Functional morphology of the lemuriform wrist joints and the relationship between wrist morphology and positional behavior in arboreal primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 319-344

  Hamrick, Mark W ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal joints; Orthograde posture; Quadrupedalism; Vertical clinging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; EVOLUTION; MADAGASCAR; METACARPAL BONE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; WRIST;

EID: 0030061944     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199602)99:2<319::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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