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Species, Species Concepts and Primate Evolution
. Ed(S): Kimbel, William H.; Martin, Lawrence B.
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Hardback. Details the diversity of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches employed by primate evolutionary biologists and paleontologists. This book covers species concepts and their role in evolutionary theory, the speciation process and the biology of species differences among living primates. Editor(s): Kimbel, William H.; Martin, Lawrence B. Series: Advances in Primatology. Num Pages: 560 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVW79. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2170.
A world of categones devmd of spirit waits for life to return. Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift The stock-in-trade of communicating hypotheses about the historical path of evolution is a graphical representation called a phylogenetic tree. In most such graphics, pairs of branches diverge from other branches, successively marching across abstract time toward the present. To each branch is tied a tag with a name, a binominal symbol that functions as does the name given to an individual human being. On phylogenetic trees the names symbolize species. What exactly do these names signify? What kind of information is communicated when we ... Read more
A world of categones devmd of spirit waits for life to return. Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift The stock-in-trade of communicating hypotheses about the historical path of evolution is a graphical representation called a phylogenetic tree. In most such graphics, pairs of branches diverge from other branches, successively marching across abstract time toward the present. To each branch is tied a tag with a name, a binominal symbol that functions as does the name given to an individual human being. On phylogenetic trees the names symbolize species. What exactly do these names signify? What kind of information is communicated when we ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Primatology
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306442971
SKU
V9780306442971
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