Primates in History, Myth, Art, and Science
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Primates in History, Myth, Art, and Science

  1. 344 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Primates in History, Myth, Art, and Science

About this book

Non-human primates (hereafter just primates) play a special role in human societies, especially in regions where modern humans and primates co-exist. Primates feature in myths and legends and in traditional indigenous knowledge. Explorers observed them in the wild and brought them, at great cost, to Europe. There they were valued as pets and for display, their images featured in art and architecture, and where they were literally teased apart by scientists. The international team of contributors to this book draws these different perspectives together to show how primates helped humans better understand their own place in nature. The book will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students as well scholars in disciplines ranging from anthropology to art history.

Key features:

  • Includes contributions from an international team of historians and natural scientists
  • Integrates various perspectives and perceptions of non-human primates across time and place
  • Summarizes the place of non-human primates in science, art and culture
  • Includes rare early illustrations

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Yes, you can access Primates in History, Myth, Art, and Science by Cecilia Veracini,Bernard Wood in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Biology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781032710877
eBook ISBN
9781351981873
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Biology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Box Details
  7. Editors
  8. Contributors
  9. Box Details Contributors
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Introduction
  12. Section I Lore and Mythology of Non-human Primates since Antiquity
  13. Section II The Middle Ages and the Age of Exploration in Europe and in the Arab World
  14. Section III Modern Period (until Darwin)
  15. Chapter 10 Natural History of Non-human Primates in the 17th Century: Naturalists, Missionaries, Scientific Expeditions, and Trade
  16. Chapter 11 Natural History of Primates in the 18th–19th Centuries, before Darwin
  17. Chapter 12 The Natural History of Great Apes from Gesner to Huxley
  18. Section IV Our Place in Nature
  19. Chapter 13 The Contribution of Morphology to Darwin’s Understanding of the Genealogy of Modern Humans
  20. Chapter 14 How Old and New Lines of Evidence Have Contributed to Our Understanding of the Relationships among Modern Humans and the Great Apes: 1900–2023
  21. Glossary
  22. Index