Seasonality in Primates - Studies of Living and Extinct Human and Non-Human Primates (Hardcover)

The emergence of the genus Homo is widely linked to the colonization of new highly seasonal savannah habitats. However, until now, our understanding of the possible impact of seasonality on this shift has been limited because we have little general knowledge of how seasonality affects the lives of primates. This book documents the extent of seasonality in food abundance in tropical woody vegetation, and then presents systematic analyses of the impact of seasonality in food supply on the behavioural ecology of non-human primates. Syntheses in this volume then produce for the first time broad generalizations concerning the impact of seasonality on behavioural ecology and reproduction in both human and non-human primates, and apply these insights to primate and human evolution. Written for graduate students and researchers in biological anthropology and behavioural ecology, this is an absorbing account of how seasonality may have affected an important episode in our own evolution.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
Release date:	November 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Diane K. Brockman • Carel P. van Schaik
Dimensions:	236 x 160 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	606
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-82069-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > General
LSN:	0-521-82069-3
Barcode:	9780521820691

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