Fleagle, John G.
Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins
Section 1. The Life of a Scientist
1. Introduction to the
Fredericka B. Oakley
2. Elwyn LaVerne Simons
Friderun Ankel-Simons
3. A Personal Reminiscence of Elwyn
David Pilbeam
4. Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark
Bernard Wood
5. Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark
Elwyn Simons
6. Human Evolution and the Challenge of Creationism
John B. Oakley
Section 2. The Fayum and Other Fossil Adventures
7. Five Decades in the Fayum
Elwyn Simons, Prithijit Chatrath, Christopher C. Gilbert, John G. Fleagle
8. Geology, Paleoenvironment, and Age of Birket Qarun Locality 2 (BQ-2), Fayum Depression, Egypt
Erik R. Seiffert, Thomas M. Bown, William C. Clyde, Elwyn Simons
9. Eocene and Oligocene Mammals of the Fayum, Egypt
Elwyn Simons
10. Early Evolution of Whales
Philip D. Gingerich
11. The Basicranial Anatomy of African Eocene/Oligocene Anthropoids. Are There Any Clues for Platyrrhine Origins?
Richard F. Kay, Elwyn Simons, Jennifer L. Ross
12. Paleontological Exploration in Africa
Nancy J. Stevens, Michael D. Gottfried, Eric M. Roberts, Saidi Kapilima, Sifa Ngasala, Patrick M. O’Connor
13. Return to Dor al-Talha
D. Tab Rasmussen, Sefau O. Tshakreen, Miloud M. Abugares, Joshua B. Smith
14. Revisiting Haritalyangar, the Late Miocene Ape Locality of India
Rajeev Patnaik
15. Revisiting Primate Postcrania from the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar
Gregg F. Gunnell, Russell L. Ciochcon
16. A Haplorhine First Metatarsal from the Middle Eocene of China
Daniel L. Gebo, Marian Dagosto, K. Christopher Beard, Xijun Ni, Tao Qi
17. New Data on
Patricia A. Holroyd, Suzanne G. Strait
18. The Behavioral Ecology of our Earliest Hominid Ancestors
R. W. Sussman, Donna Hart
Section 2. The Fayum and Other Fossil Adventures
19. Decades of Lemur Research and Conservation
Patricia C. Wright
20. Low Fetal Energy Deposition Rates in Lemurs
Chris Tilden
21. Old Lemurs
Linda Taylor
22. Peculiar Tooth Homologies of the Greater Bamboo Lemur (Prolemur = Hapalemur simus)
Jukka Jernvall, Christopher C. Gilbert, Patricia C. Wright
23. How Big were the “Giant” Extinct Lemurs of Madagascar?
William L. Jungers, Brigitte Demes, Laurie R. Godfrey
24. Ghosts and Orphans
Laurie R. Godfrey, William L. Jungers, Gary T. Schwartz, Mitchell T. Irwin
25. Vicariance vs. Dispersal in the Origin of the Malagasy Mammal Fauna
Ian Tattersall
26. On the Brink of Extinction
Herbert H. Covert, Le Khac Quyet, Barth W. Wright
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Nyckelord: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General SCI008000
- Författare
- Fleagle, John G.
- Gilbert, Christopher C.
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2008
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Kategori
- Naturvetenskaper
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780387738963