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Classification and Human Evolution
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Classification and Human Evolution
Sherwood L. Washburn, Sherwood L. Washburn
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This volume reviews the meaning of taxonomic statements and considers our present knowledge regarding the number and characteristics of species among living and extinct primates, including man and his ancestors. They also examine the relationship of behaviour changes and selection pressures in evolutionary sequences.
First published in 1964.
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INDEX
A
Adaptive radiation, 25, 190
Affectional behavior, in monkeys and apes, 294ā96
Affinities, of living hominoids, 25
African apes, 23
Age changes, in classification of Primates, 89ā93
Agonistic behavior, in monkeys and apes, 283
Alarm and avoidance, in monkeys and apes, 287ā90
Allison, A. C, 250
Allometry, 122
Allopatric species, 51
Altmann, S., 301, 308, 309
Amadon, E., 52
Amino-acid sequences, 244
Anagenesis, 352ā57
Anfinsen, C. B., 204, 267
Antoniades, H. N., 208
Apidium: comparison of, with Oreo-pithecus, 152; specimens of, 21
Ashton, E. H., 59, 79, 185, 186
Atlanthropus, 8
Australopithecus, 8, 24, 29; behavior of, 197; pelvis of, 198
Avis, V., 187, 192, 312, 321
B
Behavior: and ecology, 301ā316; in monkeys and apes, 273ā97; and taxonomy, 314ā16
Bailey, P., 133
Bakemeier, R. F., 254
Bamann, E., 112
Barnett, C. H., 182, 183
Bastock, M., 290
Bender, M. A., 235
Benzer, S., 247
Bernard, C, 50
Biegen, J., 118, 121, 124, 125, 134, 138, 139
Biochemical Evolution, 243
Bipedal locomotion, 321; origin of human, 186
Blackith, R. E., 57, 59, 60
Body size, of Oreopithecus, 147
Bolk, L., 86, 93
Bolwig, N., 278, 284, 291, 295, 313
Bonin, G. von, 133
Bone, E. L., 64
Booth, A. H., 290, 302, 314, 316
Bopp, P., 287
Bordes, F., 184
Borsook, H., 260
BourliĆØre, F., 307
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