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Author Oxnard, Charles E., 1933-

Title The order of man : a biomathematical anatomy of the primates / Charles E. Oxnard
Published [Hong Kong] : Hong Kong University Press, 1983

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 366 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Preface; CHAPTER 1 Human Fossils -- The New Revolution; CHAPTER 2 Distinguishing Primates; CHAPTER 3 Mathematical 'Dissection' of Anatomies; CHAPTER 4 Biological 'Meaning' of Structures; CHAPTER 5 Upper Limbs and Tension; CHAPTER 6 Lower Limbs and Leaping; CHAPTER 7 Four Limbs and Quadrupeds; CHAPTER 8 Whole Primates -- Their Arrangement by Anatomies; CHAPTER 9 Whole Anatomies -- Their 'Dissection' by Primates; CHAPTER 10 Human Fossils -- The New Revolution -- Revisited; NOTA BENE; References; General Index; Index of Animals; Author Index
Summary This book is an attempt to look broadly at the biological Order of Man. It reviews more than two decades of study of present-day primates using data and methods not hitherto made available in one place nor to the general reader
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-351)
Notes Print version record
In HKU Press digital editions
Subject Primates -- Anatomy.
Primates -- Anatomy -- Mathematics
Statistics.
Biometry -- methods
Primates -- anatomy & histology
Statistics as Topic
statistics.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Primatology.
NATURE -- Animals -- Primates.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
Statistics
Primates -- Anatomy
Primates -- Anatomy -- Mathematics
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789882202368
9882202365
9622091040
9789622091047