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This unique volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date examination of all aspects of the biology of the Old World monkey genus, Theropithecus, which evolved alongside our human ancestors. The authors explore the fossil history and evolution of the genus, its biogeography, comparative evolutionary biology and anatomy, and the behaviour and socioecology of the living and extinct representatives of the genus. The parallels between the evolution of Theropithecus and early hominids are discussed. There are also two chapters of particular significance which describe how an innovative and exciting approach to the modelling of the causes of species extinction can be used with great success. This highly multidisciplinary approach provides a rare and insightful account of the evolutionary biology of this fascinating and once highly successful group of primates. Theropithecus will be of interest to researchers in the fields of primatology, anthropology, palaeontology, and mammalian behaviour, physiology and anatomy.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Zoology & animal sciences

• Full title: Theropithecus
• Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of a Primate Genus
• Author: Nina G. Jablonski
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 556
• EAN: 9780521018494
• ISBN: 0521018498
• ID: 02017955
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 982 g
• Dimensions: 245 × 186 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. August 2005

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