The Non-human primates and human evolution
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Gavan, James A.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Detroit,
Wayne University Press,
1955.
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| Umfang/Format: |
134 pages: illustrations, port., maps, tables; 25 cm. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- A dedication, by J.A. Gavan.
- The importance of primate studies in anthoropology, by E. Hooton.
- Fossil primates in the New World, by G.L. Jepsen.
- The geologic history of non-hominid primates in the Old World, by B. Patterson.
- Comparative anatomy of New World primates and its bearing on the phylogeny of anthropoid apes and men, by G.E. Erikson.
- Primate evolution from the view-point of comparative anatomy, by D.D. Davis.
- A comparative functional analysis of primate skulls by the split-line technique, by N.C. Tappen.
- Metric and morphologic variations in the dentition of the Liberian chimpanzee; comparisons with anthropoid and human dentitions, by E.L. Schuman and C.L. Brace.
- Tentative generalizations on the grouping behavior of non-human primates, by C.R. Carpenter.
- Problems of mental evolution in the primates, by H.W. Nissen.
- The cultural capacity of chimpanzee, by K.J. Hayes and C. Hayes.
- Closing remarks, by W.L. Straus, Jr.
