Life of Primates.

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Introduction to the biology of non-human primates - our closest living relatives with evolutionary histories that are simultaneously linked with and independent of our own, leading to a startling diversity of species and lifeways. Covers the living diversity of primates, their evolutionary origins and the relationships among living and fossil species, the social and ecological pressures selecting for anatomical/physiological and cognitive adaptations, the structures of their communities, and the existential threats faced by non-human primate species in a human-impacted world.