Shaping primate evolution : form, function, and behavior /
Shaping Primate Evolution is a state-of-the-art book on how form is described in primate biology, and the consequences of form for function and behavior. Covering cellular morphometrics through to the primate evolutionary ecology and written by leading researchers, it will be a must-have volume for...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge,
2004.
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Colección: | Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ;
40. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface: shaping primate evolution; 1 Charles Oxnard: an appreciation; References; 2 The ontogeny of sexual dimorphism: the implications of longitudinal vs. cross-sectional data for studying heterochrony in mammals; 3 Advances in the analysis of form and pattern: facial growth in African colobines; 4 Cranial variation among the Asian colobines; 5 Craniometric variation in early Homo compared to modern gorillas: a population-thinking approach.