A clarification of Pouydebat et al., 2008, evolution of grasping among anthropoids

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2554-2557

  Marzke, M W ^a   Pouydebat, E ^b   Laurin, M ^c   Gorce, P ^b   Bels, V ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UMR 7179   (France)

Author keywords

Apes; Hands; Humans; Manipulative behaviour; Power grip; Precision grip

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HAPLORHINI; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HAPLORHINI;

SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 72449132772     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01856.x     Document Type: Article

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