Primate Life History and Evolution
Published on 20. August 1990
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-0-471-56832-2 (ISBN)
Description
This investigation of ontogency's role in primate evolution and the place of life history in evolutionary studies gives equal emphasis to the two components of life history: processes in individual organisms and the structural consequences of these processes in higher levels of organization.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 56 mm
Width: 36 mm
Weight
765 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-56832-2 (9780471568322)
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Content
Partial table of contents: EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS AND LIFE HISTORY. Natural Selection and Developmental Constraints: External Versus Internal Determinants of Order in Nature (P. Alberch). THE STRUCTURE OF LIFE HISTORY ACROSS SPECIES. Evolutionary Trends in Primate Growth and Development (E. Watts). Life Histories in Fossil Species. Early Hominid Development and Life History (T. Bromage). LIFE HISTORY PROCESSES WITHIN SPECIES. Reproduction ''on the Ground.'' Intrapopulation Variation in Life-History Parameters (D. Sade). Hard Tissue Dynamics and the Life Cycle. The Relationship Between Functional Loading and Bone Architecture (L. Lanyon). Dynamic Morphology: Growth, Life History, and Ecology in Primate Evolution (B. Shea). Index.