By John G. Fleagle
John Fleagle has stronger on his 1988 textual content by way of reconceptualizing chapters and by means of bringing new findings in practical and evolutionary techniques to endure on his synthesis of comparative primate info. the second one version presents a starting place upon which scholars can advance an knowing of our primate background. It positive aspects up to date details received via educational education, laboratory event and box examine. This superbly illustrated quantity offers a entire introductory textual content explaining the various elements of primate biology and human evolution. Key positive aspects* presents updated information regarding many elements of primate biology and evolution* incorporates a thoroughly new bankruptcy on primate groups* offers absolutely revised chapters on primate origins, early anthropoids, and fossil platyrrhines* contains an up-to-date word list, new illustrations, and a revised class of Order Primates* Succeeds because the top introductory textual content on primate evolution since it synthesizes and permits entry to basic literature
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A study of cerebral vasculature evolution in primates. In Primate Brain Evolution, ed. E. Armstrong and D. Falk, pp. 246–261. New York: Plenum Press. MacPhee, R. D. , and Cartmill, M. (1986). Basicranial structures and primate systematics. In Comparative Primate Biology, vol. 1: Systematics, Evolution, and Anatomy, ed. D. R. Swindler and J. Erwin, pp. 219–275. New York: Alan R. Liss. Olfaction Cave, A. J. (1973). The primate nasal fossa. J. Linn. Soc. 53:377–387. Fobes, J. , and King, J. E. (1982).
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The fibula is a slender, splintlike bone that articulates with the tibia both above and below and also forms the lateral side of the ankle joint. In tarsiers, the tibia and fibula are fused to form a single element in the distal half of the leg; and in some small prosimians and New World monkeys, much of the distal part of the fibula is appressed against the shaft of the tibia. Arising from the surfaces of the tibia and fibula (and also from the distalmost part of the femur) are the large muscles responsible for movements at the ankle and those that flex and extend the toes during grasping.