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Primate evolution—A method of investigation
Author(s) -
Oxnard Charles E.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330280317
Subject(s) - postcrania , extant taxon , primate , interpretation (philosophy) , variation (astronomy) , originality , subject (documents) , evolutionary biology , epistemology , biology , anthropology , computer science , sociology , paleontology , philosophy , qualitative research , physics , library science , taxon , astrophysics , programming language
The discoveries of fossil primate postcranial remains has led in recent years to somewhat greater weight being placed upon background studies of the postcranial skeleton of extant forms. Such researches are subject more than most to problems of determination of variation, of meagre materials, and of behavioral implications. Strictness in the formulation of hypotheses, originality in the approach to primary data, and the use of computational and mensurational methods in analysis and interpretation, suggest some of the ways of overcoming such difficulties.