Primater

This volume provides insight into gibbon diet and community ecology, the mating system and reproduction, and conservation biology, all topics which represent areas of substantial …

First published in 1997, Primate Cognition was a groundbreaking and highly successful book that set the agenda for a new field of study. Borrowing theoretical constructs and …

Launching a new series, Monographs in Behavior and Ecology, this work is an intensive study of five species of New World monkeys--all omnivores with a diet of fruit and small prey. …

The Metaphysics of Apes, first published in 2005, traces the discovery and interpretation of the human-like great apes and the ape-like earliest ancestors of present-day humans. It …

Poltergeist s a very strange phenomenon. Knocking on walls. The levitating of inanimate objects. And a weird, disembodied voice uttering its startling, and entirely bizarre musings …

The concept of this book arises from a symposium entitled "e;Human-Macaque Interactions: Traditional and Modern Perspectives on Cooperation and Conflict "e; organized at …

When most people think of Texas, Bigfoot is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. Tales of the Alamo, cowboys, oil tycoons, and legendary football games are more likely …

Spider monkeys are one of the most widespread New World primate genera, ranging from southern Mexico to Bolivia. Although they are common in zoos, spider monkeys are traditionally …

The Visible Monkey is the first trial to obtain high-quality and real-color sectioned images of a rhesus monkey’s whole body (intervals, 0.05 mm (head) and 0.5 mm (body except …

This book provides a series of compelling evidence that shows that humans have innate fear of snakes. Building on the previous studies on the Snake Detection Theory (SDT), the …