Fossil primates /

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• 出版日期：2015.
• 出版者：Cambridge Univ. Pr.,
• 页数：xvi, 299 p. :
• 出版地：Cambridge :
• 第一责任说明：Susan Cachel, Rutgers University, NJ, USA.
• 尺寸：26 cm.
• 分类号：a565
• ISBN：9781107005303(hdk.) :

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02h0069858 20151124151850.0 151102s2015 enkab frb |001|||eng | 9781107005303(hdk.) : CNY805.00 DLC eng DLC YDX ; OCLCF ; YDXCP ; UKMGB ; ERASA ; STF ; OCLCO ; YAM ; CUS ; CHVBK ; CNNGL pcc QE882.P7 C33 2015 569/.8 23 a565 Cachel, Susan, 1949- Fossil primates / Susan Cachel, Rutgers University, NJ, USA. Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Pr., 2015. xvi, 299 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; [70] Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-292) and index. 1. Introduction: primates in evolutionary time -- 2. Primate taxonomy -- 3. Fossils and fossilization -- 4. The world of the past -- 5. The lifeways of extinct animals -- 6. Evolutionary processes and the pattern of primate evolution -- 7. Primate origins -- 8. The Paleocene primate radiation -- 9. The Eocene primate radiation -- 10. The Malagasy primate radiation -- 11. The Oligocene bottleneck -- 12. Rise of the anthropoids -- 13. The platyrrhine radiation -- 14. The Miocene hominoid radiation -- 15. The cercopithecoid radiation -- 16. Late Cenozoic climate changes -- 17. Conclusions. Reconstructing the paleobiology of fossil non-human primates, this book is intended as an exposition of non-human primate evolution that includes information about evolutionary theory and processes, paleobiology, paleoenvironment, how fossils are formed, how fossils illustrate evolutionary processes, the reconstruction of life from fossils, the formation of the primate fossil record, functional anatomy, and the genetic bases of anatomy. Throughout, the emphasis of the book is on the biology of fossil primates, not their taxonomic classification or systematics, or formal species descriptions. The author draws detailed pictures of the paleoenvironment of fossil primates, including contemporary animals and plants, and ancient primate communities, emphasizing our ability to reconstruct lifeways from fragmentary bones and teeth, using functional anatomy, stable isotopes from enamel and collagen, and high resolution CT-scans of the cranium. Fossil Primates will be essential reading for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in evolutionary anthropology, primatology and vertebrate paleobiology. Primates, Fossil. Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 70. aCN b010001 010001 565 C11 gljx1506 h1 ; rCNY805.00