Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates: Ecological, Physical, and Behavioral Aspects: 48 (Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology, Series Number 48) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521858372 ISBN 13: 9780521858373

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates focuses on evolutionary perspectives of the complex interactions between the environment, food sources, physiology and behaviour in primates. This highly interdisciplinary volume provides a benchmark to assess dietary alterations that affected human evolution by putting the focus on the diet of hominid primates. It also offers a fresh perspective on the behavioural ecology of the last common ancestor by integrating corresponding information from both human and non-human primates. The potential of innovations of applied biotechnology are also explored to set new standards for future research on feeding ecology, and new information on feeding ecology in humans, apes and other primates is synthesized to help refine or modify current models of socioecology. By taking a comparative view, this book will be interesting to primatologists, anthropologists, behavioural ecologists and evolutionary biologists who want to understand better non-human primates, and the primate that is us.

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'... deeply impressed by the wealth of information presented in this book.' Mammalian Biology

Book Description:

Feeding Ecology in Apes and Other Primates explores the relationships between food, behaviour and nutrition in our closest living relatives and ourselves to draw conclusions about how our own ancestors may have evolved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521858372
• ISBN 13: 9780521858373
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 540
• Editor: Hohmann Gottfried, Robbins Martha M., Boesch Christophe