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7 - Thews, Sinews, and Bone

Chimpanzee Anatomy and Osteology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2020

Kevin D. Hunt
Kevin D. Hunt
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Indiana University, Bloomington
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Long ago, before the invention of many things that are so much a part of our daily lives that we take them for granted – before bicycles, matches, trains, the canning of food, and the invention of flight – we had in our hands a thorough record of chimpanzee anatomy (Tyson, 1699; Brockman, 2000). As improbable as it seems, Western science first confronted the astounding particulars of chimpanzee anatomy over 300 years ago with the publication of Edward Tyson’s brilliant monograph documenting his dissections (see Figure 7.22 for an illustration from the book).

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Chimpanzee
Lessons from our Sister Species
 , pp. 97 - 118
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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