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New World monkeys : the evolutionary odyssey /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosenberger, Alfred L. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
New World monkeys > Evolution.
Primatology.
Primates > Adaptation.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER 1. What Is a New World Monkey?
  • What is a monkey?
  • What is a platyrrhine?
  • Platyrrhines and catarrhines
  • Platyrrhine taxonomy
  • 20 million years of evolution: 16 genera of extant playrrhine primates
  • CHAPTER 2. Diverse Lifestyles
  • Predatory frugivores: Family Cebidae
  • Fruit huskers and seed eaters: Family Pitheciidae
  • Prehensile-tailed frugivore-folivores: Family Atelidae
  • CHAPTER 3. What's In a Name?
  • A new fossil gets a title
  • Names can reflect evolutionary hypotheses
  • Changing ideas can result in name changes
  • CHAPTER 4. Evolutionary Models
  • How do diverse genera coexist in one patch of forest?: the Ecophylogenetic Hypothesis
  • DNA and anatomy: molecules and morphology
  • Cebines and callitrichines share a unique common ancestor
  • Chasing monkeys: synthesizing behavior, ecology, and morphology
  • The platyrrhine Tree of Life
  • CHAPTER 5. How to Eat like a Monkey
  • Different teeth for different foods
  • What do they eat?
  • Secondary food preferences
  • Surviving preferred-food scarcity
  • Gouging tree bark to eat the tree gum
  • Incisors are key to fruit eating
  • Who are the leaf eaters?
  • CHAPTER 6. Arboreal Acrobats
  • Locomotor types: clingers, climbers, leapers, and more
  • Feet and hands tell the story of platyrrhine evolution
  • Hanging, clambering, and locomoting with a prehensile tail
  • Platyrrhines are the only primates that evolved grasping tails
  • Tails for balancing, embracing, and coiling for social bonding
  • CHAPTER 7. Many Kinds of Platyrrhine Brains
  • Studying brain size and shape
  • Brain-to-body-size relationships
  • The monkey stole my keys: intelligence and dexterity are tightly correlated
  • Fingertips, precision grips, and tool use
  • The sensorimotor strip in the brain controls tail use
  • Color Plates
  • Evolution of the brain in platyrrhines is shaped by phylogeny, ecology, and social behavior
  • CHAPTER 8. The Varieties and Means of Social Organization
  • A day in the life of a platyrrhine
  • Communicating through visual displays
  • Tail-twining in Titi and Owl Monkeys as tactile communication
  • Vocalizing with roars and duets
  • Sending scent signals
  • The odoriferous callitrichines
  • Foraging parties
  • Capuchin gestural language
  • An evolutionary model of platyrrhine sociality
  • CHAPTER 9. 20 Million Years: Every Fossil Tells a Story
  • Linking a fossil with a living monkey: the Long-Lineage Hypothesis
  • The La Venta fossils look like modern monkeys
  • Fossil evidence for longevity with little change
  • A 12-14-million-year-old Owl Monkey fossil
  • Fossils that tell us where they once lived, what they ate, and more
  • The mystery of fossils found on Caribbean islands
  • Fossils prior to 20 million years ago: more questions than answers