Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• I Adaptation and Behaviour in the Primate Fossil Record
• Callum F. Ross, Charles A. Lockwood, John G. Fleagle and William L. Jungers
• Introduction
• Defining Adaptation
• Identifying Adaptations
• How Can Fossil Taxa be Used to Study Adaptation?
• Summary and Conclusions
• References
• 2 Functional Morphology and In Vivo Bone Strain Patterns in the Craniofacial Region of Primates: Beware of Biomechnical Stories about Fossil Bones
• William L. Hylander and Kirk R. Johnson
• Introduction
• In Vivo Bone Strain Patterns
• Discussion
• Conclusions
• References
• 3 On the Interface Between Ontogeny and Function
• Matthew J. Ravosa and Christopher J. Vinyard
• Introduction
• Ontogeny as a Criterion of Subtraction
• Biomechanical Scaling and Functional Equivalence
• Heterochrony
• Conclusions
• References
• 4 Dental Ontogeny and Life-History Strategies: The Case of the Giant Extinct Indroids of Madagascar
• Laurie R. Godfrey, Andrew J. Petto, and Michael R Sutherland
• Introduction
• Development and the Construction of he Behaviour and Life Histories of Extinct Primates
• Approaches and Methodologies
• Development and the Reconstruction of Behaviour in Extinct Primates
• Conclusions
• Appendix
• References
• 5 A Comparative Approach to Reconstructing the Socioecology of Extinct Primates
• Charles L Nunn and Carel P van Schaik
• Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• Worked Examples
• Discussion
• Conclusions
• Appendix
• References
• 6 The Use of Paleocommunity and Taphonomic Studies in Reconstructing Primate Behaviour
• Kaye E Reed
• Introduction
• The Comparative Method and Actualistic Studies in Paleoecology
• Fossil Assemblages
• Community Comparison
• Behavioural Ecology of Primates in Extant and Makapansgat Communities
• Evolution, Taphonomy and Community Paleoecology
• References
• 7 Reconstructing the Diets of Fossil Primates
• Peter Ungar
• Introduction
• Adaptive Signals for Diet in Primates
• Nonadaptive Signals for Diet in Primates
• Discussion
• Summary and Conclusions
• References
• 8. Reconstructing Social Behaviour from Dimorphism in the Fossil Record
• J Michael Plavcan
• Introduction
• Data
• Behavioural Variables
• Relations between Dimorphism and Behavioural Estimates
• Relations between Relative Canine Size and Competition Classifications
• Summary and Conclusions
• 9 The Adaptations of Branisella boliviana, the earliest South American Monkey
• Richard F Kay, Blythe A Williams and Federico Anaya
• Introduction
• Branisella boliviana, the earliest-known Platyrrhine Primate
• Summary and conclusions
• Appendix
• References
• 10 Ecomorphology and Behaviour of Giant Extinct Lemurs from Madagascar
• William L Jungers, Laurie R Godfrey, Elwyn L Simons, Roshna E Wunderlich, Brian G Richmond and Prithijit S Chatrath
• Introduction
• Body Size and Sexual Dimorphism
• Activity Cycles
• Oral Behaviours
• Positional Behaviour
• Summary
• Refernces
• 11 Conclusions: Reconstructing Behaviour in the Fossil Record
• J Michael Plavcan, Richard F Kay, William L Jungers and Carel P van Schaik
• Introduction
• The Comparative Approach
• Phylogeny
• Standard Error from Comparative Analyses
• Body Mass and Allometry
• Incomplete Extant Models
• Problems with Defining Behavious
• Multiples Lines of Evidence
• Conclusions
• References
• Subject Index