Primate Behavior and Human Origins

Glenn E. King is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University, USA.

Introduction

1. The Primates: Meet Your Relatives

2. The Study of Primate Behavior

3. Primate Ecology and Behavior: Common Features

4. The Strepsirrhine Suborder

5. The Lorisiform Infraorder: Strepsirrhines in the Dark

6. Lorisiform Variation: Leapers and Creepers

7. The Lemuriform Infraorder: Island Refuge

8. Lemuriform Variation: The Night Life

9. Lemuriform Variation in the Light of Day

10. The Tarsioid Suborder: Common Features and Variation

11. The Anthropoid Suborder: Monkeys and Apes

12. The Platyrrhine Infraorder: New World Monkeys

13. Platyrrhine Variation: Atelids and Pitheciids

14. Platyrrhine Variation: Cebids

15. Cebines: Squirrel Monkeys and Capuchins

16. The Catarrhine Infraorder: Old World Monkeys and Apes

17. The Cercopithecoid Superfamily: Old World Monkeys

18. Cercopithecoid Variation: Leaf Eaters and Cheek Pouchers

19. A Cercopithecine Tribe: the Guenons

20. A Cercopithecine Tribe: the Papionins

21. Genus Papio: the Real Baboons

22. The Hominoid Superfamily: Apes Small and Large

23. Great Apes of Asia: Orangutans

24. Great Apes of Africa: Gorillas

25. Great Apes of Africa: Common Chimpanzees

26. Bonobos: Lightweight Chimpanzees

27. Human Origins: the Last Common Ancestor

28. Early Hominin Evolution: the Australopiths

29. Our Evolutionary Heritage: The Primate in Us

30. Primate Conservation: Will Any Be Left?