Understanding Body Shapes of Animals

Understanding Body Shapes of Animals

Shapes as mechanical constructions and Systems moving on minimal energy level

Preuschoft, Holger

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

06/2022

581

Dura

Inglês

9783030276676

15 a 20 dias

1051

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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.
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mammalian body shapes;morphological and anatomical adaptations;biomechanics;animal locomotor habits;functionally adapted shapes;energetics and mechanics of locomotion;fossil and living animals;ontogenetic development