Postcranial Adaptation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780875805597)

Incorporating the latest research of leading specialists, this volume offers a comprehensive overview of function and adaptation in postcranial skeletons of living and fossil nonhuman primates. The contributors address major aspects of functional morphology and anatomy in primates and apply those findings toward interpretating positional and locomotor behavior in extinct primates preserved in the fossil record. 161 illustrations. 19 tables.

Author: Daniel Gebo
ISBN-10: 0875805590
ISBN-13: 9780875805597
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/1993
Pages: 291
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 10.13h x 8.08w x 0.76d