Table of Contents

1. Taxonomic List of Extant Primates 2. Notes about Taxonomy 3. A History and Objectives of Primatology 4. Survey of Living Primates 5. Skull 6. Brain 7. Teeth 8. Postcranial Skeleton 9. Sense Organs and Viscera 10. Placentation and Early Development 11. Reproductive Organs, Reproduction and Grooup 12. Chromosomes and Bloodgroups 13. Molecular Primatology 14. Primate Genomics 15. Conclusion and a Glance at the Future

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About the Author

Dr. Friderun Ankel-Simons is Retired Adjunct Associate Professor in Duke University’s Department of Evolutionary Anthropology. She has been a distinguished professor of Human and Primate Biology, Anatomy, Osteology, Histology, Genetics, Behavior, and Anthropology at the Universities of Giessen, Copenhagen, Zurich, Kiel, Brown, Yale, North Carolina, and Duke. She obtained her Doctorate of Natural Sciences (DSc) from the University of Giessen, Germany. Her research interests include primate anatomy, morphology, locomotion, genetics and genomics, behavior, and conservation. She has written three prior editions of Primate Anatomy.