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人类的双皮亚主义的发展。 为了充分了解人脚对陆地的适应，需要进行研究来分析其他陆地灵长类动物群体的适应性。 在这项研究中，研究人员将分析14种Cercopithecus和Cercocebus的功能性脚形态，即在旧世界中发现的猴子群。 该学生将确定与从树栖变为运动模式相关的脚部功能的种间差异。 这项独特的研究将提高我们对踏板适应陆地运动的趋势的理解。 这将增加我们对与各种灵长类动物群体和早期人类的过渡相关的脚部结构修饰的理解。 显然，建立形态与行为之间的这种相关性是建立理论框架的基础，以使生态学与化石灵长类动物的位置行为与早期人类的位置行为之间的关系构成理论框架。