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an old student of dr.paterson's
i used this book in dr.paterson's class all those years ago and it was very helpful with our primate studies at the calgary zoo- ... Read more

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Hardbound. Primate Brain Maps is a major new publication for the neurosciences. Published as a hard-cover book with accompanying CD-ROM, it will not only be an invaluable tool and reference work for everyone working in primate brain research, but also a unique source of information for all those in the fields of neuroanatomy and neuroinformatics. Features include:

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• A history of primate brain atlases from Serres (1824) to Paxinos et al. (1999), and a thorough survey of the 30 most comprehensive primate brain atlases of the twentieth century, from tree shrew to chimpanzee.
• Methods and nomenclature (NeuroNames™) used in the preparation of Primate Brain Maps.
• 58 labelled coronal sections at 1mm intervals from the brain of Macaca fascicularis, with photomicrographs of their associated Nissl-stains.
• 4 labelled maps of the cortical surface.
• Quantitative co ... Read more

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This book contains selected presentations on lemurs made at the 17th IPS Congress in 1998. The chapters highlight new and exciting developments in lemur research, touching several important fields from conservation to theoretical aspects of behavioral ecology, as well as nutrition and public education. This volume also presents an important landmark for the advancement of Malagasy scientists. ... Read more

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Chimpanzees, with their family and community life, group politics, and manual abilities, fascinate humans and provide up with many clues to our own evolution. In captivity, some chimpanzees have been taught to communicate using sign language or symbols. Such achievements, however, are little more than tricks compared to the remarkable skills they show in their own wild environment. Chimpanzees explores the lives of the chimpanzees and describes the differences between two species--the common chimpanzee and the pygmy chimpanzee, also known as the bonobo. The chapters cover: the daily life of chimpanzees, traveling, foraging, and socializing in their forest habitat; the stages of a young chimpanzee's development; the importance of experience in successful motherhood; the controlling hierarchy of male and female behavior, particularly in mating strategies; how chimpanzees use tools to solve problems of daily life; how they work as a team for hunting and protection; and how they use their social intelligence. With its lively narrative style, attractive design, and appealing photographs Chimpanzees informs and delights the reader. The intriguing world of our closest animal cousins, the chimpanzees, is explored in this richly detailed text and collection of superb photographs. From the intricacies of social organization and mating strategies to the making and using of tools, Chimpanzees builds a lively picture of the lives of these remarkable creatures. Author Tamsin Constable uses the latest research, new case studies, and her own observations of their everyday activities and interactions to provide this account. Packed with fascinating facts and extraordinary photographs, this book is one of three titles in a series about our primate relatives. ... Read more

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The thalamus is the last frontier in brain research. It is the least studied region, most likely because it is very complex. The thalamus and basal ganglia are better characterized in nonhuman primates, and this information can be extrapolated to the human thalamus. This atlas can be used for identification of the thalamic nuclei in neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological studies and for guiding probes into the target nuclei during stereotactic surgery in nonhuman primates.The atlas consists of two parts: (1) a book with approximately 30 representative sagittal histological plates corresponding to nuclear outlines and identification; and (2) an interactive CD-ROM containing approximately 85 color-coded maps. The CD-ROM serves to enhance the images in the book by showing three-dimensional interrelationships between the different planes. ... Read more

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This book aims to explain the intelligence of monkeys and apes, and the huge brain expansion that marked human evolution. In 1988, Machiavellian Intelligence was the first book to assemble the early evidence suggesting a new answer: that the evolution of intellect was primarily driven by selection for manipulative, social expertise within groups where the most challenging problem faced by individuals was dealing with their companions. Since then a wealth of new information and ideas has accumulated. This new book will bring readers up to date with the most important developments, extending the scope of the original ideas and evaluating them empirically from different perspectives. It is essential reading for reseachers and students in many different branches of evolution and behavioral sciences, primatology and philosophy. ... Read more

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Does for theory what the 1988 volume did for ethnography
Collected as a self-conscious extension of the 1988 work edited by Byrne and Whiten, "Machiavellian Intelligence: Social Expertise and the Evolution of Intellect in Monkeys, Apes, and Humans," this volume contains 14 articles. In spite of the explosion of empirical research sparked by the 1988 volume, this collection does not emphasize a review of this new work. Instead, one is left with the impression that this collection is heavily weighted toward theory and speculation.

