Comparative primate socioecology / / edited by P.C. Lee [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 412 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 599.8 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Primates - Behavior
Primates - Ecology Primates - Evolution Social evolution in animals |
ISBN |
1-107-11447-0
0-511-02013-9 1-280-42930-5 9786610429301 0-511-17506-X 0-511-15515-8 0-511-32348-4 0-511-54246-1 0-511-05441-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Comparative method / Ann Maclarnon -- Cladistics as a tool in comparative analysis / Kate Robson-Brown -- Phylogenetically independent comparison and primate phylogeny / Andrew Purvis and Andrea J. Webster -- Sociecology and the evolution of primate reproductive rates / Caroline Ross and Kate E. Jones -- Comparative ecology of postnatal growth and weaning among haplorphine primates / Phyllis C. Lee -- Some current ideas about the evolution of the human life history / Nicholas Blurton Jones, Kristen Hawkes and James F. O'Connell -- Evolutionary ecology of the primate brain / Robert Barton -- Sex and social evolution in primates / Carel P. Van Schaik, Maria A. Van Noordwijk and Charles L. Nunn -- Mating systems, intrasexual competition and sexual dimorphism in primates / J. Michael Plavcan -- Lemur social structure and convergence in primate socioecology / Peter M. Kappeler -- Why is female kin bonding so rare? Comparative sociality of neotropical primates / Karen B. Strier -- Energetics, time budgets and group size / Daisy K. Williamson and Robin Durbar -- Ecology of sex differences in great ape foraging / Allison Bean -- Hominid behavioural evolution / Robert A. Foley -- Evolutionary ecology and cross-cultural comparison / Ruth Mace and Clare Holden. |
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Comparative primate socioecology / / edited by P.C. Lee [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 412 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 599.8 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Primates - Behavior
Primates - Ecology Primates - Evolution Social evolution in animals |
ISBN |
1-107-11447-0
0-511-02013-9 1-280-42930-5 9786610429301 0-511-17506-X 0-511-15515-8 0-511-32348-4 0-511-54246-1 0-511-05441-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Comparative method / Ann Maclarnon -- Cladistics as a tool in comparative analysis / Kate Robson-Brown -- Phylogenetically independent comparison and primate phylogeny / Andrew Purvis and Andrea J. Webster -- Sociecology and the evolution of primate reproductive rates / Caroline Ross and Kate E. Jones -- Comparative ecology of postnatal growth and weaning among haplorphine primates / Phyllis C. Lee -- Some current ideas about the evolution of the human life history / Nicholas Blurton Jones, Kristen Hawkes and James F. O'Connell -- Evolutionary ecology of the primate brain / Robert Barton -- Sex and social evolution in primates / Carel P. Van Schaik, Maria A. Van Noordwijk and Charles L. Nunn -- Mating systems, intrasexual competition and sexual dimorphism in primates / J. Michael Plavcan -- Lemur social structure and convergence in primate socioecology / Peter M. Kappeler -- Why is female kin bonding so rare? Comparative sociality of neotropical primates / Karen B. Strier -- Energetics, time budgets and group size / Daisy K. Williamson and Robin Durbar -- Ecology of sex differences in great ape foraging / Allison Bean -- Hominid behavioural evolution / Robert A. Foley -- Evolutionary ecology and cross-cultural comparison / Ruth Mace and Clare Holden. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777382303321 |
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Comparative primate socioecology / / edited by P.C. Lee [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 412 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 599.8 |
Collana | Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology |
Soggetto topico |
Primates - Behavior
Primates - Ecology Primates - Evolution Social evolution in animals |
ISBN |
1-107-11447-0
