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137102 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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ISI Library, Kolkata |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20161024165224.0 |
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140905s2015 enkab b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780521183024 (pbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
ISI Library |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
569.8 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| Item number |
C119 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Cachel, Susan, |
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author |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Fossil primates / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Susan Cachel. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Cambridge : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvi, 299 p. : |
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illustrations, maps ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
1. Introduction: primates in evolutionary time --<br/> 2. Primate taxonomy --<br/> 3. Fossils and fossilization --<br/> 4. The world of the past --<br/> 5. The lifeways of extinct animals --<br/> 6. Evolutionary processes and the pattern of primate evolution --<br/> 7. Primate origins --<br/> 8. The Paleocene primate radiation --<br/> 9. The Eocene primate radiation --<br/> 10. The Malagasy primate radiation --<br/> 11. The Oligocene bottleneck --<br/> 12. Rise of the anthropoids --<br/> 13. The platyrrhine radiation --<br/> 14. The Miocene hominoid radiation --<br/> 15. The cercopithecoid radiation --<br/> 16. Late Cenozoic climate changes --<br/> 17. Conclusions. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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This book is intended as an exposition of non-human primate evolution that includes information about evolutionary theory and processes, paleobiology, paleoenvironment, how fossils are formed, how fossils illustrate evolutionary processes, the reconstruction of life from fossils, the formation of the primate fossil record, functional anatomy, and the genetic bases of anatomy. Throughout, the emphasis of the book is on the biology of fossil primates, not their taxonomic classification or systematics, or formal species descriptions. The author draws detailed pictures of the paleoenvironment of fossil primates, including contemporary animals and plants, and ancient primate communities, emphasizing our ability to reconstruct lifeways from fragmentary bones and teeth, using functional anatomy, stable isotopes from enamel and collagen, and high resolution CT-scans of the cranium. Fossil Primates will be essential reading for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in evolutionary anthropology, primatology and vertebrate paleobiology. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Fossil. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Books |
