus from Maboko, Kenya
  • Late Cenozoic Mammalian Biostratigraphy And Faunal Change
  • The Ages and Geological Backgrounds of Miocene Hominoids Nacholapithecus, Samburupithecus, and Orrorin from Kenya
  • Functional Morphology
  • Patterns of Vertical Climbing in Primates
  • Functional Morphology of the Midcarpal Joint in Knuckle-Walkers and Terrestrial Quadrupeds
  • Morphological Adaptation of Rat Femora to Different Mechanical Environments
  • A Hallmark of Humankind: The Gluteus Maximus Muscle
  • Primates Trained for Bipedal Locomotion as a Model for Studying the Evolution of Bipedal Locomotion
  • Locomotor Energetics in Nonhuman Primates
  • Computer Simulation of Bipedal Locomotion
  • Theoretical Approaches
  • Paleoenvironments, Paleoecology, Adaptations, and the Origins of Bipedalism in Hominidae
  • Arboreal Origin of Bipedalism
  • Neontological Perspectives on East African Middle and Late Miocene Anthropoidea
  • The Prehominid Locomotion Reflected: Energetics, Muscles, and Generalized Bipeds
  • Evolution of the Social Structure of Hominoids
  • Are Human Beings Apes, or are Apes People too?
  • Current Thoughts on Terrestrialization in African Apes and the Origin of Human Bipedalism.