0-511-02013-9 1-280-42930-5 9786610429301 0-511-17506-X 0-511-15515-8 0-511-32348-4 0-511-54246-1 0-511-05441-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Comparative method / Ann Maclarnon -- Cladistics as a tool in comparative analysis / Kate Robson-Brown -- Phylogenetically independent comparison and primate phylogeny / Andrew Purvis and Andrea J. Webster -- Sociecology and the evolution of primate reproductive rates / Caroline Ross and Kate E. Jones -- Comparative ecology of postnatal growth and weaning among haplorphine primates / Phyllis C. Lee -- Some current ideas about the evolution of the human life history / Nicholas Blurton Jones, Kristen Hawkes and James F. O'Connell -- Evolutionary ecology of the primate brain / Robert Barton -- Sex and social evolution in primates / Carel P. Van Schaik, Maria A. Van Noordwijk and Charles L. Nunn -- Mating systems, intrasexual competition and sexual dimorphism in primates / J. Michael Plavcan -- Lemur social structure and convergence in primate socioecology / Peter M. Kappeler -- Why is female kin bonding so rare? Comparative sociality of neotropical primates / Karen B. Strier -- Energetics, time budgets and group size / Daisy K. Williamson and Robin Durbar -- Ecology of sex differences in great ape foraging / Allison Bean -- Hominid behavioural evolution / Robert A. Foley -- Evolutionary ecology and cross-cultural comparison / Ruth Mace and Clare Holden. |
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The drunken monkey : why we drink and abuse alcohol / / Robert Dudley |
Autore | Dudley Robert <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, [California] ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
Disciplina | 394.1/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Alcohol - Physiological effect Alcoholism Human evolution Primates - Evolution Human physiology Monkeys - Physiology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-520-95817-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Fruits of Fermentation -- 3. On the Inebriation of Elephants -- 4. Aping About in the Forest -- 5. A First-Rate Molecule -- 6. Alcoholics Aren't Anonymous -- 7. Winos in the Mist -- Postscript -- Sources and Recommended Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453522703321 |
Dudley Robert <1961->
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The drunken monkey : why we drink and abuse alcohol / / Robert Dudley |
Autore | Dudley Robert <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, [California] ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
Disciplina | 394.1/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Alcohol - Physiological effect Alcoholism Human evolution Primates - Evolution Human physiology Monkeys - Physiology |
Soggetto non controllato |
addiction treatment
addiction alcohol abuse alcohol consumption alcohol related problems alcohol alcoholics alcoholism biological anthropology biology comparative biology drinking evolutionary biology evolutionary ecology evolutionary interpretation fermented fruits fruit eating health humans and alcohol interdisciplinary major public health issue medical impacts medicine physical anthropology primates public health social impacts substance abuse |
ISBN | 0-520-95817-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Fruits of Fermentation -- 3. On the Inebriation of Elephants -- 4. Aping About in the Forest -- 5. A First-Rate Molecule -- 6. Alcoholics Aren't Anonymous -- 7. Winos in the Mist -- Postscript -- Sources and Recommended Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790996203321 |
Dudley Robert <1961->
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The drunken monkey : why we drink and abuse alcohol / / Robert Dudley |
Autore | Dudley Robert <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, [California] ; ; Los Angeles, California ; ; London, England : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
Disciplina | 394.1/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Alcohol - Physiological effect Alcoholism Human evolution Primates - Evolution Human physiology Monkeys - Physiology |
Soggetto non controllato |
addiction treatment
addiction alcohol abuse alcohol consumption alcohol related problems alcohol alcoholics alcoholism biological anthropology biology comparative biology drinking evolutionary biology evolutionary ecology evolutionary interpretation fermented fruits fruit eating health humans and alcohol interdisciplinary major public health issue medical impacts medicine physical anthropology primates public health social impacts substance abuse |
ISBN | 0-520-95817-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Fruits of Fermentation -- 3. On the Inebriation of Elephants -- 4. Aping About in the Forest -- 5. A First-Rate Molecule -- 6. Alcoholics Aren't Anonymous -- 7. Winos in the Mist -- Postscript -- Sources and Recommended Reading -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813646703321 |
Dudley Robert <1961->
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Handbook of paleoanthropology / / editors, Winfried Henke, Ian Tattersall |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXV, 2069 p. 264 illus.) |
Disciplina | 576.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Paleoanthropology
