The dialectical primatologist : the past, present and future of life in the hominoid niche / / Nicholas Malone

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910746593703321
• Autore: Malone Nicholas Martin <1974->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 0-367-21134-3; 0-429-55244-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (211 pages)
• Collana: New biological anthropology
• Disciplina: 599.80451
• Soggetti: Primates - Behavior
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: The Dialectical Primatologist -- Dialectics and the Philosophy of Science -- My Path as a Dialectical Primatologist -- A Brief Overview of the Book -- Notes -- References -- 2 From the Miocene to the Margins: Overview of the Superfamily Hominoidea -- Miocene Origins: Eco-Morphological Context -- The Living Hominoids -- The Hylobatidae -- The Genus Hylobates -- The Genus Symphalangus -- The Genus Hoolock -- The Genus Nomascus -- The Hominidae -- The Genus Pongo -- The Genus Gorilla -- The Genus Pan -- The Genus Homo -- From the Miocene to the Margins -- Notes -- References -- 3 Emergence: Theorising Ape Sociality -- Starting Assumptions: Socioecological Models and Standard Evolutionary Theory -- Theoretical and Empirical Limitations -- Principles of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis -- Critical Political Ethology: Elucidating Ape Sociality -- Hylobatid Community Dynamics -- Differences in the Social Structure of Bonobos and Chimpanzees -- Orangutan Social Flexibility -- Next Steps -- Notes -- References -- 4 Waves of Change: Insights From Java, Indonesia -- Java, Indonesia: Beyond Singular Description -- The Biogeographic Context -- The Cultural, Political and Economic Heart of Indonesia -- The Natureculture Lens -- The Sacred Forests of Sunda -- Leuweung ; Sancang -- Ujung Kulon -- So Where to From Here? -- Notes -- References -- 5 Betwixt and Between: Apes in (And On) the Verge -- Extending Ethnoprimatology -- Sites of Primatological Enquiries -- Ethnographic Insight -- Ethical Entanglements -- Towards a Coexistence With Species in (And On) the Verge -- Notes -- References -- 6 Conclusion: The Future of Life in the Hominoid Niche -- Recapitulation.; Dialectics and Influences -- From the Miocene to the Margins, Again -- Emergence and Theory in Context -- Java and Beyond -- Primates In/on the Verge -- Constructing the Conditions of Coexistence -- Myth and Reality, Or the Reality of Myth? -- Captivity as Constraint Or Catalyst? -- In Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Epilogue: The View From Aotearoa New Zealand -- Notes -- References -- Index.