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008			140905s2015 enkab b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780521183024 (pbk.)
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082	0	4	_a569.8 _223 _bC119
100	1		_aCachel, Susan, _eauthor
245	1	0	_aFossil primates / _cSusan Cachel.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2015.
300			_axvi, 299 p. : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm.
490	0		_aCambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. Introduction: primates in evolutionary time -- 2. Primate taxonomy -- 3. Fossils and fossilization -- 4. The world of the past -- 5. The lifeways of extinct animals -- 6. Evolutionary processes and the pattern of primate evolution -- 7. Primate origins -- 8. The Paleocene primate radiation -- 9. The Eocene primate radiation -- 10. The Malagasy primate radiation -- 11. The Oligocene bottleneck -- 12. Rise of the anthropoids -- 13. The platyrrhine radiation -- 14. The Miocene hominoid radiation -- 15. The cercopithecoid radiation -- 16. Late Cenozoic climate changes -- 17. Conclusions.
520			_aThis 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	_aFossil.
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