How anatomy is related to movement?

 From field studies we can learn the movements of each species and the ecological context in which they are used.

Understanding how anatomy is related to movements is complicated by the fact that most primates can move in many ways, most leap at some times and run quadrupedally at others and many occasionally suspend themselves from branches.

Anatomy hence reflects a series of compromises and an ability to do many things. Nevertheless differences in the frequencies with which primate species use different types of locomotion are reflected in muscles and bones.

For example, two closely related species of larger Presbytis from Malaysia show differences in muscular and skeletal anatomy that are associated with the fact that one leaps about 20 per cent more frequently than the other.

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