The Non-human primates and human evolution.
The Non-human primates and human evolution.
Arr. by James A. Gavan. In memory of Earnest Albert Hooton, 1887-1954.
- Detroit, Wayne University Press, 1955.
- 134 p. illus., port., map. tables. 25 cm.
These papers were first presented as a symposium at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, Dec. 27, 1953. They were published in the Sept. 1954 issue of Human biology.
A dedication, by J.A. Gavan.--The importance of primate studies in anthoropology, by E. Hooton.--Fossil primates in the New World, by G.L. Jepsen.--The geologic history of non-hominid primates in the Old World, by B. Patterson.--Comparative anatomy of New World primates and its bearing on the phylogeny of anthropoid apes and men, by G.E. Erikson.--Primate evolution from the view-point of comparative anatomy, by D.D. Davis.--A comparative functional analysis of primate skulls by the split-line technique, by N.C. Tappen.--Metric and morphologic variations in the dentition of the Liberian chimpanzee; comparisons with anthropoid and human dentitions, by E.L. Schuman and C.L. Brace.--Tentative generalizations on the grouping behavior of non-human primates, by C.R. Carpenter.--Problems of mental evolution in the primates, by H.W. Nissen.--The cultural capacity of chimpanzee, by K.J. Hayes and C. Hayes.--Closing remarks, by W.L. Straus, Jr.
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Primates.
Evolução humana
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These papers were first presented as a symposium at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, Dec. 27, 1953. They were published in the Sept. 1954 issue of Human biology.
A dedication, by J.A. Gavan.--The importance of primate studies in anthoropology, by E. Hooton.--Fossil primates in the New World, by G.L. Jepsen.--The geologic history of non-hominid primates in the Old World, by B. Patterson.--Comparative anatomy of New World primates and its bearing on the phylogeny of anthropoid apes and men, by G.E. Erikson.--Primate evolution from the view-point of comparative anatomy, by D.D. Davis.--A comparative functional analysis of primate skulls by the split-line technique, by N.C. Tappen.--Metric and morphologic variations in the dentition of the Liberian chimpanzee; comparisons with anthropoid and human dentitions, by E.L. Schuman and C.L. Brace.--Tentative generalizations on the grouping behavior of non-human primates, by C.R. Carpenter.--Problems of mental evolution in the primates, by H.W. Nissen.--The cultural capacity of chimpanzee, by K.J. Hayes and C. Hayes.--Closing remarks, by W.L. Straus, Jr.
55014338
Primates.
Evolução humana
QL737.P9 / N6
572