دانلود کتاب Human Origins and Environmental Backgrounds

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Hidemi Ishida: 40 Years of Footprints in Japanese Primatology and Paleoanthropology....Pages 1-14
Seven Decades of East African Miocene Anthropoid Studies....Pages 15-29
Evolution of the Vertebral Column in Miocene Hominoids and Plio-Pleistocene Hominids....Pages 31-43
Terrestriality in a Middle Miocene Context: Victoriapithecus from Maboko, Kenya....Pages 45-58
Late Cenozoic Mammalian Biostratigraphy And Faunal Change....Pages 59-70
The Ages and Geological Backgrounds of Miocene Hominoids Nacholapithecus, Samburupithecus , and Orrorin from Kenya....Pages 71-96
Patterns of Vertical Climbing in Primates....Pages 97-104
Functional Morphology of the Midcarpal Joint in Knuckle-Walkers and Terrestrial Quadrupeds....Pages 105-122
Morphological Adaptation of Rat Femora to Different Mechanical Environments....Pages 123-133
A Hallmark of Humankind: The Gluteus Maximus Muscle....Pages 135-148
Primates Trained for Bipedal Locomotion as a Model for Studying the Evolution of Bipedal Locomotion....Pages 149-155
Locomotor Energetics in Nonhuman Primates....Pages 157-166
Computer Simulation of Bipedal Locomotion....Pages 167-174
Paleoenvironments, Paleoecology, Adaptations, and the Origins of Bipedalism in Hominidae....Pages 175-198
Arboreal Origin of Bipedalism....Pages 199-208
Neontological Perspectives on East African Middle and Late Miocene Anthropoidea....Pages 209-223
The Prehominid Locomotion Reflected: Energetics, Muscles, and Generalized Bipeds....Pages 225-233
Evolution of the Social Structure of Hominoids....Pages 235-248
Are Human Beings Apes, or are Apes People too?....Pages 249-258
Current Thoughts on Terrestrialization in African Apes and the Origin of Human Bipedalism....Pages 259-266