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Examines the physiology, feeding and reproductive habits, and social behavior of each group of primates, including chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, gibbons, Old World and New World monkeys, marmosets, and humans
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Grade 3-5-This slim introduction does a so-so job. Double-page spreads incorporate tiny sound bites of information organized in captioned paragraphs and attractive full-color photos accompanied by boxed captions. The two-page chapters provide general information on primates and the different species including gorillas, gibbons, orangutans, chimpanzees, and bonobos. When readers are told "Our [primate] thumbs allow us to pick up and hold objects. Animals without opposable thumbs cannot do this," they may wonder about the manual dexterity of raccoons, and possibly parrots, whose clumsy looking claws can nimbly handle a slippery sunflower seed. Unfamiliar terms are emphasized in dark type, and are then defined in the text or the glossary. Consider instead Thane Maynard's slightly more difficult Primates (Watts, 1997). Informative, attractive, and well written, it includes all the data found in What Is a Primate? and more.
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
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