The Extinction of Sivapithecus
Title | The Extinction of Sivapithecus PDF eBook |
Author | Sherry V. Nelson |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9780391042070 |
This book presents new techniques in dental microwear and stable isotopic analyses in order to examine the adaptations and extinction of "Sivapithecus," a Miocene hominoid, in the Siwaliks of Pakistan.
The Extinction of Sivapithecus
Title | The Extinction of Sivapithecus PDF eBook |
Author | Sherry Nelson |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 154 |
Release | 2021-11-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9004494251 |
Sherry V. Nelson examines the adaptations and extinction of Sivapithecus, a Miocene hominoid, in the Siwaliks of Pakistan. Three different studies involving dental microwear and stable isotopic analyses are interwoven to provide reconstructions of the preferred landscape, climate, and diet of Sivapithecus as well as changes in the environment that led to its extinction. This book presents new techniques that allow for a more detailed analysis of faunal and environmental change than ever before documented for an ape clade throughout its radiation and demise.
Interpreting the Past
Title | Interpreting the Past PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Lieberman |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 327 |
Release | 2005-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9047416619 |
This volume, published in honor of the occasion of David Pilbeam's 65th birthday, covers major topics in human, primate, and mammalian evolution, mostly from the Miocene to the present. The papers emphasize novel interpretations of several key areas of longstanding interest and importance, including Miocene biogeography and hominoid evolution, the origins of hominids, and new interpretations of the hominid fossil record. In terms of content, most of the papers tackle key issues in the evolution of hominoids and hominids in terms of systematic paleoenvironmental and behavioral questions. More broadly, however, the papers explore the epistemological problems of how one interprets the past from the available data.
Primates
Title | Primates PDF eBook |
Author | Alfred L. Rosenberger |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2023-08-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1000922375 |
This book is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to primates. It provides both a survey and synthesis of primate history, biology, and behavior. As a survey, it offers a focused review of living and extinct primates in regional and community frameworks. As a synthesis, it applies the community perspective in a unique way to explore primates’ adaptive diversity in the context of how evolution works. The book encourages students to study primates as integrated members of regional communities, ecologically, historically, and evolutionarily. The chapters are organized to emphasize the patterns of primate radiations in the four regions of the world where primates live, and to facilitate comparisons among the radiations. The overviews of communities illustrate how the ecological adaptations of different species and taxonomic or phylogenetic groups enable them to coexist. Illustrations and tools to aid students’ learning include case studies, photographs, figures, tables, charts, key concepts, and quizlets to self-test. This book is an ideal introduction for students studying nonhuman primates, primatology, primate behavior, or primate ecology.
Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins
Title | Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins PDF eBook |
Author | John G Fleagle |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 462 |
Release | 2007-12-03 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0387738967 |
For nearly a half century, Dr. Simons has dominated the study of primate evolution. This volume summarizes the current state of knowledge in many aspects of primate and human evolution that have been studied by Simons and his colleagues and place it in a broader paleontological and historical perspective. The book contains the results of new research as well as reviews of many of the critical issues in primate and human evolution during the last half of the twentieth century.
Handbook of Paleoanthropology
Title | Handbook of Paleoanthropology PDF eBook |
Author | Winfried Henke |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 2057 |
Release | 2007-05-10 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3540324747 |
This 3-volume handbook brings together contributions by the world ́s leading specialists that reflect the broad spectrum of modern palaeoanthropology, thus presenting an indispensable resource for professionals and students alike. Vol. 1 reviews principles, methods, and approaches, recounting recent advances and state-of-the-art knowledge in phylogenetic analysis, palaeoecology and evolutionary theory and philosophy. Vol. 2 examines primate origins, evolution, behaviour, and adaptive variety, emphasizing integration of fossil data with contemporary knowledge of the behaviour and ecology of living primates in natural environments. Vol. 3 deals with fossil and molecular evidence for the evolution of Homo sapiens and its fossil relatives.
Evolution of Gibbons and Siamang
Title | Evolution of Gibbons and Siamang PDF eBook |
Author | Ulrich H. Reichard |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 359 |
Release | 2016-08-19 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1493956140 |
This volume provides insight into gibbon diet and community ecology, the mating system and reproduction, and conservation biology, all topics which represent areas of substantial progress in understanding socio-ecological flexibility and conservation needs of the hylobatid family. This work analyzes hylobatid evolution by synthesizing recent and ongoing studies of molecular phylogeny, morphology, and cognition in a framework of gibbon and siamang evolution. With its clearly different perspective, this book is written to be read, referenced, and added to the bookshelves of scientists, librarians, and the interested public.