Language in Primates (Springer Series in Language and Communication, #11)
This anthology was originally planned in connection with a symposium "Language in Primates: Implications for Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology, and Philosophy," at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Publication of the book would not have been possible without the support given to the Symposium by many individuals and groups. The Editors thank everyone involved for their kind and generous assistance. Specifi cally, we thank the invited speakers at the Symposium, Thomas A. Sebeok, H. Lyn Miles,...
Lemurs (Amazing Animals (Gareth Stevens)) (Amazing Animals)
by Karen Baicker
This book presents the behavior and activities of olive baboons that the author observed for eighteen months at the Gombe National Park in Tanzania. Certain aspects of the relationships among the baboons are discussed at length. These include the role of status, the function of social subgroups, and the enduring bonds they share.
It is a great honor to be asked to introduce this exciting new volume, having been heavily involved in the first comprehensive synthesis in the early 1980s. Gibbons are the most enthralling of primates. On the one hand, they are the most appealing animals, with their upright posture and body shape, facial markings, dramatic arm-swinging locomotion and suspensory postures, and devastating duets; on the other hand, the small apes are the most diverse, hence biologically valuable and informative, o...
"Fast claiming his place as one of the country's finest natural history writers, Pyle takes to the hills in search of Bigfoot in this absorbing, classily written field report. Pyle makes all the right connections. Best of all, he loves a good mystery and is smart enough, open and radical enough, to never say never." -Kirkus Reviews More than 20 years after Where Bigfoot Walks was originally published, Dr. Robert Michael Pyle, a Yale-trained ecologist and a Guggenheim fellow, returns with a bra...
Monkeys / Los Monos (Animals I See at the Zoo)
by Joann Early Macken
Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology
by Chris Vinyard, Matthew J Ravosa, and Christine Wall
Working from an encyclopedic knowledge of primates throughout human history, Colin Groves provides a quick-reading narrative that serves equally well as an introduction for new students or an illuminating refresher for experienced researchers. Supporting its easy flow are decades of research; a lifetime of scholarship has been expertly condensed into a survey of primates in Western science, and by extension their treatment in European art, society and philosophy. Colin Groves is as familiar with...
Follows the activities of a young baboon after her mother dies and she is left in the care of the other adults in her troop.
Chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest, The: Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation
by Lecturer in Biological Anthropology and Fellow Vernon Reynolds
Colobine Monkeys
Colobine monkeys have a unique digestive system, analogous to that of ruminants, which allows them to exploit foliage as a food source. This gives them a niche in Old World forests where they are often the only abundant medium-sized arboreal folivorous mammal. From a possible Miocene origin, Colobine monkeys have radiated into a wide variety of forms inhabiting a range of tropical woodlands in Africa and Asia. Most of the extant species have been subject to long term field studies, but until thi...
Mountain Gorilla (Save Our Animals!)
by Louise Spilsbury and Richard Spilsbury
Monkeys of the Atlantic Forest of Eastern Brazil (Conservation International Pocket Guide)
by R. A. Mittermeier, A.F. Coimbra-Filho, and M.C.M. Kierulff
This laminated pocket guide with over 35 illustrations to identify species and individual maps for locating them is the tool to have on hand. In addition, you can use the checklist to note the location and date of the species you find. And it truly fits in your pocket.
Describes the behavior, physical appearance, identifying characteristics, and natural habitat of 32 species of monkeys.