書目名稱 | Hands of Primates | 編輯 | Holger Preuschoft,David J. Chivers | 視頻video | http://file.papertrans.cn/424/423971/423971.mp4 | 圖書封面 |  | 描述 | The hand commonly is considered to have exerted great influence on the evolution of typically human characteristics, like upright posture, stereoscopic vision, ?manipulative? handling of parts of the environment. The German term ?Begreifen?, which is commonly used for the understanding of complex relationships in a generalised, abstract sense, always implies the original meaning of seizing objects with the aid of the hands. The hands are also of greatest importance for the survival of the other, non-human primates. Hands are absolutely essential for locomotion in an arboreal habitat, and the intake of food is dependant on the use of the hands as well: primates very rarely take in food directly with their mouths, in the wast majority of cases they seize food items with their hands. Even drinking is often performed by dipping the hand into the water and licking the drops from hand and forearm. An organ of such importance will very probably be ?adapted? to its ?function?. This statement is made so often, that any further considerations seem superfluous. Nobody doubts, that the hands of primates are highly adaptive organs, the general form and internal structure of which are closely re | 出版日期 | Book 1993 | 關(guān)鍵詞 | evolution; hand; morphology; primates; surgery | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6914-8 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-7091-7434-0 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-7091-6914-8 | copyright | Springer-Verlag/Wien 1993 |
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