My evaluation of this collection is that it contains less extension and more refinement of the 1988 presentation. The contributions in this volume tend to limit the grosser conclusions of the earlier work while refining the Machiavellian intelligence concept more precisely.

Only a few of the articles warrant specific note, in my opinion. I found Hauser's article on deception to be of value, especially in its careful distinction between functional and intentional deception. Whiten's review of theory of mind research holds promise for anyone interested in that subject. The three empirical articles, Russon's on exploiting expertise, Menzel's on foraging, and Barton and Dunbar on encephalization quotients, also make significant contributions.

New theoretical speculations regarding evolutionary triggers include brain modularity, technical expertise, sexual competition, and language left me wishing for more data and less speculation. Only the Boehm chapter on egalitarian behavior and intelligence seemed to warrant a second reading.

My advice is to skip this book and go straight to Sternberg and Kaufman's collection "The Evolution of Human Intelligence" (2001) or Corballis and Lea's "The Descent of Mind" (1999). ... Read more

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This fascinating primate study, conducted in the Amboseli National Park in Kenya, focuses on the nature and extent of external influences on the lives of the baboon mothers and their infants. By understanding their environment the author was able to access what determines issues such as mortality, relationships, individual differences as well as maternal care and infant development. ... Read more

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This best-selling classic tells the story of one of the world's greatest scientific adventures. Jane Goodall was a young secretarial school graduate when the legendary Louis Leakey chose her to undertake a landmark study of chimpanzees in the wild. In the Shadow of Man is an absorbing account of her early years at Gombe Stream Reserve, telling us of the remarkable discoveries she made as she got to know the chimps and they got to know her. This paperback edition, illustrated with 80 photographs, includes an introduction by Stephen Jay Gould and a postscript by Goodall.During Goodall's forty years of studying chimpanzees, she has become one of the world's most honored scientists. She tells of the later years in THROUGH A WINDOW, also available in Mariner paperback. AFRICA IN MY BLOOD: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN LETTERS tells the story, through her letters, of childhood through the early years at Gombe. ... Read more

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This is behavioral science done correctly
Jane Goodall is a unique undividual whose work should be studied by those who think that the animal rights people don't have a clue. Her efforts at gaining the trust of chimpanzee's in their natural habitat have spauned a host of up-and-comers who will continue to carry her work to the next level.

Goodall distinguished herself by sitting in the bush on a daily basis until the local chimpanzee tribal members came close enough to make physical contact with her. That an English woman scientist would journey to Tanzania to engage in this type of research is unusual and certainly puts her at "the top of her class".

She follows the lives and behavior patterns of her subjects until her research sounds like a Michener novel with its generational emphasis and timelines of family heritage. Within this effort she follows each subsequent offspring through each of their successive cycles from birth and death.

What is fascinating is how she describes personality differences, the kind that come from hard-coded genetic diffences, the same as we find in human individuals. The mating behavior sounds like something out of "Cosmopolitan". The squabbles and fighting behavior could be that of any large Homo Sapien family. While Chimp's aren't on the same intellectual level as humans they certainly come closer than any other species. Jane Goodall deserves every accolade she gets for bringing us a lens through which to observe another geneological line of a species that has developed from our common ancestors.

Her work suggests that we should rethink our medical research toward more humane treatment of these animals whose behavior is too similar to ours to ignore. This is an excellent book.

An amazing woman!
Jane Goodall is such an ambassador for chimpanzees and all other life on this planet. Her hard work, insights, and drive are to be admired! This book is her beginning and a must read for everyone. She is a truly amazing woman!

Great Reading
I read this book a long time ago and have looked into it many times since. It's an entertaining read that teaches us not just about chimpanzees but also about human nature and behavior. If you pay attention to this book, you'll be a better person for it!

