Primate Adaptation and Evolution

By: Fleagle, John GMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: San Diego : Academic Press, ©1999Edition: 2nd EditionDescription: (xvii, 596 pages) : illustrationsISBN: 9780122603419 ; 0122603419Subject(s): Primates -- Evolution | Primates -- Adaptation | SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- PrimatologyDDC classification: 575
Contents:
Adaptation, evolution, and systematics -- The primate body -- Primate lives -- Prosimians -- New World anthropoids -- Old World monkeys -- Apes and humans -- Primate communities -- Primate adaptations -- The fossil record -- Primate origins -- Fossil prosimians -- Early anthropoids -- Fossil platyrrhines -- Fossil apes -- Fossil Old World monkeys -- Hominids, the bipedal primates -- Patterns in primate evolution.
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.
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Adaptation, evolution, and systematics --
The primate body --
Primate lives --
Prosimians --
New World anthropoids --
Old World monkeys --
Apes and humans --
Primate communities --
Primate adaptations --
The fossil record --
Primate origins --
Fossil prosimians --
Early anthropoids --
Fossil platyrrhines --
Fossil apes --
Fossil Old World monkeys --
Hominids, the bipedal primates --
Patterns in primate evolution.

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.

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