Primate adaptation and evolution / John G. Fleagle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleagle, John G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Primates--Evolution.

Primates.

Primates--Adaptation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (614 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Fleagle has improved on his 1988 text by reconceptualizing chapters and by bringing new findings in functional and evolutionary approaches to bear on his synthesis of comparative primate data. The Second Edition provides a foundation upon which students can develop an understanding of our primate heritage. It features up-to-date information gained through academic training, laboratory experience and field research. This beautifully illustrated volume provides a comprehensive introductory text explaining the many aspects of primate biology and human evolution.Key Features* Prov

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; Tables & Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1. Adaptation, Evolution, and Systematics; Adaptation; Evolution; Taxonomy and Systematics; Bibliography; Chapter 2. The Primate Body; Size; Cranial Anatomy; The Brain and Senses; The Trunk and Limbs; Soft Tissues; Growth and Development; Bibliography; Chapter 3. Primate Lives; Primate Habitats; Land Use; Activity Patterns; A Primate Day; Primate Diets; Locomotion; Social Life; Individuals, Groups, and Communities; Why Primates Live in Groups; Primate Life Histories; Primate Communities; Bibliography; Chapter 4. Prosimians

StrepsirhinesMalagasy Strepsirhines; Subfossil Malagasy Prosimians; Adaptive Radiation of Malagasy Primates; Galagos and Lorises; Adaptive Radiation of Galagos and Lorises; Phyletic Relationships of Strepsirhines; Tarsiers; Phyletic Relationships of Tarsiers; Bibliography; Chapter 5. New World Anthropoids; Anatomy of Higher Primates; Platyrrhines; Adaptive Radiation of Platyrrhines; Phyletic Relationships of Platyrrhines; Bibliography; Chapter 6. Old World Monkeys; Catarrhine Anatomy; Cercopithecoids; Adaptive Radiation of Old World Monkeys; Phyletic Relationships of Old World Monkeys

BibliographyChapter 7. Apes and Humans; Hominoids; Adaptive Radiation of Hominoids; Phyletic Relationships of Hominoids; Bibliography; Chapter 8. Primate Communities; Primate Biogeography; Ecology and Biogeography; Comparing Primate Communities; Bibliography; Chapter 9. Primate Adaptations; Effects of Size; Adaptations to Diet; Locomotor Adaptations; Anatomical Correlates of Social Organization; Adaptation and Phylogeny; Bibliography; Chapter 10. The Fossil Record; Geological Time; Fossils and Fossilization; Paleoenvironments; Reconstructing Behavior; Paleobiogeography; Bibliography

Eocene Anthropoids from AsiaEocene and Oligocene Anthropoids from Africa and Arabia; Other North African and Arabian Early Anthropoids; Early Anthropoid Adaptations; Phyletic Relationships of Early Anthropoids; Prosimian Origins of Anthropoids; Solving Anthropoid Origins; Bibliography; Chapter 14. Fossil Platyrrhines; The Platyrrhine Fossil Record; The Earliest Platyrrhines; The Patagonian Platyrrhines; A More Modern Community; Pleistocene Platyrrhines; Caribbean Primates; Summary of Fossil Platyrrhines; Platyrrhine Origins; Bibliography; Chapter 15. Fossil Apes

Latest Oligocene to Middle Miocene Apes from Africa

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611005207

9781281005205

1281005207

9780080492131

0080492134

OCLC:

272404691