Human evolution Primates - Evolution Fossil hominids Human beings - Origin Paleoanthropology - Methodology Biological Evolution Hominidae Paleontology |
ISBN | 3-642-27800-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910349296403321 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
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Handbook of Paleoanthropology / / edited by Winfried Henke, Ian Tattersall |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (393 illus., 118 illus. in color. eReference.) |
Disciplina | 569.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Paleoanthropology
Human evolution Primates - Evolution Fossil hominids Human beings - Origin Paleoanthropology - Methodology Biological Evolution Hominidae Paleontology |
ISBN |
1-78539-666-8
3-642-39979-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Volume 1: Principles, Methods, and Approaches: Historical Overview of Paleoanthropological Research -- Charles Darwin, Paleoanthropology, and the Modern Synthesis (NEW) -- Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus -- The Ontogeny-Phylogeny Nexus in a Nutshell: Implications for Primatology and Paleoanthropology -- Principles of Taxonomy and Classification: Current Procedures for Naming and Classifying Organisms -- Species Concepts and Speciation: Facts and Fantasies -- Quantitative Approaches to Phylogenetics -- Homology: A Philosophical and Biological Perspective -- Chronometric Methods in Paleoanthropology -- Patterns of Diversification and Extinction -- Taphonomic and Diagenetic Processes -- Contribution of Stable Light Isotopes to Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction -- The Paleoclimatic Record and Plio-Pleistocene Paleoenvironments (NEW) -- Geological Background of Hominid Sites in Africa -- Paleosols -- Quaternary Geology and Paleoenvironments (NEW) -- Quaternary Deposits and Paleosites -- Paleoecology: An Adequate Window on the Past? -- Zoogeography: Primate and Early Hominin Distribution and Migration Patterns -- The Paleodemography of Extinct Hominin Populations -- Hominin Paleodiets: The Contribution of Stable Isotopes -- Estimation of Basic Life History Data of Fossil Hominoids -- Genetics and Paleoanthropology (NEW) -- Ancient DNA .-Modeling the Past: The Primatological Approach -- Modeling the Past: The Paleoethnological Approach .-Modeling the Past: Archaeology -- The Evolution of Speech and Language (NEW) -- General Principles of Evolutionary Morphology -- Virtual Anthropology and Biomechanics (NEW) -- Paleopathology: Vestiges of Pathological Conditions in Fossil Human Bone (NEW) -- Microscopic Research on Fossil Human Bone (NEW) -- Investigation on Extracellular Matrix Proteins in Fossil Bone: Facts and Perspectives (NEW) -- Images in Paleoanthropology: Facing Our Ancestors (NEW) -- Prospects and Pitfalls -- Volume 2: Primate Evolution and Human Origins: Primate Origins and Supraordinal Relationships: Morphological Evidence -- Molecular Evidence of Primate Origins and Evolution (NEW) -- Fossil Record of the Primates from the Paleocene to the Oligocene (NEW) -- Fossil Record of Miocene Hominoids -- The Biotic Environments of the Late Miocene Hominids -- Postcranial and Locomotor Adaptations of Hominoids -- Hominoid Cranial Diversity and Adaptation -- Dental Adaptations of African Apes -- Evolution of the Primate Brain -- Primate Life Histories -- Great Ape Social Systems -- Evolutionary Biology of Ape and Monkey Feeding and Nutrition -- The Hunting Behavior and Carnivory of Wild Chimpanzees -- Cooperation, Coalition, and Alliances -- Primate Intelligence -- Theory of Mind: A Primatological Perspective (NEW) -- Volume 3: Phylogeny of Hominins: Potential Hominoid Ancestors for Hominidae -- Defining Hominidae -- Role of Environmental Stimuli in Hominid Origins -- Origins of Homininae and Putative Selection Pressures Acting on the Early Hominins -- Origin of Bipedal Locomotion -- The Evolution of the Hominid Brain (NEW) -- Analyzing Hominin Phylogeny: Cladistic Approach -- Phylogenetic Relationships of Hominids: Biomolecular Approach -- The Miocene Hominoids and the Earliest Putative Hominids -- The Species and Diversity of Australopiths -- Defining the Genus Homo -- The Earliest Putative Homo Fossils -- Homo ergaster and Its Contemporaries -- Defining Homo erectus (NEW) -- Later Middle Pleistocene Homo -- Neanderthals and Their Contemporaries -- Homo floresiensis (NEW) -- Origin of Modern Humans -- Population Biology and Population Genetics of Pleistocene Hominins -- Dispersals of Early Humans: Adaptations, Frontiers, and New Territories (NEW) -- Dentition of American Indians: Evolutionary Results and Demographic Implications Following Colonization from Siberia -- Overview of Paleolithic Archaeology -- Cultural Evolution During the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Africa and Eurasia -- Evolution of Religion (NEW) -- Paleoanthropology and the Foundation of Ethics: Methodological Remarks on the Problem of Criteriology. |
