Features of the prosimian wrist joint in relation to hominoid specializations
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Cells Tissues Organs
- Vol. 99 (4) , 440-444
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000144867
Abstract
The wrist joint of lemuroid and lorisoid prosimians is examined in relation to variations among higher primates, particularly the specializations characteristic of hominoids. The lorisines Nycticebus and Perodicticus share a metrically defined primitive morphopattern with other prosimians and cercopithecine monkeys, showing little convergence on apes in carpal bone and distal radius and ulna shape.Keywords
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