Primate adaptation and evolution /

Primate Adaptation and Evolution, Fourth Edition provides key features of extant families and references to more detailed texts. The book sets the scene and creates space for a thorough updating of exciting developments in primate paleontology and a reconstruction through early hominid species of ou...

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Main Authors: Fleagle, John G. (Author), Baden, Andrea L. (Author), Gilbert, Christopher C. (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Amsterdam : Academic Press, [2026]
Edition:Fourth edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Primate Adaptation and Evolution, Fourth Edition provides key features of extant families and references to more detailed texts. The book sets the scene and creates space for a thorough updating of exciting developments in primate paleontology and a reconstruction through early hominid species of our own human origins. This updated version covers recent developments in primate paleontology, the latest taxonomy, and includes new visuals, including helpful illustrations and evolutionary trees. It is an ideal text for undergraduate and post-graduate students studying the evolution and functional ecology of primates and early fossil hominids.The book retains its grounding in the extant primate groups as the best way to understand the fossil trail and evolution of these modern forms. However, this coverage is now more streamlined, referring to the many new and excellent books on living primate ecology and adaptation - a field that has burgeoned since this book's first publication.
Item Description:Previous edition: 2013.
Physical Description:1 online resource (740 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780128158104
0128158107