Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Bonobos

Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Bonobos

EnglishPaperback / softback
Diogo Rui
Springer, Berlin
EAN: 9783319853192
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Chimpanzees, including bonobos and common chimpanzees, are our closest living relatives. However, surprisingly, the information about the soft tissues of bonobos is very scarce, making it difficult to discuss and understand human evolution. This book, which is the first photographic and descriptive musculoskeletal atlas of bonobos (Pan paniscus), adopts the same format as the photographic atlases of other apes previously published by the same authors. These books are part of a series of monographs that will set out the comparative and phylogenetic context of the gross anatomy and evolutionary history of the soft tissue morphology of modern humans and their closest relatives. The present atlas, which includes detailed high quality photographs of the musculoskeletal structures from most anatomical regions of the body as well as textual information about the attachments, innervation, function and weight of the respective muscles, is based ondissections of seven bonobos, including adults, adolescents, infants and fetuses, and males and females, and on an extensive review of the literature for comparisons with common chimpanzees. It therefore provides an updated review of the anatomical variations within chimpanzees as well as an extensive list of synonyms used in the literature to designate the structures covered here. Moreover, contrary to the previous photographic atlases of apes, it also provides details on neurovascular structures such as the brachial and lumbrosacral plexuses. The book will therefore be of interest to students, teachers and researchers focusing on primatology, comparative anatomy, functional morphology, zoology, and physical anthropology and to medical students, doctors and researchers who are curious about the origin, evolution, homology and variations of the musculoskeletal and neurovascular structures of modern humans.

EAN 9783319853192
ISBN 3319853198
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Springer, Berlin
Publication date August 1, 2018
Pages 262
Language English
Dimensions 254 x 178
Country Switzerland
Readership Professional & Scholarly
Authors Arias-Martorell Julia; de Paz Felix J.; Diogo Rui; Hammond, Ashley; Nauwelaerts, Sandra; Pastor Juan F.; Potau Josep M.; Shearer Brian; Turcotte, Cassandra; Vanhoof, Marie; Vereecke, Evie; Wood Bernard
Illustrations XIII, 262 p. 201 illus., 133 illus. in color.
Edition Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017