Cara M Wall-Scheffler, Helen K Kurki, Benjamin M Auerbach

The Evolutionary Biology of the Human Pelvis

An Integrative Approach

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Synthesizes and re-examines the evolution of the human pelvis, which sits at the interface between locomotion and childbirth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 173mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781107199576
• ISBN-10: 1107199573
• Artikelnr.: 58379871

Autorenporträt

Cara M. Wall-Scheffler is Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, Seattle Pacific University. Her research interests focus around evolutionary tradeoffs throughout the human lineage with a particular interest in mobility strategies. She received the Frameshifter Award for her contributions to science and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles on the evolution of human locomotion.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Pelvis anatomy
2. Functional morphology
3. Pelves of the hominin lineage
4. Developmental biology of the pelvis
5. Pelvis evolution as a function of evolutionary development
Conclusion
Appendix
Works cited
Index.