ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PONGID
From New Latin Pongo type genus, from Kongo mpongi ape.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PONGID»
Discover the use of
pongid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pongid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Evolution of Human Behavior: Primate Models
The gap in the fossil record from 4 to 8 million years ago may uncover several
such discrete ancestral chron- ospecies, which may throw light on the transition
to bipedality and the causes of the hominid-pongid split. A similar mystery
involves ...
2
Classification and Human Evolution
Indeed Proconsul represents an even lower evolutionary stage of skull
development in which the dentition has already attained pongid features. The
systematic relation of Proconsul to the Pongidae can be settled with reference to
the dentition ...
Sherwood L. Washburn, 2013
Anthropogenesis consul major) display a combination of primitive characteristics
and genuine pongid features. Prominent supra-orbital ridges (brow ridges) are
still lacking, and the dentition shows some features of the lower catar- rhins.
4
Body Size in Mammalian Paleobiology: Estimation and ...
... 0 795 Pongid .988 2.297 0 656 .051 0.661 .983 .537 1 .721 Human 0 .229 1
766 Femoral head volume Total .983 2.202 1 .264 .076 I, .293 Nonhuman .998
2.234 1 .196 .028 |. .199 Pongid .995 2.532 1 .035 .052 1 041 Human .949 1.207
1 ...
John Douglas Damuth, Bruce J. MacFadden, 1990
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Primate Evolution and Human Origins
The differences between pongid and Australopithecine dentitions are most
striking in the anterior teeth, especially the canines, incisors and P3 as well as
dmj. The reduction in canine size, as was suggested already by Charles Darwin,
...
6
Primate Locomotion: Linking Field and Laboratory Research
... Pan gorilla and hominoid evolution. Am J Phys Anthropol 41:71–90. ——— (
1977) Electromyography of pongid shoulder muscles and hominoid evolution I.
Retractors of the humerus and “rotators” of the scapula. Yrbk Phys Anthropol
1976 ...
Kristiaan D'Août, Evie E. Vereecke, 2011
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An Introduction to Human Evolutionary Anatomy
New York: Academic Press. Tuttle, R. H. and Basmajian, J. V. (1977).
Electromyography of pongid shoulder muscles and hominoid evolution. I.
Retractors of the humerus and 'rotators' of the scapula. Yearbook of Physical
Anthropology 20: ...
Leslie Aiello, Christopher Dean, 1990
8
The Human Fossil Record, Brain Endocasts--The ...
... which seems unlikely to us. The typical pongid pattern is that the interparietal
abuts in its posterior end with the lunate sulcus. There is no indication of the
interparietal sulcus in a pongid region, and certainly not in the posterior position (
i.e., ...
Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Ian Tattersall, 2004
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Primate Dentition: An Introduction to the Teeth of Non-human ...
... [M2 P3 P4] C M3 M1 I1 I2 C P3 [P4 M2] M3 M1 I1 I2 M2 [P3 P4] C M3 M1 I1 I2
M2 [P3 P4] C M3 M1 I1 I2 M2 P3 P4C M3 M1 I1 I2 C P3 [P4 M2] M3 Papio
cynocephalus Macaca nemestrina Pongid Homo sapiens Papio cynocephalus
Macaca ...
10
Paleoanthropology: Morphology and Paleoecology
(4) There is a moderate development of a nasal spine looking more hominid than
pongid. (5) The palate is quite “deep,” as is usual] in man. (6) The root of the
zygomatic arch arises above the first molar as in man rather than farther back as
in ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PONGID»
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pongid is used in the context of the following news items.
Boko Haram: Adamawa people laud vigilantes, hunters
None of you can finish your comment without calling people: moron, imbecile, clown, clown prince, mumu, id1ot, liar, pongid or derogatory ... «Premium Times, Nov 14»
The rise of the planet of the legal persons formerly known as apes
But before the US can consider pongid personhood, Wise must argue before a panel of five appellate judges, who have agreed to hear out his ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
Your Inner Fish … An engaging look at our vertebrate ancestry
In fact, there are scientists who believe some terms that are now perceived as archaic or colloquial, such a “pongid” (a term denoting the great ... «World Socialist Web Site, Apr 14»
The Invention of Childhood, or Why It Hurts to Have a Baby [Excerpt]
Undeniably, in some ways we are childlike versions of our pongid ancestors, but in others our maturity is accelerated, rather than stunted. «Scientific American, Apr 13»
Sleeping with the Enemy
Finally, in a Mensa-level show of pongid ingenuity, Dokana managed to get at a peanut that Manrique had placed at the bottom of a long plastic ... «The New Yorker, Nov 11»
Ape-pocalypse now!
... African apes, and infuses his pongid avatar with an eerie and disturbing humanity. Eventually, the apes, using sophisticated military strategy, ... «Astrobiology Magazine, Aug 11»
