Overview
- Covers all primate clades, from strepsirrhines to hominoids, and from the earliest primate fossils and close relatives to the evolution of modern Homo sapiens
- Provides an in-depth review and critical account of the available literature on primate morphology
- Addresses primate evolution in a straightforward, accessible language with data-rich tables and illustrations that will serve as a comprehensive guide for any researcher interested in the primate hand
Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects (DIPR)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Anatomical and Developmental Evidence
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Biomechanical, Experimental and Behavioral Evidence
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Paleontological Evidence
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Reviews
“The editors and contributors have produced a comprehensive, state-of-the-art volume on primate hand anatomy, function, and evolution that focuses on both primitive and derived features of primate hands. … the approachable text is enhanced with numerous tables and illustrations. This work is highly recommended for upper-division undergraduates through professionals in primatology and biological anthropology. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.” (E. J. Sargis, Choice, Vol. 54 (7), March, 2017)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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
Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
Daniel Schmitt
Animal Locomotion Lab, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Evolution of the Primate Hand
Book Subtitle: Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence
Editors: Tracy L. Kivell, Pierre Lemelin, Brian G. Richmond, Daniel Schmitt
Series Title: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3646-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3644-1Published: 11 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8105-2Published: 09 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-3646-5Published: 10 August 2016
Series ISSN: 1574-3489
Series E-ISSN: 1574-3497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 589
Number of Illustrations: 64 illustrations in colour
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Anthropology, Animal Ecology