Living New World Monkeys Platyrrhini Volume 1

Author : Philip Hershkovitz
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226327884
Total Pages : 1132 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living New World Monkeys (Platyrrhini), Volume 1 written by Philip Hershkovitz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1977-12-01 with total page 1132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this long-awaited work, Philip Hershkovitz provides the most thorough and comprehensive treatise ever published on New World monkeys. The volume gives a detailed account of the origin, evolution, dispersal, and behavior of platyrrhines and a systematic arrangement of all known forms, living and extinct. During an eleven-year period, Hershkovitz examined more than 3,100 museum-preserved specimens and relevant primate fossils and observed hundreds of animals in captivity and thousands in the wild state. He presents his results in an elegant and encyclopedic text, lavishly illustrated with 520 figures and 7 color plates. Hershkovitz opens the study with a brief history and a definition, characterization, and comparison of primates as a taxonomic unit. Basing his work on nearly all known genera of living primates, the author deals with New World monkeys from comparative anatomical and evolutionary points of view. He examines display characters, pelage, the evolution of color patterns, primate locomotion, cranial and dental morphology, and the central nervous system. The final and most extensive part of the volume is devoted to the taxonomy and biology of the family Callitrichidae, comprising marmosets and tamarins, and the family Callimiconidae, represented by the callimico alone. Hershkovitz concludes with an exhaustive bibliography of more than 2,500 published works and a gazetteer of essential geographic data.

Author : Philip Hershkovitz
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 1117 pages
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Download or read book Living New World Monkeys (Platyrrhini) with an Introduction to Primates written by Philip Hershkovitz and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philip Hershkovitz
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Total Pages : 1117 pages
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Download or read book Living New World Monkeys (Platyrrhini) with an Introduction to Primates written by Philip Hershkovitz and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 1117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Warren G. Kinzey
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780202367507
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New World Primates written by Warren G. Kinzey and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enth.: Most papers presented in a symposium on Nov. 19, 1988 at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Phoenix, Ariz.

Author : Russell L. Ciochon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146843764X
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Biology of the New World Monkeys and Continental Drift written by Russell L. Ciochon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is now well known that the concept of drifting continents became an estab lished theory during the 1960s. Not long after this "revolution in the earth sciences," researchers began applying the continental drift model to problems in historical biogeography. One such problem was the origin and dispersal of the New World monkeys, the Platyrrhini. Our interests in this subject began in the late 1960s on different conti nents quite independent of one another in the cities of Florence, Italy, and Berkeley, California. In Florence in 1968, A. B. Chiarelli, through stimulating discussions with R. von Koenigswald and B. de Boer, became intrigued with the possibility that a repositioning of the continents of Africa and South America in the early Cenozoic might alter previous traditional conceptions of a North American origin of the Platyrrhini. During the early 1970s this con cept was expanded and pursued by him through discussions with students while serving as visiting professor at the University of Toronto. By this time, publication of the Journal of Human Evolution was well underway, and Dr. Chiarelli as editor encouraged a dialogue emphasizing continental drift models of primate origins which culminated in a series of articles published in that journal during 1974-75. In early 1970, while attending the University of California at Berkeley, R. L. Ciochon was introduced to the concept of continental drift and plate tectonics and their concomitant applications to vertebrate evolution through talks with paleontologist W. A. Clemens and anthropologist S. L. Washburn.

Author : John G. Fleagle
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483267075
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Platyrrhine Fossil Record written by John G. Fleagle and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Platyrrhine Fossil Record is a compendium of papers presented in a symposium of the 12th Congress of the International Congress of Primatology held in Brazil. One paper reviews evidence from fossil platyrrhines where the author concludes new dating and environmental data where these animals lived. Another paper describes the major changes pertaining to South American mammalian fauna during the Cenozoic Era, which he relates to global and regional geotectonic changes. Other papers review the paleontology and geology of the Miocene Pintura Formation and reassess the morphological transformations traditionally assumed as having been involved in platyrrhine phylogeny. One author also proposes that a prosimian-like ancestor is probably the predecessors of anthropoids; any similarities and primitive mammals can be evolutionary reversals associated with quadrupedal movements. The text also addresses the issue whether anthropoids, including platyrrhines, evolved from a prosimian ancestor or prosimians are just a group with mammalian postcranial skeletal structure. One author also reviews fossil remains found in the Caribbean, citing seven endemic taxa of platyrrhines in Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica. Anthropologists, researchers involved in anatomical sciences, academicians, and administrators whose works are connected with museums of natural history or institutes of primate research will find this collection valuable.

Author : Murray Fowler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470376767
Total Pages : 536 pages
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Download or read book Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of South American Wild Animals written by Murray Fowler and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biology, Medicine and Surgery of South American Wild Animals examines the medicine and treatment of animals specific to South America. It discusses topics dealing with diseases and biology topics. In addition, the animals studied are broken down into family and genus, using both English and Spanish names. The book is liberally illustrated and contains references for further reading as well as the contributions of regional experts on the animals covered.

Author : Marilyn A. Norconk
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441987703
Total Pages : 542 pages
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Download or read book Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates written by Marilyn A. Norconk and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 29 papers grew out of a symposium entitled "Setting the Future Agenda for Neotropical Primates. " The symposium was held at the Department of Zoo logical Research, National Zoological Park, Washington D. C. , on February 26-27, 1994, and was sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Smith sonian Institution, and Friends of the National Zoo. We put the symposium together with two objectives: to honor Warren G. Kinzey for his contributions to the growing field of platyrrhine studies and to provide researchers who work in the Neotropics with the oppor tunity to discuss recent developments, to identify areas of research that require additional study, and especially to help guide the next generation of researchers. The symposium provided the opportunity to recognize Warren as a mentor and col laborator to the contribution of the study of platyrrhines. Contributions to the book were expanded in order to provide a more comprehensive view of platyrrhine evolution and ecology, to emphasize the interdisciplinary nature of many of these studies, and to high light the central role that New World monkeys play in advancing primatology. If this vol ume were to require major revisions after just one more decade of research, that would be a fitting testament to Warren's enthusiasm and his drive to continually update the field with new ideas and methods. Tributes to Warren and a list of his publications have been published elsewhere (Norconk, 1994, 1996; Rosenberger 1994, 1995).

Author : H. James Birx
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506320031
Total Pages : 3128 pages
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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Anthropology written by H. James Birx and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2005-12-08 with total page 3128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This five-volume Encyclopedia of Anthropology is a unique collection of over 1,000 entries that focuses on topics in physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, linguistics, and applied anthropology. Also included are relevant articles on geology, paleontology, biology, evolution, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and theology. The contributions are authored by over 250 internationally renowned experts, professors, and scholars from some of the most distinguished museums, universities, and institutes in the world. Special attention is given to human evolution, primate behavior, genetics, ancient civilizations, sociocultural theories, and the value of human language for symbolic communication.

Author : Anna TC Feistner
Publisher : Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
ISBN 13 : 1900375060
Total Pages : 116 pages
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Download or read book Dodo written by Anna TC Feistner and published by Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. This book was released on with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific journal from Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust