10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREHENSILITY»
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prehensility in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
prehensility and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gesturecraft: The manu-facture of meaning
The repositioning of the eyes was complemented by recon— figuration of the
hand so that prehensility — grasping a food-item with a single hand while
holding onto a branch with the other — became possible: this is the characteristic
feeding ...
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Vision and Action: The Control of Grasping
Comparison of Exploratory and Manipulatory Procedures In addition to noting a
general difference in the role of prehensility, we have attempted to compare
manipulatory and exploratory procedures more specifically. The basis for such ...
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Emergent Forms : Origins and Early Development of Human ...
Increase in size and a shift in diet appear to be two of the major factors involved
in the evolution of prehensility in the primates. . . . With increase in body size a
critical point is reached where a potentially unstable system is produced and
lateral ...
Department of Psychiatry Children's Hospital Eugene C. Goldfield Research Associate, 1995
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THE EMERGENCE AND NATURE OF HUMAN HISTORY Volume One
The advantage of being able to do these things would have strongly encouraged
the evolution of prehensility, and in fact the developments of locomotor skills and
prehensile hands seem to have reinforced one another. It is also worth noting ...
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Ecological and Morphological Correlates of Infraorbital ...
The rostrum plays an important role in environmental exploration in animals that
either 1) lack manual prehensility, 2) have poor vision, 3) are nocturnal, or 4)
forage in low light environments (e.g., deep ocean environments; Ahl, 1986;
Anjum, ...
Magdalena Natalia Muchlinski, 2008
The basis of their prehensility is finger flexion. Having exceptionally long fingers
relative to the rest of the hand and by folding these digits into the palm, a
powerful grasp can be achieved. Orangutans, with a technique of grasping
slender ...
John Russell Napier, Russell Tuttle, Russell H. Tuttle, 1993
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Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials
The anterior caudal vertebrae are moved by abductors (abductor caudae dorsalis
and ischio-caudalis), which insert on their transverse processes, while the
tendons of the long flexors/extensors involved in the prehensility insert on the ...
Menna Jones, Chris R. Dickman, Mike Archer, 2003
... mice; and one porcupine. —Milton Hildebrand, G. E. Goslow, Analysis of
Vertebrate Structure, 2001. prehensility. (pree-hen-SIL-i-tee) noun prelapsarian (
pree-lap-SAR-ee-en) adjective 1. of or relating to the time. 110 | THE BEST
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Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
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Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution: Adaptations and ...
Lemelin, P., 1996, The Evolution of Manual Prehensility in Primates: A
Comparative Study ofProsimiansand Didelphid Marsupials, Ph.D. Dissertation,
State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook. Lemelin, P., 1999,
Morphological ...
Matthew J. Ravosa, Marian Dagosto, 2007
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Cengage Advantage Books: Understanding Humans: An ...
prehensility Grasping with the hands and, in many primates, also the feet.
omnivorous Having a diet consisting of many kinds of foods, such as plant
materials (seeds, fruits, leaves), meat, and insects. diurnal Active during the day.
nocturnal ...
Barry Lewis, Robert Jurmain, Lynn Kilgore, 2008
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREHENSILITY»
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prehensility is used in the context of the following news items.
Navigating the Realms of Thinking & Faith
They lead one down circuitous, sinuous, and serpentine paths that the average mind will not construe its challenging prehensility. And it is that ... «GhanaWeb, May 15»
Shailene Woodley's Wacky Guide to Life
"There's this cool thing called prehensility, which is the way we can move our fingers and our toes, and so a friend brought it to my attention a ... «PopSugar.com, Jun 14»
Owen's got the Will to make waves at Moseley
... outside-centre channel and while his handling didn't always demonstrate legendary prehensility, there was far more positive than negative. «Birmingham Mail, Oct 13»
Apes Humans BFFs
... finger nails instead of claws, opposable thumbs, binocular vision, prehensility (the ability to grasp with fingers and/or toes), padded digits with ... «Guardian Express, Jul 13»
