From kangaroos and koalas to the giant "Diprotodon" and bizarre "thingodontans," prehistoric mammals evolved within the changing and sometimes harsh environments of Australia. As part of Gondwana, Australia was the first landmass to be isolated from the supercontinent Pangaea. In "Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea, " four respected paleontologists present a history of the development of modern mammals from the unique evolutionary environment of Australia and New Guinea. The authors describe both what is known about prehistoric Australian mammals and what can be reconstructed from the fossil evidence about their appearance and behaviors.

This accessible reference work offers facts about how each mammal got its name and provides a description of how the fossil mammal resembles its modern descendants. Over 200 four-color illustrations enhance the text, which describes the age, diet, and habitat of these extinct mammals. The authors also detail how each mammal evolved and is now classified. Diagrams showing skeletal features and tooth structure and a glossary of technical terms are also included.

Beihefte zum Tubinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, Reiche A/27, 1987. Tubingen.

De tous les temps le Singe a inquiete: sa ressemblance avec l'homme rend son animalite ambigue. La primatologie analyse, sous tous leurs aspects, les liens et les differences entre les Anthropoides et l'Homme. La psychologie animale a sa part dans cette analyse. Paul Guillaume et Ignace Meyerson publient de 1930 a 1937, dans le Journal de psychologie, Recherches sur l'usage de l'instrument chez les singes, articles reunis ici en un seul volume. A partir de 1927, a l'Institut Pasteur et au Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, avec un materiel tres reduit, evitant tout dressage, Guillaume et Meyerson ont essaye d'etablir une double echelle de niveau en correspondance: niveaux d'intelligence animale; types d'experiences marquant les traits principaux de ces niveaux. Ces articles constituent donc une etape historique dans la connaissance du comportement des Singes. Ils sont aussi et surtout une oeuvre de reference pour les chercheurs contemporains, mieux prepares a saisir la portee de ces travaux, tant sur le plan cognitif qu'evolutif.

Proceedings of the 19th annual meeting of the International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissues, held August 1991, in Willemstad, Curacao. Among the topics: the field of bioengineering; the oxygen molecule and its course from air to cell; the problem of diffusion in lung, blood, and tissue; patho"

Consolidates the information presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop held at the U. of Salamanca, Spain in September 1991, at which leading scientists working on the cochlear nucleus presented and discussed their recent results. The studies presented in this volume reemphasize the current k

The Natural History of the Doucs and Snub-nosed Monkeys provides a comprehensive introduction to the biology of some of the rarest and least-known nonhuman primates. Virtually unstudied and unknown until 20 years ago, the doucs and snub-nosed monkeys occupy some of the most remote habitats of eastern Asia and exhibit some of the most unusual adaptations of any nonhuman primates. The volume provides detailed information on these rare Asian primates that will be useful to practitioners of evolutionary biology, field and laboratory primatology, systematics, field ecology, and conservation biology.

Marine mammals are among the most interesting and threatened species on Earth. This CD-ROM gives a complete overview of all sea mammals of the world with detailed full-colour drawings and spectacular underwater photographs as well as sound recordings for most species. Included also are an interactive identification key and distribution maps, and an illustrated glossary defining more than 250 scientific terms; the entire text is hyperlinked. Marine Mammals of the World is a must for teachers, whale and dolphin watchers, environmentalists, and ocean lovers everywhere.

Marine mammals are among the most interesting and threatened species on Earth. This CD-ROM gives a complete overview of all sea mammals of the world with detailed full-colour drawings and spectacular underwater photographs as well as sound recordings for most species. Also included are an interactive identification key, distribution maps, and an illustrated glossary defining more than 250 scientific terms; the entire text is hyperlinked. Marine Mammals of the World is a must for teachers, whale and dolphin watchers, environmentalists, and ocean lovers everywhere.

Based on actual data of Soviet whaling, and reliable methodologies that existed at the time when this monograph was written, it examines the distribution and migration patterns of whales of the Southern Ocean. It defines distinct populations on the basis of phenes, as well as whale breeding zones, which are located in the adjacent to the Southern Ocean waters at lower latitudes. The book records the presence of a new species of killer whale in the Southern Ocean - Orcinus nana. Prenatal growth patterns, pregnancy and lactation duration, mean sizes of new-born whales are determined. Methods for the graphic recording of registering structures are described, and an original method for their decoding is proposed to determine animal age. The age of sexual and physical maturity, life expectancy is determined. Earlier unknown "pair formations" on the lower jaw of baleen whales and sperm whales are described, together with their macro, histological and electronic microscopic structure. The impact of the extermination of whales on the Southern Ocean ecosystem is examined, recommendations for control of the current state of whale populations are given, and perspectives of whale population recovery are estimated. Regions that could be used as testing areas for whale registration method are defined. The book is intended for biologist-cytologists, ecologists and other specialists interested in cetaceans, and for biology students.