Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Ravosa, Matthew J. (Editor), Dagosto, Marian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1489978933 ISBN-13: 9781489978936 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Science | Paleontology - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology |
Dewey: 599.813 |
Series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects |
Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.60 lbs) 829 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book provides a novel focus on adaptive explanations for cranial and postcranial features and functional complexes, socioecological systems, life history patterns, etc. in early primates. It further offers a detailed rendering of the phylogenetic affinities of such basal taxa to later primate clades as well as to other early/recent mammalian orders. In addition to the strictly paleontological or systemic questions regarding Primate Origins, the editors concentrate on the adaptive significance of primate characteristics. Thus, the book provides the broadest possible perspective on early primate phylogeny and the adaptive uniqueness of the Order Primates. |