The adaptations of basal primates are of interest to paleoprimatologists because they give
insight into the context in which primates diverged from other mammals. In addition, these …

Primate Adaptation and Evolution, Third Edition, is a thorough revision of the text of choice
for courses in primate evolution. The book retains its grounding in the extant primate groups …

Numerous factors have stimulated new enthusiasm for understanding the process of primate
origins, including new fossil discoveries, improvements to methods for analyzing molecular …

There are five major scenarios that have been advanced to account for the early events in
the origination of the order Primates: a transition from terrestriality to arboreality, the …

Apes, members of the superfamily Hominoidea, possess a distinctive suite of anatomical
and behavioral characters which appear to have evolved relatively late and relatively …

Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates focuses on evolutionary perspectives of the
complex interactions between the environment, food sources, physiology and behaviour in …

Mammals with more rapid and agile locomotion have larger semicircular canals relative to
body mass than species that move more slowly. Measurements of semicircular canals in …

A new explanation for the origin of the primate suborder Anthropoidea is presented.
Functional analyses of the “forward”‐facing orbits, postorbital septum and retinal fovea are …

The primate evolutionary trends are generally held to represent the gradual accretion of
adaptations to an arboral way of life. The adaptations of several species of arboreal …

Members of the Order Primates are characterised by a wide overlap of visual fields or optic
convergence. It has been proposed that exploitation of either insects or angiosperm …