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9780387738963
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Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
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Elwyn Simons has held professional appointments at Yale University (1960-1977), Duke University (1977-present), and was the Director of the Duke Primate Center (1977-1991) and Scientific Director (1991-2001). He has authored nearly 300 scientific publications and is the holder of many high honors. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, as well as many other professional associations. He was elected a "Knight of the National Order" by the government of Madagascar and has been the recipient of many awards including the pres
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Includes bibliographical references and index -- "Publications by Elwyn Simons through 2006": p. 429-443
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Front Matter; Introduction to the Festschrift; Elwyn LaVerne Simons; A Personal Reminiscence of Elwyn; Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark; Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark; Human Evolution and the Challenge of Creationism; Five Decades in the Fayum; Geology, Paleoenvironment, and Age of Birket Qarun Locality 2 (BQ-2), Fayum Depression, Egypt; Eocene and Oligocene Mammals of the Fayum, Egypt; Early Evolution of Whales; The Basicranial Anatomy of African Eocene/Oligocene Anthropoids. Are There Any Clues for Platyrrhine Origins?; Paleontological Exploration in Africa; Return to Dor al-Talha
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Revisiting Haritalyangar, the Late Miocene Ape Locality of IndiaRevisiting Primate Postcrania from the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar; A Haplorhine First Metatarsal from the Middle Eocene of China; New Data on Loveina (Primates: Omomyidae) from the early Eocene Wasatch Formation and Implications for Washakiin Relationships; The Behavioral Ecology of our Earliest Hominid Ancestors; Decades of Lemur Research and Conservation; Low Fetal Energy Deposition Rates in Lemurs; Old Lemurs; Peculiar Tooth Homologies of the Greater Bamboo Lemur (Prolemur = Hapalemur simus)
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How Big were the "Giant" Extinct Lemurs of Madagascar?Ghosts and Orphans; Vicariance vs. Dispersal in the Origin of the Malagasy Mammal Fauna; On the Brink of Extinction; Back Matter
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Introduction to the festschrift
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A personal reminiscence of Elwyn
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Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark : the making of a paleoanthropologist
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Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark : personal recollections of Le Gros
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Human evolution and the challenge of creationism : a speech given at Duke University, September 16, 2005
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Five decades in the Fayum
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Geology, paleoenvironment, and age of Birket Qarun Locality 2 (BQ-2), Fayum Depression, Egypt
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Eocene and Oligocene mammals of the Fayum, Egypt
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Early evolution of whales : a century of research in Egypt
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The basicranial anatomy of African Eocene/Oligocene anthropoids : are there any clues for platyrrhine origins?
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Paleontological exploration in Africa : a view from the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania
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Return to Dor al-Talha : paleontological reconnaissance of the early Tertiary of Libya
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Revisiting Haritalyangar, the late Miocene ape locality of India
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Revisiting primate postcrania from the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar : the purported anthropoid astragalus
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A haplorhine first metatarsal from the Middle Eocene of China
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New data on Loveina (Primates: Omomyidae) from the early Eocene Wasatch Formation and implications for washakiin relationships
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The behavioral ecology of our earliest hominid ancestors
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Decades of lemur research and conservation : the Elwyn Simons influence
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Low fetal energy deposition rates in lemurs : another energy conservation strategy
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Old lemurs : preliminary data on behavior and reproduction from the Duke University Primate Center
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Peculiar tooth homologies of the greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur = Hapalemur simus) : when is a paracone not a paracone?
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How big were the "giant" extinct lemurs of Madagascar?
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Ghosts and orphans : Madagascar's vanishing ecosystems
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Vicariance vs. dispersal in the origin of the Malagasy mammal fauna
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On the brink of extinction : research for the conservation of the Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus)
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780387738956
Weitere Ausg.:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Fleagle, John G. Elwyn Simons: a search for origins New York, NY : Springer, 2008 ISBN 9780387738956
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780387738963
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Biologie
DOI:
10.1007/978-0-387-73896-3
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