![]() Image from Lewis (1989).Īlthough relatively unstudied until recent years, the shape of carpal bones tend to provide a wealth of information relating to the ecology of the species in question, since the forearms tend to do a lot of the work an animal undertakes during its day-to-day routine. The standard mammalian wrist, including labelled carpal bones. Those comprising the bottom row are the Scaphoid (S), Lunate (L), Triquetral (or Cuneiform, Cu) and Pisiform (Pi) along the top are the Trapezium (Tm), Trapezoid (Td), Capitate (C) and Hamate (H) often there are an extra two bones thrown in as a bonus: a tiny bone below the thumb called the Prepollex (pp), and an intermediary bone in the centre of the wrist called the Centrale (c). #Chimpanzee hand skeleton seriesThe mammalian wrist is formed of a series of globular, tessellating bones called the carpals, forming two rows. ![]() This solitary manus will do enough, for what lies within is extra special…Ī Whistle-stop Tour of the Mammalian Wristīridging the gap between the long bones of the forearm and the proceeding bones of the digits there is a fertile land of great mystery and intrigue, otherwise recognised as the wrist. But it is not the remaining post-hand specimen that I am interested in today. They are highly intelligent, even for primates, and form societies with highly complex structures, building language, traditions and not to mention tools. I understand that by re-working Eric Idle’s Eric the Half a Bee song to read ‘chimpanzee’ instead of ‘bee’ most of the rhyming joke is lost, but I digress.Ĭhimpanzees, Pan troglodytes , along with bonobos, are our closest living relatives. ![]() LDUCZ-Z1146.Īt the Grant Museum of Zoology we house enough material to comprise at least half a chimpanzee, probably even several halves… ![]()
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