Primate Change

Author : Vybarr Cregan-Reid
Publisher : Cassell
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781788401081

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Primate Change by Vybarr Cregan-Reid Pdf

'A work of remarkable scope' - Guardian FT Best science books of 2018 Primate Change has been adapted into a radio series for the BBC WORLD SERVICE. * This is the road from climate change to primate change. PRIMATE CHANGE is a wide-ranging, polemical look at how and why the human body has changed since humankind first got up on two feet. Spanning the entirety of human history - from primate to transhuman - Vybarr Cregan-Reid's book investigates where we came from, who we are today and how modern technology will change us beyond recognition. In the last two hundred years, humans have made such a tremendous impact on the world that our geological epoch is about to be declared the 'Anthropocene', or the Age of Man. But while we have been busy changing the shape of the world we inhabit, the ways of living that we have been building have, as if under the cover of darkness, been transforming our bodies and altering the expression of our DNA, too. Primate Change beautifully unscrambles the complex architecture of our modern human bodies, built over millions of years and only starting to give up on us now. 'Our bodies are in a shock. Modern living is as bracing to the human body as jumping through a hole in the ice. Our bodies do not know what century they were born into and they are defending and deforming themselves in response.'

Author : H.O. Box
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401131100

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Primate Responses to Environmental Change by H.O. Box Pdf

This book concerns the various ways that primates respond to environmental change. By studying these patterns of responsiveness we not only gain useful knowledge about the structural, physiological and behavioural propensities of different species, but also acquire important information relating to issues of contemporary concern, such as conservation and the management of animals in the wild as well as in various forms of captivity. For example, there is growing concern among biologists and conser vationists about the influence of habitat destruction, such as logging, on the fitness and survival of wild primates. There is also increased awareness of the need to improve the care of primates in zoos and laboratories, including the enrichment of captive environments. Further, because an increasing number of primate species are becom ing endangered, knowledge of their responsiveness to new environ ments is an essential requirement for effective breeding programmes in captivity, and for the translocation and rehabilitation of species in the wild. In theory, studies of many closely related species are required in order to consider relevant evolutionary processes, as well as to develop functional hypotheses about the adaptive significance of various biological propensities and their interrelationships in the short and longer terms.

Author : Serge A. Wich,Andrew J. Marshall
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780198703389

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An Introduction to Primate Conservation by Serge A. Wich,Andrew J. Marshall Pdf

This work provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art synthesis of research principles and applied management practices for primate conservation.

Author : Alison M. Behie,Julie A. Teichroeb,Nicholas Malone
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107157484

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Primate Research and Conservation in the Anthropocene by Alison M. Behie,Julie A. Teichroeb,Nicholas Malone Pdf

Combining personal stories of motivation with new research this book offers a holistic picture of primate conservation in the Anthropocene.

Author : Eleanor Sterling,Nora Bynum,Mary Blair
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199659449

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Primate Ecology and Conservation by Eleanor Sterling,Nora Bynum,Mary Blair Pdf

This practical volume brings together a group of distinguished primate researchers to synthesise field, laboratory, and conservation management techniques for primate ecology and conservation.

Author : A. B. Chiarelli,R. S. Corruccini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642683008

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Advanced Views in Primate Biology by A. B. Chiarelli,R. S. Corruccini Pdf

Author : Lauren M. Robinson,Alexander Weiss
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030827083

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Nonhuman Primate Welfare by Lauren M. Robinson,Alexander Weiss Pdf

This volume reviews the broad topic of welfare in nonhuman primates under human care. Chapters detail the history of primates in captivity, ethical and legal issues surrounding the use of nonhuman primates as entertainment or in research, the different approaches that welfare are measured, and how housing, enrichment, and other conditions can foster or degrade welfare. Since humans began keeping nonhuman primates we have made vast strides in understanding their cognitive abilities, strong social bonds, vibrant personalities, and their capacity for joy and suffering. With an increasing number of countries banning the use of great apes in biomedical research, the welfare of primates in zoos and research facilities has gained increasing attention. This interdisciplinary work features contributors from many of the fields involved and those on both sides of the issue, thus providing an exhaustive overview of primate welfare. Readers from animal welfare science, primatology, animal testing, veterinary medicine, conservation to ethics and legislation will find this an important account.

Author : Loretta A. Cormier,Pauline E. Jolly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315414874

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The Primate Zoonoses by Loretta A. Cormier,Pauline E. Jolly Pdf

This book offers an accessible and up-to-date reference on primate zoonoses. Recent years have witnessed a rise in human diseases zoonotically transferred from animals, with wild primates implicated in the spread of numerous newly emerging infections. The authors go beyond simply providing an inventory of diseases, helping readers to understand how and why they are transmitted. Important consideration is given to the contemporary cultural and ecological factors involved.

