Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Primates: Meet Your Relatives

2. The Study of Primate Behavior

3. Primate Ecology and Behavior: Common Features

4. The Strepsirrhine Suborder

5. The Lorisiform Infraorder: Strepsirrhines in the Dark

6. Lorisiform Variation: Leapers and Creepers

7. The Lemuriform Infraorder: Island Refuge

8. Lemuriform Variation: The Night Life

9. Lemuriform Variation in the Light of Day

10. The Tarsioid Suborder: Common Features and Variation

11. The Anthropoid Suborder: Monkeys and Apes

12. The Platyrrhine Infraorder: New World Monkeys

13. Platyrrhine Variation: Atelids and Pitheciids

14. Platyrrhine Variation: Cebids

15. Cebines: Squirrel Monkeys and Capuchins

16. The Catarrhine Infraorder: Old World Monkeys and Apes

17. The Cercopithecoid Superfamily: Old World Monkeys

18. Cercopithecoid Variation: Leaf Eaters and Cheek Pouchers

19. A Cercopithecine Tribe: the Guenons

20. A Cercopithecine Tribe: the Papionins

21. Genus Papio: the Real Baboons

22. The Hominoid Superfamily: Apes Small and Large

23. Great Apes of Asia: Orangutans

24. Great Apes of Africa: Gorillas

25. Great Apes of Africa: Common Chimpanzees

26. Bonobos: Lightweight Chimpanzees

27. Human Origins: the Last Common Ancestor

28. Early Hominin Evolution: the Australopiths

29. Our Evolutionary Heritage: The Primate in Us

30. Primate Conservation: Will Any Be Left?

About the Author

Glenn E. King is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University, USA.

Reviews

"The book links evolution in the past to the present; for example, selective pressures from millions of years ago limit current evolutionary potential. This topic will be helpful for primate evolution classes ... Most importantly, the book is written in a cogent manner. Overall, it illustrates how humans understand the characteristics of non-human primates. Unlike other volumes that comprise chapters written by multiple authors, this volume benefits from a single voice and vision."- L. K. Sheeran, Central Washington University“Primate Behavior and Human Origins supports this comprehensive approach to a full appreciation of primatology by showing the reader why fieldwork matters for understanding our primate relatives, why laboratory and zoo work matter, and why the lack of any of these is detrimental or even counterproductive to fully understanding primate behavior and how it informs our understanding of human origins.”- Michael Beran, PhD, Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director of the Language Research Center at Georgia State Univerity

"King has produced a much needed, up to date, and highly readable undergraduate text. His lively and engaging book is a terrific introduction to the natural history of primates."- W. Scott McGraw, Ohio State University"This book is an excellent introduction for undergraduate students. The key steps of human evolution emerge against a background of adaptations observed in non-human primate societies. The book is comprehensive and up-to-date. It is easy to read thanks to the original and enjoyable writing style of the author. Recommended!"- Giuseppe Donati, Oxford Brookes University"Most importantly, the book is written in a cogent manner. Overall, it illustrates how humans understand the characteristics of non-human primates. Unlike other volumes that comprise chapters written by multiple authors, this volume benefits from a single voice and vision. Summing Up: Recommended."- L. K. Sheeran, Central Washington University in CHOICE