Dagosto, Marian
PRIMATE ORIGINS: Adaptations and Evolution
Part I.Supraordinal Relationships of Primates and Their Time of Origin
1. A Molecular Classification for the Living Orders of Placental Mammals and the Phylogenetic Placement of Primates
M. S. Springer, W. J. Murphy, E. Eizirik, O. Madsen, M. Scally, C. J. Douady, E. C. Teeling, M. J. Stanhope, W. W. Jong, S. J. O'Brien
2. New Light on the Dates of Primate Origins and Divergence
C. Soligo, O. A. Will, S. Tavaré, C. R. Marshall, R. D. Martin
3. The Postcranial Morphology of Ptilocercus lowii (Scandentia, Tupaiidae) and its Implications for Primate Supraordinal Relationships
E. J. Sargis
4. Primate Origins: A Reappraisal of Historical Data Favoring Tupaiid Affinities
M. Godinot
5. Primate Taxonomy, Plesiadapiforms, and Approaches to Primate Origins
M. T. Silcox
Part II.Adaptations and Evolution of the Cranium
6. Jaw-Muscle Function and the Origin of Primates
C. J. Vinyard, M. J. Ravosa, S. H. Williams, C. E. Wall, K. R. Johnson, W. L. Hylander
7. Were Basal Primates Nocturnal? Evidence From Eye and Orbit Shape
C. F. Ross, M. I. Hall, C. P. Heesy
8. Oculomotor Stability and the Functions of the Postorbital Bar and Septum
C. P. Heesy, C. F. Ross, B. Demes
9. Primate Origins and the Function of the Circumorbital Region: What's Load Got to Do with It?
M. J. Ravosa, D. G. Savakova, K. R. Johnson, W. L. Hylander
Part III.Adaptations and Evolution of the Postcranium
10. Origins of Grasping and Locomotor Adaptations in Primates: Comparative and Experimental Approaches Using an Opossum Model
P. Lemelin, D. Schmitt
11. Evolvability, Limb Morphology, and Primate Origins
M. W. Hamrick
12. Primate Gaits and Primate Origins
M. Cartmill, P. Lemelin, D. Schmitt
13. Morphological Correlates of Forelimb Protraction in Quadrupedal Primates
S. G. Larson
14. Ancestral Locomotor Modes, Placental Mammals, and the Origin of Euprimates: Lessons From History
F. S. Szalay
15. The Postcranial Morphotype of Primates
M. Dagosto
16. New Skeletons of Paleocene-Eocene Plesiadapiformes: A Diversity of Arboreal Positional Behaviors in Early Primates
J. I. Bloch, D. M. Boyer
Part IV.Adaptations and Evolution of the Brain, Behavior, Physiology, and Ecology
17. Start Small and Live Slow: Encephalization, Body Size, and Life History Strategies in Primate Origins and Evolution
B. T. Shea
18. Evolutionary Specializations of Primate Brain Systems
T. M. Preuss
19. New Views on the Origin of Primate Social Organization
A. E. Müller, C. Soligo, U. Thalmann
20. Primate Bioenergetics: An Evolutionary Perspective
J. J. Snodgrass, W. R. Leonard, M. L. Robertson
21. Episodic Molecular Evolution of Some Protein Hormones in Primates and Its Implications for Primate Adaptation
S. Yi, W.-H. Li
22. Parallelisms Among Primates and Possums
D. T. Rasmussen, R. W. Sussman
23. Perspectives on Primate Color Vision
P. W. Lucas, N. J. Dominy, D. Osorio, W. Peterson-Pereira, P. Riba-Hernandez, S. Solis-Madrigal, K. E. Stoner, N. Yamashita
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Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCE / General SOC000000
- Author(s)
- Dagosto, Marian
- Ravosa, Matthew J.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2007
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Society
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780387335070