Explore the soft-tissue anatomy that informs our understanding of human evolution. The supplied description presents a photographic and descriptive atlas combining detailed anatomical images with muscle data, comparative research and evolutionary context for focused study and reference.
Content clarification: The product title identifies an atlas of orangutans, while the supplied description identifies the first photographic and descriptive musculoskeletal atlas of bonobos (Pan paniscus). The content highlights below reflect that supplied description; please confirm the intended atlas before ordering.
Key benefits
- Study anatomy through detailed photography: High-quality photographs cover musculoskeletal structures from most anatomical regions of the body, accompanied by information on muscle attachments, innervation, function and weight.
- Explore a varied dissection sample: The described atlas is based on dissections of seven bonobos, including adults, adolescents, infants and fetuses, with both males and females represented.
- Compare our closest living relatives: An extensive literature review supports comparisons with common chimpanzees and provides an updated review of anatomical variation within chimpanzees. Chimpanzees, including bonobos and common chimpanzees, are our closest living relatives, yet scarce information about bonobo soft tissues makes human evolution harder to discuss and understand.
- Place anatomy in evolutionary context: The atlas follows the format of photographic atlases of other apes previously published by the same authors. These books form part of a monograph series intended to establish the comparative and phylogenetic context of gross anatomy and the evolutionary history of soft-tissue morphology in modern humans and their closest relatives.
- Navigate anatomical terminology: An extensive list of synonyms used in the literature helps readers identify and compare the structures covered.
- Extend study to neurovascular structures: Unlike the previous photographic ape atlases, the described volume also details structures such as the brachial and lumbosacral plexuses.
Who this is for
Students, teachers and researchers focusing on primatology, comparative anatomy, functional morphology, zoology and physical anthropology. The described atlas is also intended for medical students, doctors and researchers interested in the origin, evolution, homology and variation of modern human musculoskeletal and neurovascular structures.
Details
- Listed product title: Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Orangutans
- Brand / library: Orthopedics Library
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Edition: 1
- Authors: Julia Arias-Martorell, Mohammed Ashraf Aziz, Mercedes Barbosa, Gaëlle Bello, Rui Diogo, Eva M. Ferrero, Juan F. Pastor, Felix J. de Paz, Josep M. Potau, Bernard Wood
- Published date: May 24, 2013
- Pages: 160
- ISBN: 9781466597273, 1466597275
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