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The gibbons : new perspectives on small ape socioecology and population biology
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ISBN: 1441927824 0387886036 9786612237003 1282237004 0387886044 Year: 2009 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer,

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The small apes, or gibbons, are among our closest living relatives, yet they have received little attention from the scientific community and the public in comparison with the other living apes. This oversight is not due to lack of appeal; their physical beauty, graceful acrobatic movements, and thrilling songs make it clear why gibbons are always among the most popular animals in zoos. Rather, the inherent difficulties involved in studying or filming gibbons in their natural habitats and, in some cases, the misconception that among apes, smaller means lesser, have led many researchers and filmmakers to focus their attentions elsewhere. Nonetheless, a growing number of intrepid field and laboratory researchers have made steady progress in the study of gibbon behavior and ecology over the last several decades. This volume is a systematic compilation of recent research on gibbon socioecology and population biology with a focus on understanding gibbons in the context of their natural habitats, and includes contributions on a range of topics, including gibbon biogeography, the ecological roles played by gibbons in their ecosystems, the origins and functions of key gibbon social and ecological adaptations, and the conservation status of wild gibbon populations. The contributors address both theoretical questions and the practical implications of our growing knowledge about gibbon adaptations. While gibbons share several important social features with humans, thus providing parallels for understanding human evolution, they are also fascinating creatures in their own right and act as vital components of tropical forest ecosystems. Unfortunately, gibbons are also among the most endangered living apes. This volume should be of interest to researchers and students from a variety of fields, including anthropologists, animal behaviorists, tropical ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and conservation biologists.


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Chimpanzee behavior in the wild : an audio-visual encyclopedia
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ISBN: 4431538968 4431538941 443154710X 443153895X 1283001632 9786613001634 Year: 2010 Publisher: Tokyo ; New York : Springer,

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Where We Stand Field workers—scientists of animal (including human!) behavior in nature—have long been fascinated by wild chimpanzees. A person who once has studied wild chimpanzees will be eager to observe them again. A person who has studied them twice will make every effort to continue the study, unless prevented from doing so. In short, behavioral primatology is addictive! Many people, among them Jane Goodall, Richard Wrangham, and I, do not regret that they have dedicated their whole lives to the study of wild chimpanzees. This is because the apes’ behavior is always challenging: chimpanzees are cheerful, charming, playful, curious, beautiful, easygoing, generous, tolerant, and trustw- thy most of the time, but also are cautious, cunning, ugly, violent, ferocious, blo- thirsty, greedy, and disloyal at other times. We human beings share both the light and dark sides with our closest living relatives. For decades, we have documented huge across-population variation in behavior, as well as within-population variation. Cultural biology (now called cultural pri- tology), as proposed 60 years ago by Kinji Imanishi, recently has flourished.

All apes great and small.
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ISBN: 9780306467578 0306467577 9780306474613 9786610208234 1280208236 0306474611 Year: 2002 Publisher: New York : Kluwer Academic Publishers,

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Many of the papers in this volume were first presented at the Third International Great Apes of the World Conference, held July 3-6, 1998 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The editors of this volume, the first in a two-volume series, are world renowned, having dedicated most of their lives to the study of great apes. The world's premiere primatologists, ethologists, and anthropologists present the most recent research on both captive and free-ranging African great apes. These scientists, through deep personal commitment and sacrifice, have expanded their knowledge of chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. With forests disappearing, many of these studies will never be duplicated. This volume, and all in the Developments in Primatology book series, aim to broaden and deepen the understanding of this valuable cause.


