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Size and Scaling in Primate Biology (Hardcover, 1985 ed.)
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Size and Scaling in Primate Biology (Hardcover, 1985 ed.)
Series: Advances in Primatology
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In very general terms, "scaling" can be defined as the structural
and func tional consequences of differences in size (or scale)
among organisms of more or less similar design. Interest in certain
aspects of body size and scaling in primate biology (e. g.,
relative brain size) dates to the turn of the century, and
scientific debate and dialogue on numerous aspects of this general
subject have continued to be a primary concern of primatologists,
physical an thropologists, and other vertebrate biologists up to
the present. Indeed, the intensity and scope of such research on
primates have grown enormously in the past decade or so.
Information continues to accumulate rapidly from many different
sources, and the task of synthesizing the available data and
theories on any given topic is becoming increasingly formidable. In
addition to the formal exchange of new ideas and information among
scientific experts in specific areas of scaling research, two of
the major goals of this volume are an assessment of our progress
toward understanding various size-related phe nomena in primates
and the identification of future prospects for continuing advances
in this realm. Although the subject matter and specific details of
the issues considered in the 20 chapters that follow are very
diversified, all topics share the same fundamental and unifying
biological theme: body size variation in primates and its
implications for behavior and ecology, anatomy and physiology, and
evolution."
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