The New World Primates : : Adaptive Radiation and the Evolution of Social Behavior, Languages, and Intelligence / / Martin Moynihan.
The New World primates have radiated widely in tropical America, evolving a variety of adaptations to cope with different ways of life. This comparative survey examines many species. Some are highly specialized in unique ways; others have paralleled the lemurs of Madagascar or the monkeys and apes o...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1976 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter One. Notes on Classification and History
- Chapter Two. The Setting
- Chapter Three. Hatural History
- Chapter Four. Social Relations and Organizations
- Chapter Five. Communication Systems
- Review of Chapters
- Chapter Six. Comparable Radiations
- Chapter Seven. The Vevelopment of Intelligence
- Appendix One. Some Groups Of Amazonian Monkeys
- Appendix Two. A Partial "Synoptic" List of Ceboids
- Bibliography
- Index