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Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins

:	John G. Fleagle, Christopher C. Gilbert
:	John G Fleagle, Christopher C. Gilbert
:	Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9780387738963
:	1
:	CHF 115.60
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:	Zoologie
:	English

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For nearly a half century, Dr. Simons has dominated the study of primate evolution. This volume summarizes the current state of knowledge in many aspects of primate and human evolution that have been studied by Simons and his colleagues and place it in a broader paleontological and historical perspective. The book contains the results of new research as well as reviews of many of the critical issues in primate and human evolution during the last half of the twentieth century.

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 prestigious Charles R. Darwin Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

	Preface	6
	Contents	8
	Contributors	11
	The Life of a Scientist	15
	Introduction to the Festschrift	16
	Elwyn LaVerne Simons	19
	A Personal Reminiscence of Elwyn	24
	Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark	30
	Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark	45
	Human Evolution and the Challenge of Creationism	51
	The Fayum and Other Fossil Adventures	56
	Five Decades in the Fayum	59
	Geology, Paleoenvironment, and Age of Birket Qarun Locality 2 ( BQ- 2), Fayum Depression, Egypt	79
	Eocene and Oligocene Mammals of the Fayum, Egypt	95
	Early Evolution of Whales	114
	The Basicranial Anatomy of African Eocene/ Oligocene Anthropoids. Are There Any Clues for Platyrrhine Origins?	132
	Paleontological Exploration in Africa	166
	Return to Dor al-Talha	188
	Revisiting Haritalyangar, the Late Miocene Ape Locality of India	204
	Revisiting Primate Postcrania from the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar	218
	A Haplorhine First Metatarsal from the Middle Eocene of China	236
	New Data on Loveina (Primates: Omomyidae) from the early Eocene Wasatch Formation and Implications for Washakiin Relationships	250
	The Behavioral Ecology of our Earliest Hominid Ancestors	265
	Primates from Madagascar and Elsewhere	286
	Decades of Lemur Research and Conservation	288
	Low Fetal Energy Deposition Rates in Lemurs	316
	Old Lemurs	324
	Peculiar Tooth Homologies of the Greater Bamboo Lemur ( Prolemur = Hapalemur simus)	340
	How Big were the ‘‘Giant’’ Extinct Lemurs of Madagascar?	348
	Ghosts and Orphans	366
	Vicariance vs. Dispersal in the Origin of the Malagasy Mammal Fauna	401
	On the Brink of Extinction	413
	Subject Index	447