TY - BOOK ID - 80834241 TI - Monkeys : brain development, social & hormonal mechanisms and zoonotic diseases PY - 2014 SN - 9781631178528 1631178520 1631178512 9781631178511 PB - New York : Nova Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Monkeys KW - Haplorhini KW - Primates KW - Nervous system. KW - Psychology. KW - Diseases. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80834241 AB - This book is a collection of fascinating contributions from research experts around the world and their studies on monkeys, their brains, behaviors, endocrinology, diseases that pose potential threats to our species and the evolution of hormonal genes. If ""humans are like onions-made of layers"", as said by the character in the movie Shrek, monkeys are perhaps made of the same layers, except for the outermost. Thus, we share most of our genetics, physiology and pathology with them, in addition to our behavior and social conduct. These great similarities, particularly in metabolic aspects, are ER -