Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Dental anatomy; 3. Dental development; 4. The deciduous dentition; 5. Superfamily Lemuroidea; 6. Family Cebidae; 7. Family Cercopithecidae; 8. Hylobatidae; 9. Pongidae; Odontometric appendix; Dental eruption appendix; Glossary; References; Taxonomic index.

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A comprehensive and comparative reference work on the permanent and deciduous dentitions of extant primates.

About the Author

DARIS R. SWINDLER is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Washington, Seattle. His main research interests are in primate anatomy and dental studies of early primate dental development, comparative dental morphology and odontometrics of living and fossil primates, and Pacific dental anthropology. He has written or edited nine previous books including An Atlas of Primate Gross Anatomy: Baboon, Chimpanzee, and Man (1973) with C. D. Wood , The Dentition of Living Primates (1976), Systematics, Evolution and Anatomy: Comparative Primate Biology Vol. 1 (1986) with J. Erwin, Paleontologia Umana, Evoluzione, Addamento, Cultura (1996) with A. Drusini, and Introduction to the Primates (1998).

Reviews

' ... a very welcome addition to the literature on comparative primate dentition and is likely to be invaluable to researchers whose primary research interest is not in this area but who need a source of data for comparative purposes as well as being a useful reference text for those who work with primate teeth.' Primate Eye 'Swindler's book is a classic, and I am delighted to see this updated version come along. Students and researchers alike have always, and will for years to come, find it useful for its stated purpose - an introductory guide to primate dentitions.' J. Michael Plavcan, International Journal of Primatology '... an important reference work ...'. Human Evolution