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Table of Contents: “…Médina -- Primates trained for bipedal locomotion as a model for studying the evolution of bipedal locomotion / Eishi Hirasaki, Naomichi Ogihara and Masato Nakatsukasa -- Locomotor energetics in nonhuman primates : a review of recent studies on bipedal performing macaques / Masato Nakatsukasa, Eishi Hirasaki and Naomichi Ogihara -- Computer simulation of bipedal locomotion : toward elucidating correlations among musculoskeletal morphology, energetics, and the origin of bipedalism / Naomichi Ogihara and Nobutoshi Yamazaki -- Paleoenvironments, paleoecology, adaptations and the origins of bipedalism in Hominidae / Martin Pickford -- Arboreal origin of bipedalism / Brigitte Senut -- Neontological perspectives on East African middle and late Miocene Anthropoidea / Russell H. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Hidemi Ishida: 40 Years of Footprints in Japanese Primatology and Paleoanthropology -- Hidemi Ishida: 40 Years of Footprints in Japanese Primatology and Paleoanthropology -- Fossil Hominoids and Paleoenvironments -- Seven Decades of East African Miocene Anthropoid Studies -- Evolution of the Vertebral Column in Miocene Hominoids and Plio-Pleistocene Hominids -- Terrestriality in a Middle Miocene Context: Victoriapithecus from Maboko, Kenya -- Late Cenozoic Mammalian Biostratigraphy And Faunal Change -- The Ages and Geological Backgrounds of Miocene Hominoids Nacholapithecus, Samburupithecus, and Orrorin from Kenya -- Functional Morphology -- Patterns of Vertical Climbing in Primates -- Functional Morphology of the Midcarpal Joint in Knuckle-Walkers and Terrestrial Quadrupeds -- Morphological Adaptation of Rat Femora to Different Mechanical Environments -- A Hallmark of Humankind: The Gluteus Maximus Muscle -- Primates Trained for Bipedal Locomotion as a Model for Studying the Evolution of Bipedal Locomotion -- Locomotor Energetics in Nonhuman Primates -- Computer Simulation of Bipedal Locomotion -- Theoretical Approaches -- Paleoenvironments, Paleoecology, Adaptations, and the Origins of Bipedalism in Hominidae -- Arboreal Origin of Bipedalism -- Neontological Perspectives on East African Middle and Late Miocene Anthropoidea -- The Prehominid Locomotion Reflected: Energetics, Muscles, and Generalized Bipeds -- Evolution of the Social Structure of Hominoids -- Are Human Beings Apes, or are Apes People too? …”
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Table of Contents: “…-Modeling the Past: Archaeology -- The Evolution of Speech and Language (NEW) -- General Principles of Evolutionary Morphology -- Virtual Anthropology and Biomechanics (NEW) -- Paleopathology: Vestiges of Pathological Conditions in Fossil Human Bone (NEW) -- Microscopic Research on Fossil Human Bone (NEW) -- Investigation on Extracellular Matrix Proteins in Fossil Bone: Facts and Perspectives (NEW) -- Images in Paleoanthropology: Facing Our Ancestors (NEW) -- Prospects and Pitfalls -- Volume 2: Primate Evolution and Human Origins: Primate Origins and Supraordinal Relationships: Morphological Evidence -- Molecular Evidence of Primate Origins and Evolution (NEW) -- Fossil Record of the Primates from the Paleocene to the Oligocene (NEW) -- Fossil Record of Miocene Hominoids -- The Biotic Environments of the Late Miocene Hominids -- Postcranial and Locomotor Adaptations of Hominoids -- Hominoid Cranial Diversity and Adaptation -- Dental Adaptations of African Apes -- Evolution of the Primate Brain -- Primate Life Histories -- Great Ape Social Systems -- Evolutionary Biology of Ape and Monkey Feeding and Nutrition -- The Hunting Behavior and Carnivory of Wild Chimpanzees -- Cooperation, Coalition, and Alliances -- Primate Intelligence -- Theory of Mind: A Primatological Perspective (NEW) -- Volume 3: Phylogeny of Hominins: Potential Hominoid Ancestors for Hominidae -- Defining Hominidae -- Role of Environmental Stimuli in Hominid Origins -- Origins of Homininae and Putative Selection Pressures Acting on the Early Hominins -- Origin of Bipedal Locomotion -- The Evolution of the Hominid Brain (NEW) -- Analyzing Hominin Phylogeny: Cladistic Approach -- Phylogenetic Relationships of Hominids: Biomolecular Approach -- The Miocene Hominoids and the Earliest Putative Hominids -- The Species and Diversity of Australopiths -- Defining the Genus Homo -- The Earliest Putative Homo Fossils -- Homo ergaster and Its Contemporaries -- Defining Homo erectus (NEW) -- Later Middle Pleistocene Homo -- Neanderthals and Their Contemporaries -- Homo floresiensis (NEW) -- Origin of Modern Humans -- Population Biology and Population Genetics of Pleistocene Hominins -- Dispersals of Early Humans: Adaptations, Frontiers, and New Territories (NEW) -- Dentition of American Indians: Evolutionary Results and Demographic Implications Following Colonization from Siberia -- Overview of Paleolithic Archaeology -- Cultural Evolution During the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Africa and Eurasia -- Evolution of Religion (NEW) -- Paleoanthropology and the Foundation of Ethics: Methodological Remarks on the Problem of Criteriology.…”
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