Primates
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2011
297 pages
978-1-61530-408-0 (ISBN)
Description
From lemurs to apes to human beings, primates are unique among mammals-for example, our brains are large compared to our size. Our complex interactions, intricate social structures, and extensive range of emotions allow us to adapt and thrive in diverse h
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- BOOK COVER
- TITLE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 THE GENERAL FEATURES OF PRIMATES
- SIZE RANGE AND ADAPTIVE DIVERSITY
- DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE
- NATURAL HISTORY OF PRIMATES
- REPRODUCTION AND LIFE CYCLE
- GROWTH AND LONGEVITY
- LOCOMOTION
- DIET
- SIZE IN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
- FOREST AND SAVANNA
- CHAPTER 2 PRIMATE MORPHOLOGY
- GENERAL STRUCTURE
- VERTEBRAL COLUMN AND POSTURE
- HANDS AND FEET
- TEETH
- SNOUTS, MUZZLES, AND NOSES
- SENSORY RECEPTION AND THE BRAIN
- TOUCH
- EYES AND VISION
- NERVOUS INTEGRATION
- THE BRAIN
- REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
- MALE AND FEMALE GENITALIA
- PLACENTA
- CHAPTER 3 PRIMATE PALEONTOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
- RENEWED INTEREST IN PRIMATE ORIGINS
- THE PRIMATE FOSSIL RECORD
- CRETACEOUS
- PALEOCENE
- EOCENE
- OLIGOCENE
- MIOCENE
- PLIOCENE
- PLEISTOCENE
- CLASSIFICATION
- CHAPTER 4 LEMURS
- GENERAL FEATURES
- LEMUR DI VERSITY
- TYPES OF LEMURS
- AVAHIS
- AYE-AYES
- BUSH BABIES
- INDRIS
- LORISES
- POTTOS
- SIFAKAS
- TARSIERS
- CHAPTER 5 MONKEYS
- GENERAL FEATURES
- OLD WORLD MONKEYS VERSUS NEW WORLD MONKEYS
- AFRICAN MONKEYS
- BABOONS
- COLOBUS MONKEYS
- DEBRAZZA'S MONKEY
- DIANA MONKEYS
- DRILLS
- GELADAS
- GUENONS
- HAMADRYAS
- MANDRILLS
- MANGABEYS
- MONA MONKEYS
- OWL-FACED MONKEYS
- PATAS MONKEYS
- SWAMP MONKEYS
- TALAPOINS
- ASIAN MONKEYS
- BONNET MONKEYS
- CELEBES CRESTED MACAQUES
- DOUCS
- LANGURS
- MACAQUES
- RHESUS MONKEYS
- SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS
- NEW WORLD MONKEYS
- DURUKULIS
- HOWLER MONKEYS
- MARMOSETS
- SAKIS
- SPIDER MONKEYS
- SQUIRREL MONKEYS
- TITIS
- UAKARIS
- WOOLLY MONKEYS
- WOOLLY SPIDER MONKEYS
- CHAPTER 6 APES
- HOMI NIDAE
- BONOBOS
- CHIMPANZEES
- NATURAL HISTORY
- SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
- INTELLIGENCE
- TAXONOMY
- GIBBONS
- GORILAS
- ORANGUTANS
- CHAPTER 7 EARLY HOMININS
- THE AUSTRALOPITHS
- RELATIONSHIP TO HOMO
- QUALITY OF THE FOSSIL RECORD
- CHANGES IN ANATOMY
- CHAPTER 8 EARLY HUMANS
- HOMO HABILIS
- THE FOSSIL EVIDENCE
- BODY STRUCTURE
- BEHAVIORAL INFERENCES
- EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS
- DATING THE FOSSILS
- DATING HOMININ FOSSILS WITH MOLECULAR CLOCKS
- HOMO ERECTUS
- FOSSIL EVIDENCE
- DATING THE FOSSILS
- BODY STRUCTURE
- BEHAVIORAL INFERENCES
- RELATIONSHIP TO HOMO SAPIENS
- CHAPTER 9 RECENT HUMANS
- HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS
- NEANDERTHALS
- THE FOSSIL EVIDENCE
- NEANDERTHAL ORIGINS AND ANATOMY
- THE FATE OF THE NEANDERTHALS
- NEANDERTHAL BEHAVIOUR
- HOMO SAPIENS
- BEHAVIORAL INFLUENCES
- BODILY STRUCTURE
- MODERN POPULATIONS
- CONCLUSION
- GLOSSARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PRIMATES
- LEMURS
- BABONS
- APES
- BONOBOS AND CHIMPANZEES
- GORILAS
- ORANGUTANS
- AUSTRALOPITHECUS
- HOMO ERECTUS
- NEANDERTHALS
- HOMO SAPIENS
- INDEX
- BACK COVER
