The humerus from fish to man

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1400

By

Gregory, William K. (William King), 1876-1970

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, American Museum of Natural History, [1949]

Notes

Title from caption.

"January 31, 1949."

"Based partly on a paper read before the Viking Fund Conference on Locomotion, New York, February 7, 1948."

Contents: Prerequisite, preadaptive stages -- The first true humeri -- The humerus of primitive tetrapods -- Surviving Amphibia -- Adaptive diversity of the humerus in reptiles and birds -- Rise and diversity of the mammalian humerus -- The humerus from tree shrew to man -- Retrospect.

Subjects

59.14,71.74 , Arm , Evolution , Forelimb , Humerus , Vertebrates , Vertebrates, Fossil

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1400, 1949

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31839339