Locomotor adaptations reflected in the wrist joints of early Tertiary primates (adapiformes)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 585-604

  Hamrick, Mark W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal morphology; Eocene primates; Positional behavior; Quadrupedalism; Vertical clinging

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CARPAL BONE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CLIMBING; FOSSIL; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; THUMB; WEIGHT BEARING; WRIST;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARPUS, ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; LOCOMOTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0029795228     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199608)100:4<585::AID-AJPA10>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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