Introduction to the Primates Contributor(s): Swindler, Daris R. (Author), Curtis, Linda E. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0295977043 ISBN-13: 9780295977041 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: A comprehensive guide to the evolutionary history of the world's prosimians, monkeys, and apes--and of humankind's interactions with them. This account of 65 million years of adaptation and evolution concludes with a chapter on the threat that HOMO SAPIENS now pose to the survival of the world's nonhuman primates. 42 photos. 72 drawings. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 599.8 |
LCCN: 97047149 |
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.02" W x 9.31" (0.98 lbs) 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Introduction to the Primates is a comprehensive but compact guide to the long evolutionary history of the world's prosimians, monkeys, and apes, and to the much shorter history of humankind's interactions with them, from our earliest recorded observations to the severe threats we now pose to their survival. Daris Swindler provides a detailed description of the major primate groups and their environments, from the smallest lemurs of Madagascar to the gorillas of central Africa. He compares and contrasts the primate species, looking at each with a specific anatomical focus. The range of diversity emerges as the particular characteristics of the species becomes increasingly distinct. Swindler also considers primate behavior and its close connections with environment and evolutionary differences. His account of 65 million years of successful adaptation and evolution demonstrates the drama of paleontology as evidence accrues and gaps in the history of primate evolution gradually close. |