Shaping primate evolution : form, function, and behavior /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Anapol, Fred Charles, German, Rebecca Z., Jablonski, Nina G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge, 2004.
Series:Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 40.
Subjects:
Primates > Evolution.
Primates > Morphology.
Animal behavior.
Evolution (Biology)
Primates > physiology
Evolution
Behavior, Animal
Biological Evolution
Primates > Évolution.
Primates > Morphologie.
Animaux > Mœurs et comportement.
Évolution (Biologie)
evolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Primatology.
NATURE > Animals > Primates.
Animal behavior
Primates > Evolution
Primates > Morphology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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