Primate PatternsPhyllis Dolhinow |
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... evolutionary investigations should dominate biology as they did in the nineteenth century , but we believe that they should be a useful part of biological science . THEORY The present theory of evolution has been clearly stated by ...
... evolutionary investigations should dominate biology as they did in the nineteenth century , but we believe that they should be a useful part of biological science . THEORY The present theory of evolution has been clearly stated by ...
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... evolution is the result of selection for the bio- logical base of successful behaviors of populations . Because the nervous system is a coordinating system , to view its evolution in isolation from the adapting animal of which it is a ...
... evolution is the result of selection for the bio- logical base of successful behaviors of populations . Because the nervous system is a coordinating system , to view its evolution in isolation from the adapting animal of which it is a ...
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... evolution , which should help in the interpretation of adaptive trends . Whether in the New World or the Old World , brains associated with stereoscopic color vision and reduction in the sense of smell ( and related systems ) have evolved ...
... evolution , which should help in the interpretation of adaptive trends . Whether in the New World or the Old World , brains associated with stereoscopic color vision and reduction in the sense of smell ( and related systems ) have evolved ...
Contents
Preface | 8 |
Introduction | 16 |
The Behavior of the Mountain Gorilla | 85 |
Copyright | |
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activity adaptation adult females adult males aggressive behavior approach attack baboons bark brain Cercopithecus changes chimpanzee communication complex context copulation crab-eating macaques DeVore display dominance hierarchy dominant male estrous female evolution example feeding feet field studies forest forms frequently gestures gorilla grooming grunting habitat hamadryas hamadryas baboons Harlow hierarchy home range Hugo van Lawick human important India Indian langurs individual infant interactions Japanese macaques juvenile Kaukori troop Kenya Kovu lips living Macaca macaques mammals mating monkey or ape monkeys and apes mother move movements National Geographic Society nest nonhuman primates normal observed occur Old World monkeys Orcha patas patas monkeys patterns play possible predators present primate behavior prosimians rank relationships rhesus macaques rhesus monkeys role sexual signal silver-backed male similar situations social behavior social group species structure subadult male subordinate threat threatened tion trees usually variability vocalizations Washburn young