Title Human origins and environmental backgrounds / edited by Hidemi Ishida [and others]

Published [New York] : Springer, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (281 pages) : illustrations Series Developments in primatology Developments in primatology Contents Hidemi Ishida : 40 years of footprints in Japanese primatology and paleoanthropology / Masato Nakatsukasa [and others] -- Seven decades of East African Miocene anthropoid studies / Russell H. Tuttle -- Evolution of the vertebral column in Miocene hominoids and Plio-Pleistocene hominids / Dominique Gommery -- Terrestriality in a middle Miocene context : Victoriapithecus from Maboko, Kenya / Kathleen T. Blue, Monte L. McCrossin and Brenda R. Benefit -- Late Cenozoic mammalian biostratigraphy and faunal change : paleoenvironments of hominoid evolution and dispersal / Hideo Nakaya and Hiroshi Tsujikawa -- The ages and geological backgrounds of Miocene hominoids Nacholapithecus, Samburupithecus, and Orrorin from Kenya / Yoshihiro Sawada [and others] -- Patterns of vertical climbing in primates / Yoshihiko Nakano, Eishi Hirasaki and Hiroo Kumakura -- Functional morphology of the midcarpal joint in knuckle-walkers and terrestrial quadrupeds / Brian G. Richmond -- Morphological adaptation of rat femora to different mechanical environments / Akiyoshi Matsumura, Morihiko Okada and Yutaka Takahashi -- A hallmark of humankind : the gluteus maximus muscle : its form, action, and function / Françoise K. Jouffroy and Monique F. Médina -- Primates trained for bipedal locomotion as a model for studying the evolution of bipedal locomotion / Eishi Hirasaki, Naomichi Ogihara and Masato Nakatsukasa -- Locomotor energetics in nonhuman primates : a review of recent studies on bipedal performing macaques / Masato Nakatsukasa, Eishi Hirasaki and Naomichi Ogihara -- Computer simulation of bipedal locomotion : toward elucidating correlations among musculoskeletal morphology, energetics, and the origin of bipedalism / Naomichi Ogihara and Nobutoshi Yamazaki -- Paleoenvironments, paleoecology, adaptations and the origins of bipedalism in Hominidae / Martin Pickford -- Arboreal origin of bipedalism / Brigitte Senut -- Neontological perspectives on East African middle and late Miocene Anthropoidea / Russell H. Tuttle -- The prehominid locomotion reflected : energetics, muscles, and generalized bipeds / Morihiko Okada -- Evolution of the social structure of hominoids : reconsideration of food distribution and the estrus sex ratio / Takeshi Furuichi -- Are human beings apes, or are apes people too? / Russell H. Tuttle -- Current thoughts on terrestrialization in African apes and the origin of human bipedalism / Hidemi Ishida Summary Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds is a benchmark compendium of research that presents itself at a major paradigm shift in paleoanthropology. The editors offer a variety of theoretical approaches to puzzles on the place of the Hominidae, particularly Homo sapiens, among the Primates, including our unique bipedal positional behavior and social structure and the selective factors that might have been involved in our evolution in the broad context of Miocene and later environments. The contributors represent several generations of pioneering laboratory and field researchers from Japan, France and the United States, who have worked together over the past 40 years and who have trained future leaders in evolutionary anthropology and experimental primatology. This volume, compiled by the leading experts in the field, explores the interface between hominid origins and palaeoenvironments Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index In Springer e-books Subject Fossil hominids -- Congresses Paleoanthropology -- Congresses Hominidae Anthropology, Physical -- methods Evolution Gait -- physiology Locomotion -- physiology NATURE -- Fossils. Paleoanthropology. Fossil hominids. Biomédecine. Sciences de la vie. Fossil hominids Paleoanthropology Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Ishida, Hidemi ISBN 9780387296388 0387296387 0387297987 9780387297989 6610634408 9786610634408

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