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

ISBN-13: 9781493936441 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 589 str.

Tracy L. Kivell; Pierre Lemelin; Brian G. Richmond

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"Biological anthropologists and anatomists will find this book indispensable as a reference. The figures and illustrations are excellent, and the chapters are rich in primary data that could be used for original research or class projects. The chapters are detailed yet easy to read. Careful attention to terminology, emphasized with highlighted text, provides important conceptual clarification that will guide future research." (Vivek V. Venkataraman, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 93 (03), September, 2018)

"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)

Spis treści

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

 

O autorze

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

Blurb

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 more specific questions or to find specific data.