TY - BOOK ID - 8131596 TI - The Evolution of the Primate Hand : Anatomical, Developmental, Functional, and Paleontological Evidence AU - Kivell, Tracy L. AU - Lemelin, Pierre. AU - Richmond, Brian G. AU - Schmitt, Daniel. PY - 2016 SN - 1493936441 1493936468 PB - New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Life sciences. KW - Animal ecology. KW - Evolutionary biology. KW - Anthropology. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Evolutionary Biology. KW - Animal Ecology. KW - Primates KW - Hand KW - Anatomy. KW - Growth. KW - Hands KW - Paw KW - Paws KW - Arm KW - Left- and right-handedness KW - Evolution (Biology). KW - Animals KW - Zoology KW - Ecology KW - Human beings KW - Animal evolution KW - Biological evolution KW - Darwinism KW - Evolutionary biology KW - Evolutionary science KW - Origin of species KW - Biology KW - Evolution KW - Biological fitness KW - Homoplasy KW - Natural selection KW - Phylogeny KW - Primitive societies KW - Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8131596 AB - 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. . ER -