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New world primates : ecology, evolution, and behavior / Warren G. Kinzey, editor.
| Other author | Kinzey, Warren G., 1935- |
| Other author | American Anthropological Association. Annual Meeting 1988 : Phoenix, Ariz.) |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Aldine de Gruyter, ©1997. |
| Description | xvii, 436 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Foundations of human behavior Foundations of human behavior. ^A148764 |
| Contents | Introduction / Warren G. Kinzey -- Platyrrhines, Catarrhines, and the fossil record / John G. Fleagle ; Richard F. Kay -- Brains of New World and Old World monkeys / Este Armstrong ; Mary Anne Shea -- Color vision polymorphisms in New World monkeys: implications for the evolution of primate trichromacy / Gerald H. Jacobs -- Is speech special? Lessons from New World primates / Charles T. Snowdon -- Sex differences in the family life of cotton-top tamarins: socioecological validity in the laboratory / W.C. McGrew -- Subtle cues of social relations in male muriqui monkeys (Brachyteles arachnoides) / Karen B. Strier -- The influence of New World mating and rearing systems on theories about New World primates / Connie M. Anderson -- Behavioral and ecological comparisons of neotropical and Malagasy primates / Patricia C. Wright -- The human niche in Amazonia: explorations in ethnoprimatology / Leslie E. Sponsel -- Synopsis of New World primates (16 genera) / Warren G. Kinzey. |
| General note | "Most of the papers in the first part of this book were presented in a symposium, 'Anthropological Perspectives on New World Primates,' on Nov. 19, 1988 at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Phoenix, Arizona"--Intrd. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-429) and index. |
| LCCN | 96038566 |
| ISBN | 0202011852 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0202011860 (pbk. : alk. paper) |