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Understanding Body Shapes of Animals

Shapes as mechanical constructions and Systems moving on minimal energy level
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581 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am29.06.20221st ed. 2022
Most emphasis is placed on the proximate question, namely the identification of the mechanical stresses which must be sustained by the respective body parts, when they move the body or its parts against resistance.In the first part of the book the focus is on primitive´ animals and later on the emphasis shifts to highly specialized mammals.mehr
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KlappentextMost emphasis is placed on the proximate question, namely the identification of the mechanical stresses which must be sustained by the respective body parts, when they move the body or its parts against resistance.In the first part of the book the focus is on primitive´ animals and later on the emphasis shifts to highly specialized mammals.
Zusammenfassung
Simplifies a complicated picture of why a particular shape has evolved into its current form

Provides an interdisciplinary approach that integrates mechanics into biology, anatomy and paleontology

Presents zoological, primatological and anthropological aspects of functional morphology
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-030-27667-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum29.06.2022
Auflage1st ed. 2022
Seiten581 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht1042 g
IllustrationenXIV, 581 p. 222 illus.
Artikel-Nr.46771026
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GenreMedizin

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter1: Why this book?.- Chapter2: Head.- Chapter3: Axial skeleton in aquatic animals.- Chapter4: Axial skeleton and muscle arrangement in terrestrial tetrapods.- Chapter5: What have the extremities of lower tetrapods in common? And Why?.- Chapter6: Birds.- Chapter7: Land-living mammals.- Chapter8: Primates, the group including humans.- Chapter9: Evolution of hominids.- Chapter10: Summary, Conclusions and Open questions.mehr

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Autor

Prof. Dr. Holger Preuschoft is an Emeritus Professor at the Center for Anatomy, Ruhr-Universität in Bochum, Germany. 13 years back he was awarded the title "Docteur honoris causa" by the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France. He has published more than 196 papers, and edited 9 multi-author books over the course of his career.
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