J R Napier

Biographic Data

ID207315
NAMEJ R Napier
GIVEN NAMESJ R
FAMILY NAMENapier
SIGNATURENAPIER J R
AFFILIATIONSThe Royal Free Hospital
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS114
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1956
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1975
H-INDEX3

  • Bigfoot: The Yeti and Sasquatch in Myth and Reality

    Dorothy B Vitaliano, John Napier et al.ARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1975Cited by: 1

  • A Handbook of Living Primates

    Vernon Reynolds, J R Napier et al.ARTICLEMan1969

  • Evolutionary aspects of primate locomotion

    Open AccessJ R NapierARTICLEAmerican Journal of Physical…1967Cited by: 78References: 18

    Both neontological and phylogenetic studies are necessary to interpret primate locomotion. Reference to palaeoprimatology and palaeocology, for instance, will lead to a fuller understanding of the roots of such gaits as the vertical clinging and leaping of Tarsius , Indri and Propithecus . Evolutionary trends in posture and locomotion are discussed. The postural trend has been towards maintenance of trunk verticality and the locomotor trend towar…

  • New Discoveries in Tanganyika: Their Bearing on Hominid Evolution [and Comments and Reply]

    Phillip V Tobias, M H Day et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1965Cited by: 25

  • A New Species of Genus Homo from Olduvai Gorge

    L S B Leakey, P V Tobias et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1965Cited by: 3

  • Fossil Foot Bones

    M H Day, J R NapierARTICLECurrent Anthropology1965Cited by: 4

  • Fossil Hand Bones from Olduvai Gorge

    John Napier, J R NapierARTICLECurrent Anthropology1965Cited by: 2

  • Hominid Fossils from Bed I, Olduvai Gorge, Tanganyika: Fossil Foot Bones

    Open AccessM H Day, J R NapierARTICLENature1964

  • Fossil Hand Bones from Olduvai Gorge

    Open AccessJohn Napier, J R NapierARTICLENature1962

  • Olduvai Gorge and Human Origins

    Open AccessJ R Napier, J S WeinerARTICLEAntiquity1962Cited by: 1References: 3

    Nearly two years have passed since Dr L.S.B. Leakey announced the first of a series of remarkable discoveries at Olduvai Gorge, Tanganyika. The great importance of this region as a palaeontological hunting ground has been appreciated since 1911 when, by chance, a German entomologist picked up a number of fossil bones which had been eroded on to the surface of the slopes of this East African Pleistocene canyon. Since 1931 Dr Leakey has made repeat…

  • Studies of the Hands of Living Primates

    Open AccessJ R NapierARTICLEProceedings of the Zoological…1960

    A study of passive movements and an analysis of the prehensile patterns of movement of the anthropoid ape hand was carried out in two young chimpanzees and one young orangutan, all approximately two years old at the time of study. The passive movements compare closely with those of a human child except in respect of the wrist and metacarpophalangeal joints of the fingers; in the case of the former joint, while flexion was very full, extension was…

  • The Prehensile Movements of the Human Hand

    Open AccessJ R NapierARTICLEJournal of Bone and Joint Surgery…1956

    1. The prehensile movements of the hand as a whole are analysed from both an anatomical anda functional viewpoint. 2. It is shown that movements of the hand consist of two basic patterns of movements which are termed precision grip and power grip. 3. In precision grip the object is pinched between the flexor aspects of the fingers and that of the opposing thumb. 4. In power grip the object is held as in a clamp between the flexed fingers and the …