Primate Locomotion

✍ Scribed by Farish A. Jenkins, Jr. (Auth.)

Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 1974
Tongue: English
Leaves: 389
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Contributors, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages ix-x
Preface, Pages xi-xii
1 - An Introduction to Biomechanical Principles in Primate Locomotion and Structure, Pages 1-43
2 - Pads and Claws in Arboreal Locomotion, Pages 45-83
3 - Tree Shrew Locomotion and the Origins of Primate Arborealism, Pages 85-115
4 - A Cineradiographical Analysis of Leaping in an African Prosimian (Galago alleni), Pages 117-142
5 - The Wrist Articulations of the Anthropoidea, Pages 143-169
6 - Structure and Function of the Primate Scapula, Pages 171-200
7 - Postural Adaptations in New and Old World Monkeys, Pages 201-222
8 - Origins, Evolution, and Function of the Tarsus in Late Cretaceous Eutheria and Paleocene Primates, Pages 223-259
9 - Origins and Function of the Pes in the Eocene Adapidae (Lemuriformes, Primates), Pages 261-291
10 - Electromyography of Forearm Musculature in Gorilla and Problems Related to Knuckle-Walking, Pages 293-347
11 - Locomotor Adaptations in Past and Present Prosimian Primates, Pages 349-381
Subject Index, Pages 383-390

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