
The Evolution of the Primate Foot
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This volume addresses three fundamental questions:
(1) What makes the human foot so different from that of other primates? (2) How does the anatomy, biomechanics, and ecological context of the foot and foot use differ among primates and why? (3) how did foot anatomy and function change throughout primate and human evolution, and why is this evolutionary history relevant in clinical contexts today?
This co-edited volume, which relies on the insights of leading scholars in primate foot anatomy and evolution provides for the first time a comprehensive review and scholarly discussion of the primate foot from multiple perspectives. It is accessible to readers at different levels of inquiry (e.g., undergraduate/graduate students, postdoctoral research, other scholars outside of biological anthropology). This volume provides an all-in-one resource for research on the comparative and functional morphology and evolution of the primate foot.
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"The text offers a comprehensive summary of the synthetic methodologies of its 25 contributors, who are exponents of the most cutting-edge methods employed today. The accessible text is supplemented by many figures, tables, and appendixes. This new book is required reading for all scholars in primatology and biological anthropology, regardless of academic level." (E. J. Sargis, Choice, Vol. 60 (11), 2023)More details
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Kevin Hatala is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Chatham University. He studies the fossil evidence for the evolution of primate and especially human locomotion using paleontological, and laboratory and field experimental approaches.
Roshna Wunderlich is a Professor in the Department of Biology at James Madison University. Her work uses laboratory and field experimental studies to understand the function of the primate foot and locomotor ecology in primates.
Daniel Schmitt is a Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University. He conducts laboratory experiments on limb loading in primates to understand fundamental innovations in primate and human postcranial evolution.
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