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Theropithecus: The Rise and Fall of a Primate Genus »
Authors: Nina G. Jablonski
ISBN-13: 9780521018494, ISBN-10: 0521018498
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: July 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Nina G. Jablonski
Book Synopsis
This unique volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date examination of all aspects of the biology of the Old World monkey genus, Theropithecus, which evolved alongside our human ancestors.
Table of Contents
| List of Contributors | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| 1 | Introduction | 3 |
| Pt. I | Fossil evidence and phylogeny | |
| 2 | Theropithecus darti from the Hadar Formation, Ethiopia | 15 |
| 3 | Evolution of Theropithecus in the Turkana Basin | 85 |
| 4 | Are Papio baringensis R. Leakey, 1969, and P. quadratirostris lwamoto, 1982, species of Papio or Theropithecus? | 125 |
| 5 | Theropithecus fossils from Africa and India and the taxonomy of the genus | 157 |
| 6 | Theropithecus from Ternifine, Algeria | 191 |
| 7 | The Phylogeny of Theropithecus | 209 |
| Pt. II | Biogeography and evolutionary biology | |
| 8 | Climate change, biogeography and Theropithecus | 227 |
| 9 | African terrestrial primates: the comparative evolutionary biology of Theropithecus and the Hominidae | 245 |
| Pt. III | Anatomy of the fossil and living species of Theropithecus | |
| 10 | Allometric aspects of skull morphology in Theropithecus | 273 |
| 11 | Evolution of the masticatory apparatus in Theropithecus | 299 |
| 12 | Dental microwear and diet in extant and extinct Theropithecus: preliminary analyses | 331 |
| 13 | The development and microstructure of the dentition of Theropithecus | 351 |
| 14 | Postcranial anatomy of extant and extinct species of Theropithecus | 383 |
| Pt. IV | Behaviour and ecology of living and fossil species of Theropithecus | |
| 15 | Social organization of the gelada | 425 |
| 16 | The ecology of Theropithecus gelada | 441 |
| 17 | Food digestion and energetic conditions in Theropithecus gelada | 453 |
| 18 | Socioecology of the extinct theropiths: a modelling approach | 465 |
| 19 | Ecological energetics and extinction of giant gelada baboons | 487 |
| Appendix I: A partial catalogue of fossil remains of Theropithecus | 499 | |
| Appendix II: Conservation status of the gelada | 527 | |
| Index | 533 |
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