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100 1 _aCachel, Susan,
_d1949-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aFossil primates /
_cSusan Cachel, Rutgers University, NJ, USA.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a1 online resource (xvi, 299 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ;
_v70
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aReconstructing the paleobiology of fossil non-human primates, this book is intended as an exposition of non-human primate evolution that includes information about evolutionary theory and processes, paleobiology, paleoenvironment, how fossils are formed, how fossils illustrate evolutionary processes, the reconstruction of life from fossils, the formation of the primate fossil record, functional anatomy, and the genetic bases of anatomy. Throughout, the emphasis of the book is on the biology of fossil primates, not their taxonomic classification or systematics, or formal species descriptions. The author draws detailed pictures of the paleoenvironment of fossil primates, including contemporary animals and plants, and ancient primate communities, emphasizing our ability to reconstruct lifeways from fragmentary bones and teeth, using functional anatomy, stable isotopes from enamel and collagen, and high resolution CT-scans of the cranium. Fossil Primates will be essential reading for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in evolutionary anthropology, primatology and vertebrate paleobiology.
650 0 _aPrimates, Fossil.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107005303
830 0 _aCambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ;
_v70.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511793844
999 _c516747
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