Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Bonobos: With Notes on the Weight, Attachments, Variations, and Innervation of the Muscles and Comparisons with Common Chimpanzees and Humans

The First Musculoskeletal Atlas of Bonobos

This book is the first photographic and descriptive musculoskeletal atlas of bonobos, our closest living relatives. It adopts the same format as the photographic atlases of other apes and provides an updated review of the anatomical variations within chimpanzees, as well as an extensive list of synonyms used in the literature. This book provides a detailed and unique insight into the anatomy of bonobos, making it an essential resource for those interested in human evolution.

Key Features

• First of Its Kind: This is the first photographic and descriptive musculoskeletal atlas of bonobos, adopting the same format as the photographic atlases of other apes previously published by the same authors.
• Detailed Information: It includes detailed high-quality photographs of the musculoskeletal structures from most anatomical regions of the body as well as textual information about the attachments, innervation, function, and weight of the respective muscles.
• Extensive Review: The book is based on dissections of seven bonobos, including adults, adolescents, infants, and fetuses, and on an extensive review of the literature for comparisons with common chimpanzees.
• Neurovascular Structures: Contrary to previous photographic atlases of apes, it also provides details on neurovascular structures such as the brachial and lumbrosacral plexuses.
• Target Audience: This book will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers focusing on primatology, comparative anatomy, functional morphology, zoology, and physical anthropology, and to medical students, doctors, and researchers who are curious about the origin, evolution, homology, and variations of the musculoskeletal and neurovascular structures of modern humans.