Osteological evidence for the evolution of activity pattern and visual acuity in primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 235-262

  Kay, Richard F ^a   Christopher Kirk, E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Eocene primates; Orbital anatomy; Palaeoprimatology; Vision; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; AOTUS; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HYPERTROPHY; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PRIMATE; RETINA ROD; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EYE; ORBIT; PRIMATES; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034525006     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-8644(200010)113:2<235::AID-AJPA7>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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