The Evolution of the Primate Hand : Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2016. |
| Colección: | Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- FOREWARD
- Introduction
- On the primitiveness, prehensility, and opposability of the primate hand: the contributions of Frederic Wood Jones and John Russell Napier
- The Primate Wrist
- Morphological Diversity in the Digital Rays of Primate Hands
- The Role of Genes and Development in the Evolution of the Primate Hand
- Organization and Evolution of Neural Control of the Hand in Primates: Motor Systems, Sensory Feedback, and Laterality
- Anatomy, Function, and Evolution of the Primate Hand Musculature
- Comparative and Functional Morphology of the Primate Hand Integument
- Functional Morphology of the Primate Hand: Recent Approaches using Biomedical Imaging, Computer Modeling, and Engineering Methods
- Experimental Research on Hand Use and Function in Primates
- Biomechanics of the Human Hand: From Stone Tools to Computer Keyboards
- Functions of the Hand in Primates
- Patterns, Variability, and Flexibility of Hand Posture during Locomotion in Primates
- The Hands of Paleogene Primates
- The Hands of Subfossil Lemurs
- The Hands of Non-Hominoid Anthropoids
- The Hands of Miocene Hominoids
- Evolution of the Early Hominin Hand
- The Evolution of the Hand in Pleistocene Homo. .