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Primate adaptation and evolution / John G. Fleagle.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Amsterdam : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2013.Edition: 3rd edDescription: x, 441 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780123786326 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 599.8138 23 F593
Contents:
1. Adaptation, Evolution, and Systematics -- 2. The Primate Body -- 3. Primate Lives -- 4. Prosimians: Lemurs, Lorises, Galagos and Tarsiers -- 5. New World Anthropoids -- 6. Old World Monkeys -- 7. Apes and Humans -- 8. Primate Communities -- 9. Primate Adaptation -- 10. The Fossil Record -- 11. Primate Origins -- 12. Fossil Prosimians -- 13. Early Anthropoids -- 14. Fossil Platyrrhines -- 15. Primitive Catarrhines and Fossil Apes -- 16. Fossil Old World Monkeys -- 17. Fossil Hominins, the Bipedal Primates -- 18. Patterns in Primate Evolution-- Glossary-- Classification of the order primates-- Bibliography-- Index.
Summary: A text on primate evolution. By drawing out the key features of the extant families and referring to more detailed texts, it updates the developments in primate palaeontology - and the reconstruction through early hominid species - of our own human origins. It features over 200 illustrations, tables and revised evolutionary trees.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-433) and index.

1. Adaptation, Evolution, and Systematics --
2. The Primate Body --
3. Primate Lives --
4. Prosimians: Lemurs, Lorises, Galagos and Tarsiers --
5. New World Anthropoids --
6. Old World Monkeys --
7. Apes and Humans --
8. Primate Communities --
9. Primate Adaptation --
10. The Fossil Record --
11. Primate Origins --
12. Fossil Prosimians --
13. Early Anthropoids --
14. Fossil Platyrrhines --
15. Primitive Catarrhines and Fossil Apes --
16. Fossil Old World Monkeys --
17. Fossil Hominins, the Bipedal Primates --
18. Patterns in Primate Evolution--

Glossary--
Classification of the order primates--
Bibliography--
Index.

A text on primate evolution. By drawing out the key features of the extant families and referring to more detailed texts, it updates the developments in primate palaeontology - and the reconstruction through early hominid species - of our own human origins. It features over 200 illustrations, tables and revised evolutionary trees.

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