Primate Anatomy: an Introduction

Ankel-Simons, Friderun

ISBN 10: 0120586703 / ISBN 13: 9780120586707

Published by Academic Press, San Diego, 2000

About this Item

Octavo in color illustrated wrappers (black spine); 506 pages; 23 cm.; wrappers are slightly curled with very light edgewear; o/w a clean copy with bright, crisp pages free of marks and creases; binding is tight; a gently used copy. In English. Abstract: "Primate Anatomy: An Introduction, Second Edition is succinct and readable survey of primatology focusing on the anatomy of primates. This book is ideal for an introductory course in primatology and should appeal to both faculty and students who need a brief treatment of the essentials of primatology."--Jacket.Contents: Taxonomic list of extant primates -- Taxonomy -- Primatology -- A survey of living primates -- Skull -- Brain -- Teeth -- Postcranial skeleton -- Sense organs and viscera -- Placentation and early primates development -- Reproductive organs, reproduction, and growth -- Chromosomes and blood groups -- Molecular primatology.Descriptor: Primates -- Anatomy. Primates -- anatomy & histology. Very good(+) to near fine copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Primate Anatomy: an Introduction
• Publisher: Academic Press, San Diego
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0120586703
• ISBN 13: 9780120586707
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Second edition.
• Condition: Very good(+)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Nature, Plants, Animals, The Environment

About this title

Synopsis

Primates include a wide variety of mammals from the relatively ancient lineages of lemurs on Madagascar and tiny tarsiers of Southeast Asia to the gorillas of montane Africa. Of course, humankind are also primates - one twig on the primate evolutionary tree. Primate Anatomy: An Introduction, Second Edition is a succinct and readable survey of primatology focusing particularly on the anatomy of primates. Following an introduction, the chapters are organized by organ system. Also included are chapters dealing with reproduction, chromosomes, blood groups, and molecular studies of primate evolution. This book would be ideal for an introductory course in primatology and should appeal to both faculty and students who need a brief treatment of the essentials of primatology.

* The only introductory text on primatology on the market
* First time comprehensive survey of molecular primatology
* Plenty of information that is not found in other textbooks
* Up-to-date discussion of all aspects of taxonomy and anatomy
* Many unique and informative illustrations, charts, and tables

About the Author

Dr. Ankel-Simons did her graduate studies in marine biology, marine ecology, and marine geology at the University of Copenhagen, the Marine Biological Laboratory at Elsinore, Denmark, and the University of Giessen, Germany. She was a member of the first research team to keep the folivore primate Alouatta palliata alive in captivity for a long term of several years at the Max Planck Institut for Brain Research, Giessen, Germany. Since 1996, she has been a Research Associate in the Division of Paleontology at the Duke University Primate Center. She has published three books and numerous journal papers.