Primate Adaptation and EvolutionJohn 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* Provides up-to-date information about many aspects of primate biology and evolution* Contains a completely new chapter on primate communities* Presents totally revised chapters on primate origins, early anthropoids, and fossil platyrrhines* Includes an updated glossary, new illustrations, and a revised Classification of Order Primates* Succeeds as the best introductory text on primate evolution because it synthesizes and allows access to primary literature |
Contents
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Chapter 4 Prosimians | 81 |
Chapter 5 New World Anthropoids | 133 |
Chapter 6 Old World Monkeys | 185 |
Chapter 7 Apes and Humans | 235 |
Chapter 8 Primate Communities | 267 |
Chapter 12 Fossil Prosimians | 353 |
Chapter 13 Early Anthropoids | 397 |
Chapter 14 Fossil Platyrrhines | 427 |
Chapter 15 Fossil Apes | 453 |
Chapter 16 Fossil Old World Monkeys | 491 |
Chapter 17 Hominids the Bipedal Primates | 511 |
Chapter 18 Patterns in Primate Evolution | 551 |
Glossary | 571 |
Chapter 9 Primate Adaptations | 283 |
Chapter 10 The Fossil Record | 315 |
Chapter 11 Primate Origins | 329 |
Classification of Order Primates | 577 |
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