Shaping primate evolution

Fred Anapol, Rebecca Z. German, Nina G. Jablonski - Collection Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology

426 pages, parution le 22/06/2004

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Shaping Primate Evolution is an edited collection of state-of-the-art papers about how biological form is described in primate biology, and the consequences of form for function and behavior. The contributors are highly regarded internationally recognized scholars in the field of quantitative primate evolutionary morphology. Each chapter elaborates upon the analysis of the form-function-behavior triad in a unique and compelling way. This book is distinctive not only in the diversity of the topics discussed, but also in the range of levels of biological organization that are addressed from cellular morphometrics to the evolution of primate ecology. The book is dedicated to Charles E. Oxnard, whose influential pioneering work on innovative metric and analytic techniques has gone hand-in-hand with meticulous comparative functional analyses of primate anatomy. Through the marriage of theory with analytical applications, this volume will be an important reference work for all those interested in primate functional morphology.

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Craniofacial form and variation
Organ structure, function, and behavior
In vivo organismal verification of functional models
Theoretical models in evolutionary morphology
Primate diversity and evolution

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Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Fred Anapol, Rebecca Z. German, Nina G. Jablonski
Collection	Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
Parution	22/06/2004
Nb. de pages	426
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	837g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521811071
ISBN13	978-0-521-81107-1