Human beings have been credited with unparalleled capabilities for digital prehension
grasping. However, grasping behaviour is widespread among tetrapods. The propensity to …

Insects and other invertebrates form a portion of many living and extinct primate diets. We
review the nutritional profiles of insects in comparison with other dietary items, and discuss …

The evolutionary history that led to Eocene-and-later primates of modern aspect
(Euprimates) has been uncertain. We describe a skeleton of Paleocene plesiadapiform …

We describe approaches for distances between pairs of two-dimensional surfaces
(embedded in three-dimensional space) that use local structures and global information …

The locomotion of primates differs from that of other mammals in three fundamental ways.
During quadrupedal walking, primates use diagonal sequence gaits, protract their arms …

Over 130 specimens of metatherian bones (predominantly long bones, one scapula, and
several innominates and unguals) from the Palaeocene Itaboraí fissures of Brazil are …

In this study, the hindlimb of 12 species of tupaiids was analyzed functionally and compared
to that of primates, dermopterans, and chiropterans. Many aspects of the tupaiid hindlimb …

Recent collections at the middle Miocene site of Maboko Island in Kenya have yielded a
relatively large sample of isolated postcranial bones that can be assigned with some degree …

The relationships of anthropoids to other primates are currently debated, as are the
relationships among early fossil anthropoids and crown anthropoids. To resolve these …

Abstract Lemuriforms, Tarsius, anthropoids, adapids, and omomyids share numerous
derived postcranial features which support monophyly of the Euprimates and indicate that …