ABSTRACT A laterally sloping fibular facet of the astragalus (= talus) has been proposed as
one of few osteological synapomorphies of strepsirrhine primates, but the feature has never …

The oldest primates of modern aspect (euprimates) appear abruptly on the Holarctic
continents during a brief episode of global warming known as the Paleocene-Eocene …

Astragali and calcanei of Anchomomys frontanyensis, a small adapiform from the middle
Eocene of Sant Jaume de Frontanyà (Southern Pyrenean basins, northeastern Spain) are …

Among fossil primates, the Eocene adapiforms have been suggested as the closest relatives
of living anthropoids (monkeys, apes, and humans). Central to this argument is the form of …

The aim of this study was to examine anatomical properties of the adductor magnus through
a detailed classification, and to hypothesize its function and size to gather enough …

The field of vertebrate functional morphology grew out of traditional comparative vertebrate
morphology. By the 17th century, scientists were modeling the actions of muscles on the …

Euprimate grasping feet are characterized by a suite of morphological traits, including an
enlarged peroneal process on the base of the first metatarsal, which serves as the insertion …

Teilhardina belgica is one of the earliest fossil primates ever recovered and the oldest fossil
primate from Europe. As such, this taxon has often been hypothesized as a basal tarsiiform …

Primate evolutionary morphologists have argued that selection for life in a fine branch niche
resulted in grasping specializations that are reflected in the hallucal metatarsal (Mt1) …

The specialized grasping feet of primates, and in particular the nature of the hallucal
grasping capabilities of living strepsirrhines and tarsiers (ie,'prosimians'), have played …