Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Ravosa, Matthew J. (Editor ), Dagosto, Marian. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects,
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33507-0
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Supraordinal Relationships of Primates and Their Time of Origin
  • A Molecular Classification for the Living Orders of Placental Mammals and the Phylogenetic Placement of Primates
  • New Light on the Dates of Primate Origins and Divergence
  • The Postcranial Morphology of Ptilocercus lowii (Scandentia, Tupaiidae) and its Implications for Primate Supraordinal Relationships
  • Primate Origins: A Reappraisal of Historical Data Favoring Tupaiid Affinities
  • Primate Taxonomy, Plesiadapiforms, and Approaches to Primate Origins
  • Adaptations and Evolution of the Cranium
  • Jaw-Muscle Function and the Origin of Primates
  • Were Basal Primates Nocturnal? Evidence From Eye and Orbit Shape
  • Oculomotor Stability and the Functions of the Postorbital Bar and Septum
  • Primate Origins and the Function of the Circumorbital Region: What's Load Got to Do with It?
  • Adaptations and Evolution of the Postcranium
  • Origins of Grasping and Locomotor Adaptations in Primates: Comparative and Experimental Approaches Using an Opossum Model
  • Evolvability, Limb Morphology, and Primate Origins
  • Primate Gaits and Primate Origins
  • Morphological Correlates of Forelimb Protraction in Quadrupedal Primates
  • Ancestral Locomotor Modes, Placental Mammals, and the Origin of Euprimates: Lessons From History
  • The Postcranial Morphotype of Primates
  • New Skeletons of Paleocene-Eocene Plesiadapiformes: A Diversity of Arboreal Positional Behaviors in Early Primates
  • Adaptations and Evolution of the Brain, Behavior, Physiology, and Ecology
  • Start Small and Live Slow: Encephalization, Body Size, and Life History Strategies in Primate Origins and Evolution
  • Evolutionary Specializations of Primate Brain Systems
  • New Views on the Origin of Primate Social Organization
  • Primate Bioenergetics: An Evolutionary Perspective
  • Episodic Molecular Evolution of Some Protein Hormones in Primates and Its Implications for Primate Adaptation
  • Parallelisms Among Primates and Possums
  • Perspectives on Primate Color Vision.