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Haplorhini. --- Biological Evolution. --- Cosmology --- Evolution --- Philosophical anthropology --- Evolution, Biological --- Sociobiology --- Anthropoids --- Anthropoidea --- Monkeys --- Monkey --- Anthropology, Philosophical --- Man (Philosophy) --- Civilization --- Life --- Ontology --- Humanism --- Persons --- Philosophy of mind --- Philosophy --- Creation --- Emergence (Philosophy) --- Teleology --- Astronomy --- Deism --- Metaphysics --- Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre --- Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de --- Te-jih-chin --- De Chardin, Pierre Teilhard --- Teilhard de Chardin, P. --- Teilhard de Chardin, Marie-Joseph Pierre --- 샤르댕 --- Cosmology. --- Evolution. --- Philosophical anthropology. --- Biological Evolution --- Haplorhini --- Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre.

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The small apes, or gibbons, are among our closest living relatives, yet they have received little attention from the scientific community and the public in comparison with the other living apes. This oversight is not due to lack of appeal; their physical beauty, graceful acrobatic movements, and thrilling songs make it clear why gibbons are always among the most popular animals in zoos. Rather, the inherent difficulties involved in studying or filming gibbons in their natural habitats and, in some cases, the misconception that among apes, smaller means lesser, have led many researchers and filmmakers to focus their attentions elsewhere. Nonetheless, a growing number of intrepid field and laboratory researchers have made steady progress in the study of gibbon behavior and ecology over the last several decades. This volume is a systematic compilation of recent research on gibbon socioecology and population biology with a focus on understanding gibbons in the context of their natural habitats, and includes contributions on a range of topics, including gibbon biogeography, the ecological roles played by gibbons in their ecosystems, the origins and functions of key gibbon social and ecological adaptations, and the conservation status of wild gibbon populations. The contributors address both theoretical questions and the practical implications of our growing knowledge about gibbon adaptations. While gibbons share several important social features with humans, thus providing parallels for understanding human evolution, they are also fascinating creatures in their own right and act as vital components of tropical forest ecosystems. Unfortunately, gibbons are also among the most endangered living apes. This volume should be of interest to researchers and students from a variety of fields, including anthropologists, animal behaviorists, tropical ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and conservation biologists.

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Monkeys. --- Haplorhini --- Primates --- Primats --- Ecologia animal --- Poblacions animals --- Dinàmica de poblacions animals --- Població animal --- Biologia de poblacions --- Gestió de la fauna --- Genètica de poblacions --- Ecologia --- Adaptació (Biologia) --- Corredors biològics --- Ecofisiologia animal --- Fauna dels sòls --- Zoogeografia --- Primatologia --- Mamífers --- Catarrins --- Homínids --- Lorísids --- Lèmurs --- Mones --- Prosimis --- Simis --- Yeti --- Antropologia física

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This volume addresses the origin of the human genus Homo, a major transition in human evolution and associated with major changes in brain size, locomotion, and culture, but one with many unanswered questions. How many different species of Homo were there, and how were they interrelated? Are stone tools a characteristic of early Homo? What was their function? How does the use of stone tools relate to changes in the dentition and brain size? Did adaptations for long distance running first appear with the origin of this genus? How does this relate to its diet and cultural abilities.

Human beings. --- Human beings --- Human evolution --- Fossil hominids --- Catarrhini --- Biological Processes --- Genetic Processes --- Biological Phenomena --- Genetic Phenomena --- Haplorhini --- Primates --- Phenomena and Processes --- Mammals --- Vertebrates --- Chordata --- Animals --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Biological Evolution --- Hominidae --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Sociology & Social History --- Recreation & Sports --- Physical Anthropology --- Social Change --- Origin --- Fossil hominids. --- Human evolution. --- Origin. --- Early man --- Fossil hominins --- Fossil man --- Hominids, Fossil --- Hominins, Fossil --- Human fossils --- Antiquity of human beings --- Origin of human beings --- Social sciences. --- Anthropology. --- Social Sciences. --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Primates, Fossil --- Paleoanthropology

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The New World primates have radiated widely in tropical America, evolving a variety of adaptations to cope with different ways of life. This comparative survey examines many species. Some are highly specialized in unique ways; others have paralleled the lemurs of Madagascar or the monkeys and apes of Africa and Asia. The author's emphasis is on natural history, behavior, and ecology. Topics include geographical distributions, habitat preferences, territorial arrangements, activity rhythms, feeding techniques, defense mechanisms, and competition and cooperation among individuals of the same species. Much of the material is new, based on recent research in the field. Social reactions and organizations, and communication systems, are discussed in order to consider their implications for the evolution of primates in general and the development of languages and intelligence.Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

New World monkeys --- Cebidae --- Behavior, Animal --- Platyrrhini --- Behavior --- Haplorhini --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Primates --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Mammals --- Vertebrates --- Chordata --- Animals --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Chordates --- Chordate --- Eucarya --- Eukarya --- Eukaryotes --- Eukaryotas --- Eukaryote --- Animalia --- Animal --- Metazoa --- Mammalia --- Mammal --- Primate --- Behavior And Behavior Mechanism --- Anthropoids --- Anthropoidea --- Monkeys --- Monkey --- Acceptance Process --- Acceptance Processes --- Behaviors --- Process, Acceptance --- Processes, Acceptance --- Monkeys, New World --- Monkey, New World --- New World Monkey --- New World Monkeys --- World Monkey, New --- World Monkeys, New --- Autotomy Animal --- Animal Behavior --- Animal Behaviors --- Ethology --- Platyrrhina --- Platyrrhinas --- Platyrrhine monkeys --- Platyrrhines --- Vertebrate --- Evolution --- Psychiatry --- Psychiatrists --- Psychiatrist --- Behavior. --- Evolution.