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The Japanese macaques
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ISBN: 4431546847 4431538852 9786613001627 4431538860 1283001624 Year: 2010 Publisher: Tokyo : Springer,

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Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) have been studied by primatologists since 1948, and considerable knowledge of the primate has been accumulated to elucidate the adaptation of the species over time and to distinct environments in Japan. The Japanese macaque is especially suited to intragenera and interpopulation comparative studies of behavior, physiology, and morphology, and to socioecology studies in general. This book, the most comprehensive ever published in English on Japanese macaques, is replete with contributions by leading researchers in field primatology. Highlighted are topics of intraspecific variations in the ecology and behaviors of the macaque. Such variations provide evidence of the ecological determinants on this species’ mating and social behaviors, along with evidence of cultural behavior. The book also addresses morphology, population genetics, recent habitat change, and conflicts with humans, and attests to the plasticity and complex adaptive system of macaque societies. The valuable information in this volume is recommended reading for researchers in primatology, anthropology, zoology, animal behavior, and conservation biology.

Chimpanzees in research
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ISBN: 0309058910 9786610187089 1280187085 0309591155 0585002150 9780585002156 9780309058919 6610187088 0309184762 9780309184762 9781280187087 9780309591157 Year: 1997 Publisher: Washington, D.C. National Academy Press


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The first humans : origin and early evolution of the genus homo
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ISBN: 1402099797 9786612364389 1282364383 1402099800 Year: 2009 Publisher: London : Springer,

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This volume addresses the origin of the human genus Homo, a major transition in human evolution and associated with major changes in brain size, locomotion, and culture, but one with many unanswered questions. How many different species of Homo were there, and how were they interrelated? Are stone tools a characteristic of early Homo? What was their function? How does the use of stone tools relate to changes in the dentition and brain size? Did adaptations for long distance running first appear with the origin of this genus? How does this relate to its diet and cultural abilities.


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Asian paleoanthropology : from Africa to China and beyond
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ISBN: 9048190932 9786612924651 9048190940 1282924656 Year: 2010 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Science+Business Media B.V.,

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This volume brings together a group of authors that address the question of the first out of Africa into Asia c. 2 Ma. The scope of the book is comprehensive as it covers almost every major region of Asia. The primary goal of this volume is to provide an updated synthesis of the current state of the Asian paleoanthropological and paleoenvironmental records. Papers include detailed studies of the theoretical constructs underlying the move out of Africa, including detailed reconstructions of the paleoenvironment and possible migration routes. Other papers detail the Plio-Pleistocene archaeological and hominin fossil records of particular regions.


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Hominid culture in primate perspective
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ISBN: 0870813137 0585003904 9780585003900 Year: 1994 Publisher: Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado,

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Action [Human ] --- Behavior [Human ] --- Behavior evolution --- Behavioral evolution --- Comportement [Evolution du ] --- Comportement humain --- Comportement social des animaux --- Ethology --- Evolutie van het gedrag --- Evolution du comportement --- Gedrag [Evolutie van het ] --- Human action --- Human behavior --- Human beings behavior --- Menselijk gedrag --- Sociaal gedrag bij dieren --- Social behavior in animals --- Primates --- Behavior --- Human behavior. --- Behavior evolution. --- Social behavior in animals. --- Primates. --- Behavior, Animal. --- Social Behavior. --- Hominidae. --- Evolution. --- Humans. --- Mammals --- Catarrhini --- Vertebrates --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Haplorhini --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Chordata --- Animals --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Behavior, Animal --- Social Behavior --- Hominidae --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Sociality --- Behavior, Social --- Behaviors, Social --- Social Behaviors --- Autotomy Animal --- Animal Behavior --- Animal Behaviors --- Primate --- Eucarya --- Eukarya --- Eukaryotes --- Eukaryotas --- Eukaryote --- Animalia --- Animal --- Metazoa --- Chordates --- Chordate --- Anthropoids --- Anthropoidea --- Monkeys --- Monkey --- Behavior And Behavior Mechanism --- Vertebrate --- Acceptance Process --- Acceptance Processes --- Behaviors --- Process, Acceptance --- Processes, Acceptance --- Animal behavior --- Animal societies --- Evolutionary psychology --- Action, Human --- Behavior, Human --- Human beings --- Human biology --- Physical anthropology --- Psychology --- Social sciences --- Psychology, Comparative --- Mammalia --- Mammal --- Hominini --- Pongidae --- Apes --- Hominids --- Hominins --- Homo --- Ape --- Hominid --- Hominin --- Homininus --- Anthropology --- Behavior. --- Factors, Psychological --- Psychological Factors --- Psychological Side Effects --- Psychologists --- Psychosocial Factors --- Side Effects, Psychological --- Factor, Psychological --- Factor, Psychosocial --- Factors, Psychosocial --- Psychological Factor --- Psychological Side Effect --- Psychologist --- Psychosocial Factor --- Side Effect, Psychological --- Mammals. --- Catarrhini. --- Vertebrates. --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms. --- Haplorhini. --- Psychology. --- Chordata. --- Animals. --- Eukaryota.