Author : Shirley C. Strum,Linda Marie Fedigan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0226777545

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Primate Encounters by Shirley C. Strum,Linda Marie Fedigan Pdf

A study of primatology, discussing its history, the scientists in the field, and the issues that have shaped its development, particularly gender, technology, and the media.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780444538673

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Evolution of the Primate Brain by Anonim Pdf

This volume of Progress in Brain Research provides a synthetic source of information about state-of-the-art research that has important implications for the evolution of the brain and cognition in primates, including humans. This topic requires input from a variety of fields that are developing at an unprecedented pace: genetics, developmental neurobiology, comparative and functional neuroanatomy (at gross and microanatomical levels), quantitative neurobiology related to scaling factors that constrain brain organization and evolution, primate palaeontology (including paleoneurology), paleo-anthropology, comparative psychology, and behavioural evolutionary biology. Written by internationally-renowned scientists, this timely volume will be of wide interest to students, scholars, science journalists, and a variety of experts who are interested in keeping track of the discoveries that are rapidly emerging about the evolution of the brain and cognition. Written by internationally renowned scientists, this timely volume will be of wide interest to students, scholars, science journalists, and a variety of experts who are interested in keeping track of the discoveries that are rapidly emerging about the evolution of the brain and cognition

Author : Matthew J. Ravosa,Marian Dagosto
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387335070

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Primate Origins: Adaptations and Evolution by Matthew J. Ravosa,Marian Dagosto Pdf

This book provides a novel focus on adaptive explanations for cranial and postcranial features and functional complexes, socioecological systems, life history patterns, etc. in early primates. It further offers a detailed rendering of the phylogenetic affinities of such basal taxa to later primate clades as well as to other early/recent mammalian orders. In addition to the strictly paleontological or systemic questions regarding Primate Origins, the editors concentrate on the adaptive significance of primate characteristics. Thus, the book provides the broadest possible perspective on early primate phylogeny and the adaptive uniqueness of the Order Primates.

Author : Urs Kalbitzer,Katharine M. Jack
Publisher : Springer
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319982854

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Primate Life Histories, Sex Roles, and Adaptability by Urs Kalbitzer,Katharine M. Jack Pdf

Professor Linda M. Fedigan, Member of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, has made major contributions to our understanding of the behavioural ecology of primates. Furthermore, Linda Fedigan pioneered and continues to advance scholarship on the role of women in science, as well as actively promoting the inclusion of women in the academy. A symposium in honour of her career was held in Banff (Alberta, Canada) in December 2016, during which former and current students and collaborators, as well as scientists with similar research interests, presented and discussed their work and their connections to Linda Fedigan. These presentations and discussions are here presented as chapters in this festschrift. The original works presented in this book are organized around four major research areas that have been greatly advanced and influenced by Linda Fedigan: Primate life histories Sex roles, gender, and science Primate-environment interactions Primate adaptation to changing environments

Author : Bozzano G Luisa
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483288505

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Primate Adaptation and Evolution by Bozzano G Luisa Pdf

Primate Adaptation and Evolutionis the only recent text published in this rapidly progressing field. It provides you with an extensive, current survey of the order Primates, both living and fossil. By combining information on primate anatomy, ecology, and behavior with the primate fossil record, this book enables students to study primates from all epochs as a single, viable group. It surveys major primate radiations throughout 65 million years, and provides equal treatment of both living and extinct species. ï Presents a summary of the primate fossilsï Reviews primate evolutionï Provides an introduction to the primate anatomyï Discusses the features that distinguish the living groups of primatesï Summarizes recent work on primate ecology

Author : Richard G. Cutler,Henry Rodriguez
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9812389970

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Critical Reviews of Oxidative Stress and Aging by Richard G. Cutler,Henry Rodriguez Pdf

This two-volume reference examines the translational research field of oxidative stress and ageing. It focuses on understanding the molecular basis of oxidative stress and its associated age-related diseases, with the goal of developing new methods for treating the human ageing processes.

Author : Alfred L. Rosenberger
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691189512

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New World Monkeys by Alfred L. Rosenberger Pdf

A comprehensive account of the origins, evolution, and behavior of South and Central American primates New World Monkeys brings to life the beauty of evolution and biodiversity in action among South and Central American primates, who are now at risk. These tree-dwelling rainforest inhabitants display an unparalleled variety in size, shape, hands, feet, tails, brains, locomotion, feeding, social systems, forms of communication, and mating strategies. Primatologist Alfred Rosenberger, one of the foremost experts on these mammals, explains their fascinating adaptations and how they came about. New World Monkeys provides a dramatic picture of the sixteen living genera of New World monkeys and a fossil record that shows that their ancestors have lived in the same ecological niches for up to 20 million years—only to now find themselves imperiled by the extinction crisis. Rosenberger also challenges the argument that these primates originally came to South America from Africa by floating across the Atlantic on a raft of vegetation some 45 million years ago. He explains that they are more likely to have crossed via a land bridge that once connected Western Europe and Canada at a time when many tropical mammals transferred between the northern continents. Based on the most current findings, New World Monkeys offers the first synthesis of decades of fieldwork and laboratory and museum research conducted by hundreds of scientists.