The Evolution of the Primate Foot

Anatomy, Function, and Palaeontological Evidence
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-06438-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 527 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 809 g

Reihe: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects

The human foot is a unique and defining characteristic of our anatomy. Most primates have grasping, prehensile feet, whereas the human foot stands out as a powerful non-grasping propulsive lever that is central to our evolution as adept bipedal walkers and runners and defines our lineage.   Very few books have compiled and evaluated key research on the primate foot and provided a perspective on what we know and what we still need to know. This book serves as an essential companion to “The Evolution of the Primate Hand” volume, also in the Developments in Primatology series. This book includes chapters written by experts in the field of morphology and mechanics of the primate foot, the role of the foot in different aspects of primate locomotion (including but not limited to human bipedalism), the “hard evidence” of primate foot evolution including fossil foot bones and fossil footprints, and the relevance of our foot’s evolutionary history to modern human foot pathology.
This volume addresses three fundamental questions: 
(1) What makes the human foot so different from that of other primates? (2) How does the anatomy, biomechanics, and ecological context of the foot and foot use differ among primates and why? (3) how did foot anatomy and function change throughout primate and human evolution, and why is this evolutionary history relevant in clinical contexts today?
This co-edited volume, which relies on the insights of leading scholars in primate foot anatomy and evolution provides for the first time a comprehensive review and scholarly discussion of the primate foot from multiple perspectives.  It is accessible to readers at different levels of inquiry (e.g., undergraduate/graduate students, postdoctoral research, other scholars outside of biological anthropology).  This volume provides an all-in-one resource for research on the comparative and functional morphology and evolution of the primate foot.

Zielgruppe

Graduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zeininger, Angel

Hatala, Kevin G.

Wunderlich, Roshna E.

Schmitt, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie Physische Anthropologie, Paläoanthropologie, Evolutionäre Anthropologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierphysiologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FORWARDINTRODUCTION1. The Primate Foot: An Historical Account from 19th and 20th Century Anatomical
ResearchAuthors: Daniel Schmitt and Roshna Wunderlich (order of authors TBA)(e.g., Laidlaw, Wood Jones, Schultz, Strauss, Lewis, Morton, Weidenreich, Oxnard, etc.)
Section I: ANATOMICAL and DEVELOPMENTAL EVIDENCE (co-edited by Schmitt and Zeininger)2. The Primate Ankle and HindfootLead author: Anne Su (confirmed)Potential co-authors: Cody Prang3. The Primate Midfoot and Longitudinal Arch
Lead author: Amber Heard-Booth (confirmed)Potential co-authors: Jeremy DeSilva, Will Harcourt-Smith, Matt Tocheri4. The Primate Forefoot: Anatomy, Function, and Intrinsic Musculature
Lead author: Roshna Wunderlich (confirmed)Potential co-authors: Nicole Griffin, Tea Jashashvili5. The Primate Foot Integument
Lead author: Kai-Jung Chi (confirmed)Potential co-authors: Daniel Schmitt (confirmed)Section II: BIOMECHANICAL, EXPERIMENTAL & BEHAVIORAL EVIDENCE
(co-edited by Hatala and Wunderlich)6. Primate Foot use During Quadrupedal WalkingLead author: Angel Zeininger (confirmed)Potential co-authors: Roshna Wunderlich, Kristiaan D’Aout, Evie Vereecke, Gilles Berillon7. Primate Foot use During Bipedal Walking
Lead author: Nicholas Holowka (confirmed)Potential co-authors: Evie Vereecke8. Primate Foot use During Climbing and Leaping
Lead author: Vivek Venkataramaran (confirmed)Potential co-authors: Jeremy DeSilva9. Foot Biomechanics and Injury during Running in Humans
Lead-author: Daniel Lieberman (confirmed)Potential co-authors: Peter CavanaghSection III: PALEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE (co-edited by Hatala and Zeininger)
10. The Foot of Early PrimatesLead author: Gabriel Yapuncich (confirmed)Potential co-authors: Doug Boyer (confirmed)11. The Foot of Subfossil Lemurs
Lead author: Michael Granatosky (confirmed)Potential co-authors: Roshna Wunderlich (confirmed), William Jungers, Laurie Godfrey12. The Foot of Miocene Hominoids
Lead author: Michelle Drapeau (confirmed)Potential co-authors: John Langdon13. The Foot of Early Hominins
Lead author: Jeremy DeSilva (confirmed)Potential co-authors: Yvette Deloison, Bernhard Zipfel, Rob Kidd14. The Foot of Fossil Homo: Anatomical and Footprint Evidence
Lead author: Kevin Hatala (confirmed)Potential co-authors: Matt Tocheri, Will Harcourt-SmithSection III: TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS (co-edited by Schmitt and Wunderlich)
15. Advances in Biomechanical TechniquesLead author: Evie VereeckePotential co-authors: Kristiaan D’Aout (confirmed)16. The role of the human foot in non-locomotor behaviors
Lead author: David Carrier (confirmed)Potential co-authors:17. Effects of Footwear on Walking and Running Biomechanics
Lead author: Catherine WillemsPotential co-authors: Kristiaan D’Aout18. How Understanding the Evolution of the Foot can Inform Modern Podiatric Practice
Lead author: Bernhard Zipfel (confirmed) Potential co-authors: Daniel Schmitt (confirmed)

Über Autor(innen)

Angel Zeininger is Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University.  Her work focuses on morphological, experimental, and paleontological analysis of the foot and lower limb of primates, with a special emphasis on development.
Kevin Hatala is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Chatham University.  He studies the fossil evidence for the evolution of primate and especially human locomotion using paleontological, and laboratory and field experimental approaches.
Roshna Wunderlich is a Professor in the Department of Biology at James Madison University. Her work uses laboratory and field experimental studies to understand the function of the primate foot and locomotor ecology in primates.
Daniel Schmitt is a Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University.  He conducts laboratory experiments on limb loading in primates to understand fundamental innovations in primate and human postcranial evolution.