Human origins and environmental backgrounds /
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| Imprint: | [New York] : Springer, c2006. |
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| Description: | 281 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Developments in primatology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5890953 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Hidemi Ishida : 40 years of footprints in Japanese primatology and paleoanthropology / Masato Nakatsukasa, Yoshihiko Nakano, Yutaka Kunimatus, Naomichi Ogihara and Russell H. Tuttle
- 2. Seven decades of East African miocene anthropoid studies / Russell H. Tuttle
- 3. Evolution of the vertebral column in miocene hominoids and plio-pleistocene hominids / Dominique Gommery
- 4. Terrestriality in a middle miocene context : Victoriapithecus from Maboko, Kenya / Kathleen T. Blue, Monte L. McCrossin and Brenda R. Benefit
- 5. Late cenozoic mammalian biostratigraphy and faunal change : paleoenvironments of hominoid evolution and dispersal / Hideo Nakaya and Hiroshi Tsujikawa
- 6. The ages and geological backgrounds of miocene hominoids Nacholapithecus, Samburupithecus, and Orrorin from Kenya / Yoshihiro Sawada, Mototaka Saneyoshi, Katsuhiro Nakayama, Tetsuya Sakai, Tetsumaru Itaya, Masayuki Hyodo, Yogolelo Mukokya, Martin Pickford, Brigitte Senut, Satoshi Tanaka, Tadahiro Chujo and Hidemi Ishida
- 7. Patterns of vertical climbing in primates / Yoshihiko Nakano, Eishi Hirasaki and Hiroo Kumakura
- 8. Functional morphology of the midcarpal joint in Knuckle-Walkers and terrestrial quadrupeds / Brian G. Richmond
- 9. Morphological adaptation of rat femora to different mechanical environments / Akiyoshi Matsumura, Morihiko Okada and Yutaka Takahashi
- 10. A hallmark of humankind : the gluteus maximus muscle : its from, action, and function / Francoise K. Jouffroy and Monique F. Medina
- 11. Primates trained for bipedal locomotion as a model for studying the evolution of bipedal locomotion / Eishi Hirasaki, Naomichi Ogihara and Masato Nakatsukasa
- 12. Locomotor energetics in nonhuman primates : a review of recent studies on bipedal performing macaques / Masato Nakatsukasa, Eishi Hirasaki and Naomichi Ogihara
- 13. Computer simulation of bipedal locomotion : toward elucidating correlations among musculoskeletal morphology, energetics, and the origin of bipedalism / Naomichi Ogihara and Nobutoshi Yamazaki
- 14. Paleoenvironments, paleoecology, adaptations and the origins of bipedalism in hominidae / Martin Pickford
- 15. Arboreal origin of bipedalism / Brigitte Senut
- 16. Neontological perspectives on East African middle and late miocene anthropoidea / Russell H. Tuttle
- 17. The prehominid locomotion reflected : energetics, muscles, and generalized bipeds / Morihiko Okada
- 18. Evolution of the social structure of hominoids : reconsideration of food distribution and the estrus sex ratio / Takeshi Furuichi
- 19. Are human beings apes, or are apes people too? / Russell H. Tuttle
- 20. Current thoughts on terrestrialization in African apes and the origin of human bipedalism / Hidemi Ishida.
