Fossil Primates

ISBN-13: 9781107005303 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 316 str.

Susan Cachel

Opis

A unique reconstruction of the paleobiology of fossil non-human primates and their key role in inferring evolutionary processes on earth.

Recenzje

'… students will get a lively introduction to some of the palaeobiology and geographical/ecological context of many of our non-hominin fossil relatives.' Todd C. Rae, Primate Eye

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: primates in evolutionary time; 2. Primate taxonomy; 3. Fossils and fossilization; 4. The world of the past; 5. The lifeways of extinct animals; 6. Evolutionary processes and the pattern of primate evolution; 7. Primate origins; 8. The Paleocene primate radiation; 9. The Eocene primate radiation; 10. The Malagasy primate radiation; 11. The Oligocene bottleneck; 12. Rise of the anthropoids; 13. The platyrrhine radiation; 14. The Miocene hominoid radiation; 15. The cercopithecoid radiation; 16. Late Cenozoic climate changes; 17. Conclusions; References; Index.