Homoplasy and adaptation in the atelid postcranium

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 459-482

  Lockwood, Charles A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

New World monkeys; Parallel evolution; Pitheciinae; Platyrrhini; Positional behavior

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHARACTER; CLIMBING; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POSTURE;

EID: 0032920628     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199904)108:4<459::AID-AJPA6>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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