Evolution of the Primate Hand (eBook)

Tracy L. KivellAnimal Postcranial Evolution (APE) Lab, Skeletal Biology Research Centre, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, UKDepartment of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, GermanyPierre LemelinDivision of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaBrian G. RichmondDivision of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USADaniel SchmittAnimal Locomotion Lab, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

FOREWARDMary MarkeContents1.IntroductionTracy L. Kivell, Pierre Lemelin, Brian G. Richmond, and Daniel Schmitt2.On the primitiveness, prehensility, and opposability of the primate hand: the contributions of Frederic Wood Jones and John Russell NapierPierre Lemelin and Daniel SchmittSECTION I:  ANATOMICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVIDENCE3.The Primate WristTracy L. Kivell4.Morphological Diversity in the Digital Rays of Primate Hands Biren A. Patel and Stephanie A. Maiolino5.The Role of Genes and Development in the Evolution of the Primate HandCampbell Rolian6.Organization and Evolution of Neural Control of the Hand in Primates: Motor Systems, Sensory Feedback, and LateralityAndrey Verendeev, Chet C. Sherwood, and William D. Hopkins7.Anatomy, Function, and Evolution of the Primate Hand MusculaturePierre Lemelin and Rui Diogo8.Comparative and Functional Morphology of the Primate Hand IntegumentStephanie A. Maiolino, Amanda K. Kinston and Pierre LemelinSECTION II: BIOMECHANICAL, EXPERIMENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL EVIDENCE9.Functional Morphology of the Primate Hand: Recent Approaches using Biomedical Imaging, Computer Modeling, and Engineering MethodsCaley M. Orr10.Experimental Research on Hand Use and Function in PrimatesEvie E. Vereecke and Roshna E. Wunderlich11.Biomechanics of the Human Hand: From Stone Tools to Computer KeyboardsErin Marie Williams-Hatala12.Functions of the Hand in PrimatesDorothy M. Fragaszy and Jessica Crast13.Patterns, Variability, and Flexibility of Hand Posture during Locomotion in PrimatesDaniel Schmitt, Angel Zeininger, and Michael GranatoskySECTION III: PALAEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE14.The Hands of Paleogene PrimatesDoug M. Boyer, Gabriel S. Yapuncich, Stephen G. B. Chester, Jonathan I. Bloch, and Marc Godinot15.The Hands of Subfossil LemursLaurie R. Godfrey, Michael C. Granatosky, and William L. Jungers16.The Hands of Non-Hominoid AnthropoidsTerry Harrison and Thomas R. Rein17.The Hands of Miocene HominoidsMasato Nakatsukasa, Sergio Almécija, and David R. Begun18.Evolution of the Early Hominin HandBrian G. Richmond, Neil Roach, and Kelly Ostrofsky19.The Evolution of the Hand in Pleistocene HomoErik Trinkaus