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Primates in History, Myth, Art, and Science
Contributor(s): Veracini, Cecilia (Editor), Wood, Bernard (Editor)
ISBN: 1138198390     ISBN-13: 9781138198395
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $56.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2025
This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of October 3, 2025
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Animals - General
- Science | Life Sciences - Evolution
- Social Science | Anthropology - Physical
Dewey: 599.8
LCCN: 2023042622
Physical Information: 328 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

Humans views of other primates include myths and legends, accounts of early European naturalists, artistic interpretations, and natural histories, anatomical studies and collections. This book synthesizes all these different perspectives and reveals something about our perceived place in the natural world. The international team of contributors provides an integrative rendering of primates and fills a unique niche. It will be of interest to both undergraduate and graduate students as well as to scholars of different disciplines such as history of science, natural science, comparative anatomy, biology, anthropology, sociology, ethnoprimatology, paleontology and anthrozoology among others.

Key selling features:

  • Integrates various perspectives and perceptions of non-human primates
  • Summarizes history of science and the ways art and culture influenced science
  • Documents non-human primates with lavishly illustrated text
  • Includes contributions from an international team of historians of science, natural scientists, comparative anatomists, biologists, anthropologists, sociologists, paleontologists and zoologists