Conservation in the 21st century : gorillas as a case study
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ISBN: 9780387707211 0387707204 9780387707204 1441943560 9786612287572 1282287575 0387707212 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York ; London : Springer,

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Like other fields of science, wildlife conservation is a changing field. Threats facing wild populations of apes and other species a few decades ago are likely not the same ones most pressing today, and, even where threats have remained unchanged, more effective means of addressing them are now available. Conservation in the 21st Century: Gorillas as a Case Study draws on the expertise of field scientists in a variety of disciplines to discuss current conservation threats, new approaches to conservation, and potential solutions to conservation using gorillas as a focal species. The first section of the book presents an in depth assessment of the current status of wild gorilla populations, the second and third sections present several novel approaches to conservation that have been explored at several field sites, including new conceptual and technological tools, and also examines the pros and cons of some generally accepted "solutions" (e.g., ecotourism) to conservation issues. Chapters in the final section take a broader view by exploring the role international and national political entities, and non-government organizations, including zoos, can and must play in gorilla conservation. Given the current conservation crisis facing gorillas, and wildlife in general, this book is essential reading for primatologists, biologists, and conservationists searching for both a current assessment of the gorilla’s conservation status and, importantly, for ideas and tools that show promise of halting or reversing population declines and putting us on a path to achieving a stable, long-term co-existence of human and wildlife populations.


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Modern origins : a North African perspective
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ISBN: 9400799241 9400729286 9786613709103 9400729294 1280798718 Year: 2012 Publisher: Dordrecht [Netherlands] : Springer,

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Over the last decade, Africa has taken a central position in the search for the timing and mechanisms leading to modern human origins, and the rich archaeological and human paleontological record of North Africa is critical to this search.  In this volume, we bring together new research into the archaeology, human paleontology, chronology, and environmental context of modern human origins in North Africa.  The result is a volume that better integrates the North African record into the modern human origins debate and at the same time highlights the research questions that are currently the focus of continued work in the area.

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Human beings -- Africa, North -- Origin. --- Human evolution -- Africa, North. --- Social sciences. --- Catarrhini --- Biological Processes --- Paleontology --- Genetic Processes --- Haplorhini --- Anthropology, Physical --- Biological Phenomena --- Genetic Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Anthropology --- Primates --- Social Sciences --- Mammals --- Vertebrates --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Chordata --- Animals --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Hominidae --- Biological Evolution --- Fossils --- History & Archaeology --- Archaeology --- Physical Anthropology --- Paleoanthropology. --- Evolutionary paleobiology. --- Human evolution. --- Evolutionary palaeobiology --- Human paleontology --- Evolutionary biology. --- Anthropology. --- Archaeology. --- Emigration and immigration. --- Human geography. --- Social Sciences. --- Human Geography. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Migration. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Immigration --- International migration --- Migration, International --- Population geography --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Colonization --- Archeology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Human beings --- Animal evolution --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Paleobiology --- Anthropology, Prehistoric --- Fossil hominids --- Origin --- Evolution (Biology). --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences

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