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Handbook of Paleoanthropology [[electronic resource] ] : Vol I:Principles, Methods and Approaches Vol II:Primate Evolution and Human Origins Vol III:Phylogeny of Hominids / / edited by Winfried Henke, Ian Tattersall |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2007.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 illus. eReference.) |
Disciplina | 569.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Paleoanthropology
Human evolution Primates - Evolution Fossil Hominids Human beings - Origin Paleoanthropology - Methodology Biological Evolution Paleontology Hominidae |
ISBN | 3-540-33761-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Volume 1. Principles, methods and approaches - Volume 2. Primate evolution and human origins - Volume 3. Phylogeny of hominids. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484510703321 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2007 | ||
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Man the hunted : primates, predators, and human evolution / / Donna Hart, Robert W. Sussman |
Autore | Hart Donna |
Edizione | [Expanded ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boulder, CO : , : Westview Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (377 p.) |
Disciplina |
599.8153
599.93/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SussmanRobert W. <1941-> |
Soggetto topico |
Primates - Behavior
Predation (Biology) Primates - Evolution Human evolution |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-429-96763-2
0-429-49908-6 0-7867-2594-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Foreword to the First Edition ix; Preface to the Expanded Paperback Edition xv; 1 JUST ANOTHER ITEM ON THE MENU 1; Fossil Evidence and Living Primates, 5; Predation and Primate Studies, 9; An Accurate Appraisal of Predation, 9; 2 DEBUNKING "MAN THE HUNTER" 11; Will the First Hominid Please Stand Up? 13; A Messy Bush, 21; Wanderlust, 22; Man the Hunter? 23; Man the Dancer! 28; We Were Not "Cat Food"! 30; 3 WHO'S EATING WHOM? 33; A Tale of Two Families, 34; The Prey Flee, the Predator Pursues, 38; Who Are These Primate Prey? 41; The Dichotomy about Death, 45
The James Carville Approach, 46Predation Risk versus Predation Rate, 52; Who Was Eating Our Hominid Ancestors? 55; 4 LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY! 57; Choose Your Weapon, 63; The Long and Winding Road from South Africa to Georgia, 70; Killing Machines, 76; Before the Age of Ulcers, 77; Perfect Primate Predators, 80; Give Us the Bear Facts, 84; 5 COURSING HYENAS AND HUNGRY DOGS 89; Wolves at the Door, 90; No Laughing Matter, 95; Howls in the Prehistoric Night, 97; Leaders of the Pack, 104; 6 MISSIONARY POSITION 111; The Serpentine Route, 112; Breathing Fire: The Komodo Dragon, 124 My, What Big Teeth You Have! 127On Top of Everything Else, Sharks, Too? 133; 7 TERROR FROM THE SKY 135; Featherweights and Talon Tips, 138; Crested Viragos, 141; An Alfred Hitchcock Moment, 147; The Record of Giant Raptors, 149; The Taung Child Tells Its Tale, 151; Running Hawks, Hungry Toucans, and Giant Owls, 155; 8 WE WEREN'T JUST WAITING AROUND TO BE EATEN! 161; Heavyweight Champions, 166; Why Hermits Seem Odd, 170; We Saw . . . Food. We Came . . . Down from the Trees.We Conquered . . . Gravity, 174; On the Path to Einstein, 180; Daytime Talk Shows, 182 Making a Last Stand: Counterattack and Chutzpah, 186Weapons of Mass Destruction, 189; 9 GENTLE SAVAGE OR BLOODTHIRSTY BRUTE? 191; The Hunting Myth and Sociobiology, 194; Chimpanzee and Human Males as Demonic Killers, 201; Chimpanzee Aggression, 207; Getting Out of Our Genes, 211; The Other 50%, 213; 10 MAN THE HUNTED 219; Sink Your Teeth into This! 226; Painting the Family Portrait, 231; Habitat for Humanity, 235; Macaques Us? 239; Put It All Together and What Do You Have? 242; Man the Hunted, 245; The Oldest Story, 248; 11 THE LAST WORD 251 Carnivore Crimes: More about Bears, Big Cats, and Hyenas, 257Python Pestilence and Eagle Escapades, 262; Man the Cannibal, 265; Cut Marks, Tooth Marks, and Question Marks, 268; Man the Sneaky Meat Thief, 271; Man the Peace-Loving Hippie? 275; Conventional Wisdom as Science, 283; Really Our Last Words, 284; Acknowledgments 287; Notes 289; Bibliography 311; Index 347; About the Authors 359 |
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