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Title Shaping primate evolution : form, function, and behavior / edited by Fred Anapol, Rebecca Z. German, Nina G. Jablonski.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 426 pages) : illustrations.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 40
Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 40.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface: shaping primate evolution; 1 Charles Oxnard: an appreciation; References; 2 The ontogeny of sexual dimorphism: the implications of longitudinal vs. cross-sectional data for studying heterochrony in mammals; 3 Advances in the analysis of form and pattern: facial growth in African colobines; 4 Cranial variation among the Asian colobines; 5 Craniometric variation in early Homo compared to modern gorillas: a population-thinking approach.
Summary Shaping Primate Evolution is a state-of-the-art book on how form is described in primate biology, and the consequences of form for function and behavior. Covering cellular morphometrics through to the primate evolutionary ecology and written by leading researchers, it will be a must-have volume for all functional morphologists.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Primates -- Evolution.
Primates -- Evolution.
Primates -- Morphology.
Primates -- Morphology.
Primates.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Anapol, Fred Charles.
German, Rebecca Z.
Jablonski, Nina G.
Other Form: Print version: Shaping primate evolution. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge, 2004 (DLC) 2003060226
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