Primates And Their Relatives In Phylogenetic Perspective
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Overview
This unique volume investigates the relationships of primates at the ordinal and higher classificatory levels from a variety of interdisciplinary viewpoints. Individual chapters examine the origin and evolution of gliding in early Cenozoic Dermoptera, the ontogeny of the tympanic floor in Archontans, the role of the neurosciences in primate evolutionary biology, and many other subjects. The work will be of particular interest to primatologists, zoologists, and systematists.
Synopsis
This unique volume investigates the relationships of primates at the ordinal and higher classificatory levels from a variety of interdisciplinary viewpoints. Individual chapters examine the origin and evolution of gliding in early Cenozoic Dermoptera, the ontogeny of the tympanic floor in Archontans, the role of the neurosciences in primate evolutionary biology, and many other subjects. The work will be of particular interest to primatologists, zoologists, and systematists.
Booknews
Emerging from a symposium (titled "Debating the Superordinal Relationships of Primates: Issues, Evidence, and Proposed Solutions") organized for the 60th annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in 1991, this volume brings together methodological, theoretical, and empirical studies that bear on the phylogenetic placement of primates and their relatives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)