Primate Adaptation and Evolution

✍ Scribed by John G. Fleagle (Auth.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2013
• Leaves: 436
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For many years John Fleagle's text on the adaptation and evolution of primates and early hominoid fossils was the the text of choice for teachers and research workers alike. Now, as the only such work in print, this new edition brings this coverage up to date with the latest fossil finds and most current research.

The book retains its grounding in the extant primate groups as the best way to understand the fossil trail and the evolution of these modern forms. But this coverage is now streamlined, making reference to the many new and excellent books on living primate ecology and adaptation - a field that has burgeoned since the first edition of Primate Adaptation and Evolution. By drawing out the key features of the extant families and referring to more detailed texts, Fleagle sets the scene and also creates space for a thorough updating of the exciting developments in primate palaeontology - and the reconstruction through early hominid species - of our own human origins.

Illustrated with many of the classic pictures from earlier editions - and whole new suite of illustrations, revised evolutionary trees and tables - this book remains the indispensible text on this fascinating subject.

• Long-awaited revision of the standard student text on primate evolution
• Full coverage of newly discovered fossils and the latest taxonomy
• Over 200 new illustrations and revised evolutionary trees

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
IFC, Pages 1-2
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages ix-x
Chapter 1 - Adaptation, Evolution, and Systematics, Pages 1-7
Chapter 2 - The Primate Body, Pages 9-33
Chapter 3 - Primate Lives, Pages 35-56
Chapter 4 - The Prosimians: Lemurs, Lorises, Galagos and Tarsiers, Pages 57-88
Chapter 5 - New World Anthropoids, Pages 89-118
Chapter 6 - Old World Monkeys, Pages 119-150
Chapter 7 - Apes and Humans, Pages 151-168
Chapter 8 - Primate Communities and Biogeography, Pages 169-180
Chapter 9 - Primate Adaptations, Pages 181-200
Chapter 10 - The Fossil Record, Pages 201-210
Chapter 11 - Primate Origins, Pages 211-227
Chapter 12 - Fossil Prosimians, Pages 229-263
Chapter 13 - Early Anthropoids, Pages 265-289
Chapter 14 - Fossil Platyrrhines, Pages 291-309
Chapter 15 - Primitive Catarrhines and Fossil Apes, Pages 311-343
Chapter 16 - Fossil Old World Monkeys, Pages 345-359
Chapter 17 - Fossil Hominins, the Bipedal Primates, Pages 361-394
Chapter 18 - Patterns in Primate Evolution, Pages 395-409
Glossary, Pages 411-414
Appendix 1 - Classification of the Order Primates, Pages 415-419
Bibliography, Pages 421-433
Index, Pages 435-441
IBC, Pages 1-2