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Cercopithecidae --- Forelimb --- Phylogeny --- Evolution
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Mammals --- Baboons --- Cercopithecidae --- Embryology. --- embryology.
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Old World monkeys (Cercopithecoidea) are the most successful and diverse group of living non-human primates in terms of the number of species, behavioural repertoires and ecology. They have much to teach us about the processes of evolution and the principles of ecology, and are among our closest living relatives. This volume presents a broad, technical account of cercopithecoid biology including molecular, behavioural and morphological approaches to phylogeny, population structure, allometry, fossil history, functional morphology, ecology, cognitive capabilities, social behaviour and conservation. It will be the definitive reference on this group for professionals and graduate students in primatology, animal behaviour, paleontology, morphology, systematics and physical anthropology, but will also be useful to senior undergraduates.
Cercopithecidae. --- Monkeys. --- Haplorhini --- Primates --- Old World monkeys --- Monkeys --- Mammals --- Europe --- Asia --- Africa --- Cercopithecidae
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Brain --- Cercopithecidae --- Cerebral cortex --- Mammals --- Anatomy --- Anatomy --- Anatomy --- Anatomy
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A great deal has been written about primates; however few volumes have focused on an entire community of sympatric monkeys at a single site. Drawing upon diverse sets of data, the authors provide a multi-thematic case study of the entire monkey community of the Taï forest (Ivory Coast). Much of the book explores how the seven monkey species have adapted to hunting pressures from chimpanzees, leopards, crowned eagles and humans. Other themes covered include feeding ecology, social behaviour, positional behaviour and habitat use, vocal communication and conservation. Colour photographs of all species are provided, showing the major behavioural characteristics of each, as little is known about these West African monkeys. This scientifically important volume will be of interest to a broad audience including primatologists, functional anatomists, psychologists, and behavioural ecologists.
Monkeys --- Cercopithecidae --- Social behavior in animals --- Animal behavior --- Animal societies --- Old World monkeys --- Primates --- Haplorhini --- Behavior
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Cercopithecus mitis --- Cercopithecus ascanius --- Behavior --- Ecology --- Kakamega Forest Reserve (Kenya) --- Behavior, Animal. --- Cercopithecidae. --- Social Behavior. --- 599.824 <676.2> --- -Cercopithecus ascanius --- -Cercopithecus mitis --- -Blue monkey --- Diadem monkey --- Cercopithecus --- Redtail monkey --- Schmidt's guenon --- Harassment, Non-Sexual --- Non-Sexual Harassment --- Nonsexual Harassment --- Harassment, Nonsexual --- Behavior, Social --- Behaviors, Social --- Harassment, Non Sexual --- Harassments, Non-Sexual --- Harassments, Nonsexual --- Non Sexual Harassment --- Non-Sexual Harassments --- Nonsexual Harassments --- Social Behaviors --- Catarrhina --- Langurs --- Miopithecus talapoin --- Monkey, Talapoin --- Monkeys, Old World --- Presbytis --- Pygathrix --- Catarrhinas --- Langur --- Miopithecus talapoins --- Monkey, Old World --- Monkeys, Talapoin --- Old World Monkey --- Old World Monkeys --- Presbyti --- Pygathrices --- Talapoin Monkey --- Talapoin Monkeys --- World Monkey, Old --- World Monkeys, Old --- talapoin, Miopithecus --- talapoins, Miopithecus --- Animal Behavior --- Animal Behaviors --- Behaviors, Animal --- Ethology --- Cercopithecidae. Mandrill. Baboon. Macaques. Barbary ape. Rhesus monkey. Proboscis monkey. Guenons. Green monkeys--Kenia --- -Ecology --- -Behavior --- -Kakamega Forest Reserve (Kenya) --- -Cercopithecidae. Mandrill. Baboon. Macaques. Barbary ape. Rhesus monkey. Proboscis monkey. Guenons. Green monkeys--Kenia --- 599.824 <676.2> Cercopithecidae. Mandrill. Baboon. Macaques. Barbary ape. Rhesus monkey. Proboscis monkey. Guenons. Green monkeys--Kenia --- -Behavior, Social --- Blue monkey --- Behavior, Animal --- Cercopithecidae --- Social Behavior --- Sociality --- Autotomy Animal --- Cercopithecus mitis - Behavior - Kenya - Kakamega Forest Reserve --- Cercopithecus mitis - Ecology - Kenya - Kakamega Forest Reserve --- Cercopithecus ascanius - Behavior - Kenya - Kakamega Forest Reserve --- Cercopithecus ascanius - Ecology - Kenya - Kakamega Forest Reserve
