ABSTRACT

This comprehensive introduction demonstrates the theoretical perspectives and concepts that are applied to primate behavior, and explores the relevance of non-human primates to understanding human behavior. Using a streamlined and student-friendly taxonomic framework, King provides a thorough overview of the primate order. The chapters cover common features and diversity, and touch on ecology, sociality, life history, and cognition. Text boxes are included throughout the discussion featuring additional topics and more sophisticated taxonomy. The book contains a wealth of illustrations, and further resources to support teaching and learning are available via a companion website. Written in an engaging and approachable style, this is an invaluable resource for students of primate behavior as well as human evolution.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|12 pages

The Primates: Meet Your Relatives

chapter 2|10 pages

The Study of Primate Behavior

chapter 4|10 pages

The Strepsirrhine Suborder

chapter 6|15 pages

Lorisiform Variation: Leapers and Creepers

chapter 7|9 pages

The Lemuriform Infraorder: Island Refuge

chapter 8|12 pages

Lemuriform Variation: The Night Life

chapter 9|18 pages

Lemuriform Variation in the Light of Day

chapter 11|9 pages

The Anthropoid Suborder: Monkeys and Apes

chapter 14|13 pages

Platyrrhine Variation: Cebids

chapter 15|17 pages

Cebines: Squirrel Monkeys and Capuchins

chapter 19|10 pages

A Cercopithecine Tribe: The Guenons

chapter 20|18 pages

A Cercopithecine Tribe: The Papionins

chapter 21|17 pages

Genus Papio: The Real Baboons

chapter 23|13 pages

23Great Apes of Asia: Orangutans

chapter 24|16 pages

Great Apes of Africa: Gorillas

chapter 25|23 pages

Great Apes of Africa: Common Chimpanzees

chapter 26|12 pages

26Bonobos: Lightweight Chimpanzees

chapter 27|17 pages

Human Origins: The Last Common Ancestor

chapter 28|16 pages

Early Hominin Evolution: The Australopiths

chapter 29|16 pages

Our Evolutionary Heritage: The Primate in Us

chapter 30|17 pages

Primate Conservation: Will Any Be Left?