The Evolution of the Primate Hand: Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects) - Softcover

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9781493981052: The Evolution of the Primate Hand: Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence (Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1493981056 ISBN 13: 9781493981052
Publisher: Springer, 2018

Synopsis

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. 

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About the Author

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. Richmond
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

From the Back Cover

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 address morespecific questions or to find specific data. 

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1493981056
ISBN 13 
9781493981052
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
600
Editor
Kivell Tracy L., Lemelin Pierre, Richmond Brian G., Schmitt Daniel

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