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This volume brings together current research on the behavior, ecology, reproduction, and life history - and the interrelations among these variables - of baboons of the genus Papio. Baboons, found throughout Africa and into Arabia, represent one of the best-known primate lineages, renowned for their ecological and behavioral flexibility and adaptability. These characteristics are intimately intertwined with features of baboon life history and reproduction. Contributors to this volume, representing several major, long-term research projects from throughout the African continent, explore reproductive behavior and strategies of adult male and female baboons in a variety of ways. In Part I, authors explore various aspects of baboon reproduction and social organization, focusing on issues such as infanticide, mating strategies and investment, hybridization and genetics in examining how adults go about mating and reproducing. In Part II, these aspects of life are juxtaposed with detailed examinations of life history and parental investment. Together, the chapters in this volume explore reproduction and parenting from a variety of angles and motivate research from both the parental and offspring perspectives and at a variety of taxonomic levels. Articulating studies of reproduction with those of life history conveys a richly detailed portrait of life phases with critical evolutionary consequences. These lines of inquiry together forge new ways to investigate the life periods that matter most in evolution.
Baboons --- Sexual behavior. --- Reproduction. --- Cercopithecidae --- Evolution (Biology). --- Veterinary medicine. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science. --- Farriery --- Large animal medicine --- Large animal veterinary medicine --- Livestock medicine --- Veterinary science --- Medicine --- Animal health --- Animals --- Domestic animals --- Livestock --- Animal evolution --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Diseases --- Losses
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It has been twelve years since a work relating to the long-tailed African monkeys known as the guenons has been published and fifteen years have passed since the last major scientific symposium was held that was solely dedicated to current research on members of this monkey group living in the wild. Since that time, new guenon species and subspecies have been discovered, previously unstudied guenon species have become the subject of long-term research projects, and knowledge of the more well-known guenon species has greatly increased. This volume presents novel information and keen insight on research previously studied and newly discovered. A wide range of topics related to guenon biology is presented, including evolution, taxonomy, biogeography, reproductive physiology, social and positional behavior, ecology, and conservation. Composed of 26 chapters compiled by 47 authors, many of whom are young investigators in their field, The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys provides a valuable resource for researchers and scientists in the fields of anthropology, primatology, zoology, and conservation biology.
Cercopithecidae. --- Zoology. --- Anthropology. --- Evolution (Biology). --- Ecology. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Ecology . --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Human beings --- Natural history --- Ecology
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Unlike any other species, humans can learn and use language. This book explains how the brain evolved to make language possible, through what Michael Arbib calls the Mirror System Hypothesis. Because of mirror neurons, monkeys, chimps, and humans can learn by imitation, but only ""complex imitation,"" which humans exhibit, is powerful enough to support the breakthrough to language. This theory provides a path from the openness of manual gesture, which we share with nonhuman primates, through the complex imitation of manual skills, pantomime, protosign (communication based on conventionalized m
Brain --- Language and languages --- Mirror neurons. --- Evolutionary psychology. --- Neurolinguistics. --- Macaques --- Anatomy, Comparative. --- Comparative anatomy --- Comparative morphology --- Zootomy --- Zoology --- Macaca --- Cercopithecidae --- Neuro-linguistics --- Biolinguistics --- Higher nervous activity --- Neuropsychology --- Psychology --- Human evolution --- Neurons --- Origin of languages --- Speech --- Evolution. --- Anatomy. --- Origin. --- Origin --- Developmental psychology --- Physiology of nerves and sense organs --- Psycholinguistics
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