Primate People
Author: Lisa Kemmerer
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781607811534
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This thought-provoking collection sheds light on the plight of our nonhuman primate cousins--and what we can do to help
Author: Lisa Kemmerer
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781607811534
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This thought-provoking collection sheds light on the plight of our nonhuman primate cousins--and what we can do to help
Author: Frans B. M. de Waal
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-07-01
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0674033027
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How did we become the linguistic, cultured, and hugely successful apes that we are? Our closest relatives--the other mentally complex and socially skilled primates--offer tantalizing clues. In Tree of Origin nine of the world's top primate experts read these clues and compose the most extensive picture to date of what the behavior of monkeys and apes can tell us about our own evolution as a species. It has been nearly fifteen years since a single volume addressed the issue of human evolution from a primate perspective, and in that time we have witnessed explosive growth in research on the subject. Tree of Origin gives us the latest news about bonobos, the make love not war apes who behave so dramatically unlike chimpanzees. We learn about the tool traditions and social customs that set each ape community apart. We see how DNA analysis is revolutionizing our understanding of paternity, intergroup migration, and reproductive success. And we confront intriguing discoveries about primate hunting behavior, politics, cognition, diet, and the evolution of language and intelligence that challenge claims of human uniqueness in new and subtle ways. Tree of Origin provides the clearest glimpse yet of the apelike ancestor who left the forest and began the long journey toward modern humanity.
Author: Dario Maestripieri
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
Published: 2012-04-10
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 046502078X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A primatologist examines unspoken social customs, from jilting a lover to being competitive on the job, to explain how behavioral complexities are linked to humans' primate heritage.
Author: Michael Tomasello
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9780195106244
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book reviews all that is scientifically known about the cognitive skills of non-human primates and assesses the current state of our knowledge.
Author: Russell H. Tuttle
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2014-02-17
Total Pages: 1089
ISBN-13: 0674073169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this masterwork, Russell H. Tuttle synthesizes a vast research literature in primate evolution and behavior to explain how apes and humans evolved in relation to one another, and why humans became a bipedal, tool-making, culture-inventing species distinct from other hominoids. Along the way, he refutes the influential theory that men are essentially killer apes—sophisticated but instinctively aggressive and destructive beings. Situating humans in a broad context, Tuttle musters convincing evidence from morphology and recent fossil discoveries to reveal what early primates ate, where they slept, how they learned to walk upright, how brain and hand anatomy evolved simultaneously, and what else happened evolutionarily to cause humans to diverge from their closest relatives. Despite our genomic similarities with bonobos, chimpanzees, and gorillas, humans are unique among primates in occupying a symbolic niche of values and beliefs based on symbolically mediated cognitive processes. Although apes exhibit behaviors that strongly suggest they can think, salient elements of human culture—speech, mating proscriptions, kinship structures, and moral codes—are symbolic systems that are not manifest in ape niches. This encyclopedic volume is both a milestone in primatological research and a critique of what is known and yet to be discovered about human and ape potential.
Author: Ann Arvin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007-08-16
Total Pages: 1325
ISBN-13: 1139461648
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This comprehensive account of the human herpesviruses provides an encyclopedic overview of their basic virology and clinical manifestations. This group of viruses includes human simplex type 1 and 2, Epstein–Barr virus, Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, cytomegalovirus, HHV6A, 6B and 7, and varicella-zoster virus. The viral diseases and cancers they cause are significant and often recurrent. Their prevalence in the developed world accounts for a major burden of disease, and as a result there is a great deal of research into the pathophysiology of infection and immunobiology. Another important area covered within this volume concerns antiviral therapy and the development of vaccines. All these aspects are covered in depth, both scientifically and in terms of clinical guidelines for patient care. The text is illustrated generously throughout and is fully referenced to the latest research and developments.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2003-06-13
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 0309167949
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The field of occupational health and safety constantly changes, especially as it pertains to biomedical research. New infectious hazards are of particular importance at nonhuman-primate facilities. For example, the discovery that B virus can be transmitted via a splash on a mucous membrane raises new concerns that must be addressed, as does the discovery of the Reston strain of Ebola virus in import quarantine facilities in the U.S. The risk of such infectious hazards is best managed through a flexible and comprehensive Occupational Health and Safety Program (OHSP) that can identify and mitigate potential hazards. Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and Use of Nonhuman Primates is intended as a reference for vivarium managers, veterinarians, researchers, safety professionals, and others who are involved in developing or implementing an OHSP that deals with nonhuman primates. The book lists the important features of an OHSP and provides the tools necessary for informed decision-making in developing an optimal program that meets all particular institutional needs.
Author: Frans B. M. DE WAAL
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-06-30
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 0674033086
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Examines how simians cope with aggression, and how they make peace after fights.
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Publisher: National Academies
Published: 1981-01-01
Total Pages: 260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Carel P. Van Schaik
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2016-01-26
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 0470147636
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Primate Origins of Human Nature (Volume 3 in The Foundations of Human Biology series) blends several elements from evolutionary biology as applied to primate behavioral ecology and primate psychology, classical physical anthropology and evolutionary psychology of humans. However, unlike similar books, it strives to define the human species relative to our living and extinct relatives, and thus highlights uniquely derived human features. The book features a truly multi-disciplinary, multi-theory, and comparative species approach to subjects not usually presented in textbooks focused on humans, such as the evolution of culture, life history, parenting, and social organization.