Function, Phylogeny, and Fossils
Miocene Hominoid Evolution and Adaptations
Published on 28. February 1997
Book
Hardback
XII, 424 pages
978-0-306-45457-8 (ISBN)
Description
An insightful new work,
Function, Phylogeny, and Fossils
integrates two practices in paleobiology which are often separated - functional and phylogenetic analysis. The book summarizes the evidence on paleoenvironments at the most important Miocene hominoid sites and relates it to the pertinent fossil record. The contributors present the most up-to-date statements on the functional anatomy and likely behavior of the best known hominoids of this crucial period of ape and human evolution. A key feature is a comprehensive table listing 240 characteristics among 13 genera of living and extinct hominoids.
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Series
Edition
1997 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Springer Science+Business Media
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XII, 424 p.
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
1019 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-45457-8 (9780306454578)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4899-0075-3
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Content
1 Function and Phylogeny in Miocene Hominoids.- 2 Research on Miocene Hominoids and Hominid Origins: The Last Three Decades.- 3 Interrelationships between Functional Morphology and Paleoenvironments in Miocene Hominoids.- 4 The Early Evolution of the Hominoid Face.- 5 Functional and Phylogenetic Features of the Forelimb in Miocene Hominoids.- 6 Functional Anatomy and Phyletic Implications of the Hominoid Trunk and Hindlimb.- 7 Dental Evidence for Diet in Some Miocene Catarrhines with Comments on the Effects of Phylogeny on the Interpretation of Adaptation.- 8 Miocene Hominoid Mandibles: Functional and Phylogenetic Perspectives.- 9 Paleobiological and Phylogenetic Significance of Life History in Miocene Hominoids.- 10 Proconsul: Function and Phylogeny.- 11 Afropithecus: Function and Phylogeny.- 12 On the Relationships and Adaptations of Kenyapithecus, a Large-Bodied Hominoid from the Middle Miocene of Eastern Africa.- 13 The Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Relationships of Sivapithecus Revisited.- 14 Phyletic Affinities and Functional Convergence in Dryopithecus and Other Miocene and Living Hominids.- 15 The Phylogenetic and Functional Implications of Ouranopithecus macedoniensis.- 16 Enigmatic Anthropoid or Misunderstood Ape? The Phylogenetic Status of Oreopithecus bambolii Reconsidered.- 17 Lufengpithecus and Hominoid Phylogeny: Problems in Delineating and Evaluating Phylogenetically Relevant Characters.- 18 Events in Hominoid Evolution.- Geological/Geographic Index.