Comparative Anatomy and Phylogeny of Primate Muscles and Human Evolution

CRC Press

Comparative Anatomy and Phylogeny of Primate Muscles and Human EvolutionAuthor(s): Rui Diogo, Bernard A. Wood\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: Science Publishers,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781578087679, 978-1578087679\nSynopsis\nThis book challenges the assumption that morphological data are inherently unsuitable for phylogeny reconstruction, argues that both molecular and morphological phylogenies should play a major role in systematics, and provides the most comprehensive review of the comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the head, neck, pectoral and upper limb muscles of primates.\n\nChapters 1 and 2 provide an introduction to the main aims and methodology of the book.\n\nChapters 3 and 4 and Appendices I and II present the data obtained from dissections of the head, neck, pectoral and upper limb muscles of representative members of all the major primate groups including modern humans, and compare these data with the information avai.