Title Elwyn Simons : a search for origins / John G. Fleagle, Christopher C. Gilbert, editors

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 460 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Developments in primatology Developments in primatology. Contents Introduction to the festschrift / Fredericka B. Oakley -- Elwyn LaVerne Simons : a very personal view / Friderun Ankel-Simons -- A personal reminiscence of Elwyn / David Pilbeam -- Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark : the making of a paleoanthropologist / Bernard Wood -- Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark : personal recollections of Le Gros / Elwyn Simons -- Human evolution and the challenge of creationism : a speech given at Duke University, September 16, 2005 / John B. Oakley -- Five decades in the Fayum / Elwyn Simons [and others] -- Geology, paleoenvironment, and age of Birket Qarun Locality 2 (BQ-2), Fayum Depression, Egypt / Erik R. Seiffert [and others] -- Eocene and Oligocene mammals of the Fayum, Egypt / Elwyn Simons -- Early evolution of whales : a century of research in Egypt / Philip D. Gingerich -- The basicranial anatomy of African Eocene/Oligocene anthropoids : are there any clues for platyrrhine origins? / Richard F. Kay, Elwyn Simons and Jennifer L. Ross -- Paleontological exploration in Africa : a view from the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania / Nancy J. Stevens [and others] -- Return to Dor al-Talha : paleontological reconnaissance of the early Tertiary of Libya / D. Tab Rasmussen [and others] -- Revisiting Haritalyangar, the late Miocene ape locality of India / Rajeev Patnaik -- Revisiting primate postcrania from the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar : the purported anthropoid astragalus / Gregg F. Gunnell and Russell L. Ciochcon -- A haplorhine first metatarsal from the Middle Eocene of China / Daniel L. Gebo [and others] -- New data on Loveina (Primates: Omomyidae) from the early Eocene Wasatch Formation and implications for washakiin relationships / Patricia A. Holroyd and Suzanne G. Strait -- The behavioral ecology of our earliest hominid ancestors / R.W. Sussman and Donna Hart -- Decades of lemur research and conservation : the Elwyn Simons influence / Patricia C. Wright -- Low fetal energy deposition rates in lemurs : another energy conservation strategy / Chris Tilden -- Old lemurs : preliminary data on behavior and reproduction from the Duke University Primate Center / Linda Taylor -- Peculiar tooth homologies of the greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur = Hapalemur simus) : when is a paracone not a paracone? / Jukka Jernvall, Christopher C. Gilbert and Patricia C. Wright -- How big were the "giant" extinct lemurs of Madagascar? / William L. Jungers, Brigitte Demes and Laurie R. Godfrey -- Ghosts and orphans : Madagascar's vanishing ecosystems / Laurie R. Godfrey [and others] -- Vicariance vs. dispersal in the origin of the Malagasy mammal fauna / Ian Tattersall -- On the brink of extinction : research for the conservation of the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) / Herbert H. Covert, Le Khac Quyet and Barth W. Wright Summary Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins John G. Fleagle and Christopher C. Gilbert, Editors For nearly a half century, Dr. Elwyn Simons has dominated the study of primate evolution. This volume summarizes the current state of knowledge in many aspects of primate and human evolution that have been studied by Simons and his colleagues and places it in a broader paleontological and historical perspective. A Search for Origins contains the results of new research and reviews of many of the critical issues in primate and human paleontology during the last half of the twentieth century as well as other aspects of African paleontology, geology, and primate conservation. The chapters include a wide range of important new works that are valuable contributions to the field of physical anthropology and are certain to be widely cited and used in teaching. The authors of this text are an extremely distinguished group of international authorities on all aspects of primate evolution, human evolution, and primate behavior Analysis evolutie evolution zoology levenswetenschappen life sciences Biology (General) Biologie (algemeen) Notes Papers presented at a festschrift held Sept. 16-17, 2005, in Durham, N.C., on the occasion of Simons's 75 birthday, with some additional contributions. Cf. Pref Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index "Publications by Elwyn Simons through 2006": pages 429-443 Notes Print version record In Springer eBooks Subject Primates -- Evolution -- Congresses Primates, Fossil -- Congresses Paleontology -- Paleogene -- Congresses Primates -- Conservation -- Congresses Human evolution -- Congresses Mammals -- Evolution -- Congresses SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Primatology. NATURE -- Animals -- Primates. Primates, Fossil. Paleontology -- Paleogene. Primates -- Conservation. Human evolution. Mammals -- Evolution. Primates -- Evolution. Biomédecine. Sciences de la vie. Human evolution Mammals -- Evolution Paleogene Geologic Period Paleontology Primates -- Evolution Primates, Fossil Genre/Form proceedings (reports) Festschriften Conference papers and proceedings Conference papers and proceedings. Festschriften. Actes de congrès. Form Electronic book Author Fleagle, John G. Gilbert, Christopher C. Simons, Elwyn L. ISBN 9780387738963 0387738967 0387738959 9780387738956

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