Reconstructing Behavior in the Primate Fossil Record

Pp. xi, 437; numerous text-figures (graphs, cladograms, and line-drawings). Color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. This volume contains 11 chapters by noted authorities in the field on the topic of reconstructing various aspects of primate behavior from diet to social systems. The evidence for the reconstructions is based on models of adaptation, ontogenetic analyses, paleo-environmental and paleo-community analyses, experimental functional analysis and comparative socioecology. No ownership marks and no signs of use.