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The field of primatology has expanded substantially in the last twenty years, particularly with regard to studies of primates in human-altered landscapes. This text aims to review the recent literature on anthropogenic (of human origin) influences on non-human primates, bringing an overview of this important area of primatology together for students. Chapters are grouped into three sections, representing the many ways anthropogenic activities affect primate populations. The first section, ‘Human Influences on Primate Habitat’, covers ways in which wild primates are affected by human actions, including forest fragmentation, climate change, and the presence of dogs. Section two, ‘Primates in Human-Dominated Landscapes’, looks at situations where non-human primates and humans share space; this includes primates in urban environments, primate tourism, and primates in agroecosystems. The final section, ‘Primates in Captivity’, looks at primate behaviour and welfare in captive situations, including zoos, the primate pet trade, and in entertainment.

Zoology. --- Human evolution. --- Anthropology. --- Physical anthropology. --- Animal culture. --- Evolutionary Anthropology. --- Physical-Biological Anthropology. --- Animal Science.

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This book integrates three decades of owl monkey research conducted since 1994 when the first and only book focused on the genus Aotus was published. Owl monkeys were one of the least understood primates then; knowledge from wild populations was only beginning to emerge and there had been some substantial research in colonies of captive individuals. The situation is very different today. Research on captive owl monkeys has continued to develop, with valuable contributions to the health and medical sciences. And there is now enough information on the behavior, ecology, conservation, and biogeography of the genus that merits a synthesis. The book synthesizes new field data on the biogeography, behavioral ecology, circadian biology, population biology and demography spanning their entire continental range from Panamá to Argentina. It includes theoretical perspectives drawn from evolutionary biology, biological anthropology, anatomy, morphology and physiology, genetics, endocrinology and conservation biology to examine a specic set of adaptations that have allowed owl monkeys to exploit the nocturnal niche while functioning in a pair-living sexually monogamous system with remarkable patterns of paternal care. The author, with 30 years of research experience with both captive and wild primates, has directed the longest project on any owl monkey species and has conducted extensive original research on their biology, adaptive radiation and behavioral ecology. His expertise and published record on both wild populations and laboratory colonies makes this book one of a kind; it presents information from both captive and wild primates and explores questions through the integration of both approaches. The volume offers some additional features that make it novel in its approach: (1) brings together a combination of senior researchers who during four decades have established captive owl monkeys as a system of study with a new generation of younger scientists who have, for the last 10-20 years, been spearheading their study in the wild, (2) presents the work of a remarkably diverse range of authors representing all countries where owl monkeys are present, as well as researchers from the U.S and Europe, and (3) offers “synthesis” chapters; in doing so, it will surely become a reference book for those specifically drawn to owl monkeys, as well as for those interested in the research topics that are covered.

Vertebrates. --- Ecology. --- Physical anthropology. --- Physiology. --- Conservation biology. --- Bioinformatics. --- Vertebrate Zoology. --- Physical-Biological Anthropology. --- Animal Physiology. --- Conservation Biology. --- Computational and Systems Biology. --- Night monkeys.

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In the present as in the past, the dead have been deployed to promote visions of identity, as well as ostensibly wider human values. Through a series of case studies from ancient Egypt through prehistoric, historic, and present-day Europe, this book discusses what is constant and what is locally and historically specific in our ways of interacting with the remains of the dead, their objects, and monuments. Postmortem interaction encompasses not only funerary rituals and intergenerational engagement with forebears, but also concerns encounters with the dead who died centuries and millennia ago. Drawing from a variety of disciplines such as archaeology, bioarchaeology, literary studies, ancient Egyptian philology, and sociocultural anthropology, this volume provides an interdisciplinary account of the ways in which the dead are able to transcend temporal distances and engender social relationships. Until quite recently, literary sciences and archaeology were generally regarded as incommensurable in their aims, methodologies, and source material. Although archaeologists and literary critics have been increasingly willing to borrow concepts and terminology from the other discipline, this book is one examples of a genuinely collaborative endeavor. This is an open access book.

Archaeology --- Anthropology --- Literature: history & criticism --- mortuary archaeology --- dead-body politics --- memory studies --- agency of the dead --- archaeological theory --- literary studies --- medieval relics --- mass graves --- burial monuments --- prehistoric graves --- History of Egyptian Sepulchral Monuments --- Iron Age in Northern Central Europe --- Historic Sources about the Uses of the Dead --- Literary Tombs in the Twelfth Century --- Archaeological Traces in Beowulf --- National Identity through Merovingian Burials --- Skeletal Remains of Saint Erik --- Dissolving Subjects in Medieval Reliquaries --- Shakespearean Exhumations --- Archaeology. --- Physical anthropology. --- Literature --- Physical-Biological Anthropology. --- Literary History. --- History and criticism. --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Evaluation of literature --- Criticism --- Literary style --- Biological anthropology --- Somatology --- Human biology --- Archeology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Appraisal --- Evaluation