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This book brings a unique perspective to animal movement studies because all studies come from African tropical environments where the great diversity, either biological and structurally (trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes), present the animals with several options to fulfil their basic needs. These conditions have forced the evolution of unique movement patterns and ecological strategies. The book follows on our previous book “Movement Ecology of Neotropical Forest Mammals” but focuses on tropical African forests. Movement is an essential process in the life of all organisms. Animals move because they are looking for primary needs such as food, water, cover, mating and to avoid predators. Understanding the causes and consequences of animal movement is not an easy task for behavioural ecologists. Many animals are shy, move in secretive ways and are very sensible to human presence, therefore, studying the movements of mammals in tropical environments presents logistical and methodological challenges. However, researchers have recently started to be solved these challenges and exciting new information is emerging. In this book we are compiling a set of extraordinary studies where researchers have used new technology and the strongest methodological approaches to understand movement patterns in wild African forest mammals. This second book should inspire early career researchers to investigate wild mammal´s movements in some of the most amazing forest in the world: African tropical forests. .

General ecology and biosociology --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Vertebrates --- gedrag (dieren) --- vertebraten --- ecologie --- Animal migration. --- Forest animals. --- Forest ecology. --- Forest ecology

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Recent genetic data showing that Neanderthals interbred with modern humans have made it clear that deeper insight into the behavioral differences between these populations will be critical to understanding the rapid spread of modern humans and the demise of the Neanderthals. This volume, which brings together scholars who have worked with faunal assemblages from Europe, the Near East, and Africa, makes an important contribution to our broader understanding of Neanderthal extinction and modern human origins through its focus on variability in human hunting behavior between 70-25,000 years ago—a critical period in the later evolution of our species.

Social sciences (general) --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- General palaeontology --- General ecology and biosociology --- Vertebrates --- Archeology --- vertebraten --- sociale wetenschappen --- ecologie --- archeologie --- paleontologie --- Neanderthalers --- Human beings --- Human evolution. --- Animal remains (Archaeology) --- Social sciences. --- Paleontology. --- Ecology. --- Vertebrates. --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- Social Sciences. --- Origin. --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Primitive societies --- Vertebrata --- Chordata --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Archaeozoology --- Zooarchaeology --- Zoology in archaeology --- Archaeology --- Bones --- Animal paleopathology --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Antiquity of human beings --- Origin of human beings --- Human evolution --- Ecology --- Methodology --- Origin --- Social sciences