A Great Book!
Reading this book has changed my life. I better know now who I am and why I am. The chimpanzee in the wild is a remarkable mirror.

Shadow of Man Review
The book In the Shadow of Man I found in the begginig to kind of boring. Just because the book was kind of slow moving at first. It talked a little bit about her childhood, and how she got to Africa. I didn't find it very exciting then. I wanted to get right to the action. Then in the middle of the book it got really exciting, because Jane Goodall talks about how she finally got to have some real interactions with the chimps, instead of them always running away from her, and keeping a safe distance. Also how she would feed them bannanas, and she gets married and things like that. So the rest of the book from the middle on I found prettie interesting and exciting. And if you like animals and are ok with a boring beggining to a book, but an exciting middle and finish, then I would reccomend this book to you. I liked it a little bit, but it wasn't my favorite book, but that's just me. Check it out for yourself, and see what you think! ... Read more

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The first major and most comprehensive synthesis of results from ecological, naturalistic behavioral, comparative psychological and humanoid language research on apes since the classic work, The Great Apes, by Robert M. and Ada Yerkes in 1929. Based on more than 1,360 references from scientific journals, monographs, symposium volumes and other public sources, the book contains a wealth of current information on the taxonomy, ecology, postural and locomotive behavior, natural communications, anmd social behavior of the apes. Topical discussions in the book are organized to show the extent of progress, including the development of new research questions, and the way our views of apes have changed as new information has become available since 1929. ... Read more

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Wonderful Book!!
Lots of information and the largest collection of pictures of primates I've ever seen in one source. Has Prosimians, New World Monkey and Old World Monkeys. This book discusses the differences and similarities of all the groups and uses illustrations to show anatomicaldifferences. Great book in a great series. I bought this for a primate class in school and it was the best book I've ever bought! ... Read more

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This is a careful study of obstetrical mechanics in monkeys, apes, and extinct hominids in order to understand the present crisis in human reproduction. Current obstetrical problems have an anthropological origin. Cesarean section, almost unknown at the beginning of the century, is now considered necessary in more than 25% of deliveries. By studying the evolution of anatomical structures and the mode of delivery among other primates, strong reasons are apparent for the present crisis in human labor and delivery. This unique study points the way to further evolution of the human birth process. ... Read more

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Comparative studies have become both more frequent and more important as a means for understanding the biology, behavior, and evolution of mammals. Primates have complex social relationships and diverse ecologies, and represent a large species radiation. This book draws together a wide range of experts from diverse fields, such as reproductive biology and foraging energetics, to place recent field research into a synthetic perspective. The chapters tackle controversial issues in primate biology and behavior, including the role of brain expansion and infanticide in the evolution of primate behavioral strategies. The volume also presents an overview of comparative methodologies as applied to recent primate research. ... Read more

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A comprehensive guide to organizations and individuals involvedin primate research, conservation, and education. Divided into fiveorganizational sections and four indexes, it is an invaluable andeasy-to-use resource for educators, researchers, librarians, students,and the general public.The sections provide detailed listings for -major primate centers, laboratories, educational programs, foundations,conservation agencies, and sanctuaries, arranged geographically -current and ongoing primate field studies world-wide - groups involvedwith managing nonhuman primate populations, both in the wild and incaptivity - professional societies of primatologists, including themembership roster of the International Primatological Society - themajor sources of information for anyone interested in primates andprimatologists, such as Internet sites, serial publications,informational groups, government agencies, resources for animalexchange, bibliographical and audiovisual resources, sources ofsupplies for animal care, and resources for education and employment inprimatology.The four indexes provide quick alphabetical access toparticular subjects, names of organizations, species, and names ofpersons.

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A must-have for those interested in Primate Studies
This is one of the very few print resources available for those seeking information in this field. The data is comprehensive, listing organizations and institutions by species, area of study and interest, and even a name index for those involved in the field. While it can be tedious to get though all of the dense information, this guide is really the only thing I have found that allows schools and organizations to unambiguously list the types of investigations they pursue as well as the goals and philosophies behind their work and research. An absolute necessity for those looking to pursue post-secondary education in the field. ... Read more