Dissertation Research: Arboreal-Terrestrial Adaptations inPedal Functional Morphology in Cercopithecus and Cercocebus

论文研究： Cercopithecus 和 Cercocebus 足部功能形态的树栖-陆地适应

• 批准号: 8719448
• 负责人: John Fleagle
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Stony Brook
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-12-01 至 1990-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8719448&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Arboreal; Terrestrial; Adaptations

One of the important issues in paleoanthropology is the development of bipedalism in early hominids. In order to adequately understand the adaptations of the human foot for terrestriality, studies are needed that analyze the adaptations in the feet of other terrestrial primate groups. In this study, the researcher will analyze the functional foot morphology of fourteen species of Cercopithecus and Cercocebus, monkey groups found in the Old World. The student will identify interspecific differences in foot function associated with shifts from an arboreal to a terrestrial mode of locomotion. This unique study will increase our understanding of the trends in pedal adaptation to terrestrial locomotion. It will add to our understanding of the structural modifications in the foot associated with the transition to terrestriality in various primate groups and in early hominids. Clearly establishing this correlation between morphology and behavior is fundamental to establishing the theoretical framework by which to intrepret the relationship between ecology and the positional behavior of fossil primates and early hominids.

古人类学的重要问题之一是 早期原始人类两足行走的发展。 为了 充分了解人类脚的适应性， 陆地性，需要研究分析适应性 在其他陆生灵长类动物的脚上 在本研究中，研究者将分析功能 14种长尾猴足的形态， Cercocebus，旧大陆的猴群。 学生 将确定足部功能的种间差异 与从树栖模式到陆地模式的转变有关， 运动 这项独特的研究将增加我们对 踏板适应陆地运动的趋势。 它将 增加了我们对结构变化的理解， 与各种向陆地过渡有关的脚 灵长类动物和早期原始人类。 明确确立这一 形态和行为之间的相关性是 建立理论框架， 生态学与动物位置行为之间的关系 灵长类化石和早期原始人类。