Abstract
Examination of Paleogene distal humeri and a survey of homologous articulations in living primates allows some anatomical correlation with elbow mechanics and the occurrence of these during specific locomotor behaviors in living species. Claw climbing is postulated to be the ancestral primate locomotor mode from which the ancestral euprimate (strepsirhines and haplorhines) evolved a grasp leaping locomotor pattern. This pattern, which depends on a powerful grasp either during climbing or when landing after a jump, is still the most pervasive form of primate locomotion. Morphological evidence of Paleogene humeri suggest that vertical clinging and leaping behavior derived from grasp leaping at least six times independently.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-45 |
| Number of pages | 45 |
| Journal | Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1980 |
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- Animal Science and Zoology
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Locomotor adaptations as reflected on the humerus of paleogene primates. / Szalay, F. S.; Dagosto, M.
In: Folia primatologica; international journal of primatology, Vol. 34, No. 1-2, 01.01.1980, p. 1-45.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Locomotor adaptations as reflected on the humerus of paleogene primates.
AU - Szalay, F. S.
AU - Dagosto, M.
PY - 1980/1/1
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N2 - Examination of Paleogene distal humeri and a survey of homologous articulations in living primates allows some anatomical correlation with elbow mechanics and the occurrence of these during specific locomotor behaviors in living species. Claw climbing is postulated to be the ancestral primate locomotor mode from which the ancestral euprimate (strepsirhines and haplorhines) evolved a grasp leaping locomotor pattern. This pattern, which depends on a powerful grasp either during climbing or when landing after a jump, is still the most pervasive form of primate locomotion. Morphological evidence of Paleogene humeri suggest that vertical clinging and leaping behavior derived from grasp leaping at least six times independently.
AB - Examination of Paleogene distal humeri and a survey of homologous articulations in living primates allows some anatomical correlation with elbow mechanics and the occurrence of these during specific locomotor behaviors in living species. Claw climbing is postulated to be the ancestral primate locomotor mode from which the ancestral euprimate (strepsirhines and haplorhines) evolved a grasp leaping locomotor pattern. This pattern, which depends on a powerful grasp either during climbing or when landing after a jump, is still the most pervasive form of primate locomotion. Morphological evidence of Paleogene humeri suggest that vertical clinging and leaping behavior derived from grasp leaping at least six times independently.
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