The Ape in the Tree

The Ape in the Tree

Author: Alan Walker

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780674016750

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Detailing the unfolding discovery of a crucial link in our evolution, this book is written in the voice of Walker, whose involvement with Proconsul began when his graduate supervisor analyzed the tree-climbing adaptations in the arm and hand of this extinct creature. Today, Proconsul is the best-known fossil ape in the world.


Tree of Origin

Tree of Origin

Author: Frans B. M. de Waal

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-07-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0674033027

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How did we become the linguistic, cultured, and hugely successful apes that we are? Our closest relatives--the other mentally complex and socially skilled primates--offer tantalizing clues. In Tree of Origin nine of the world's top primate experts read these clues and compose the most extensive picture to date of what the behavior of monkeys and apes can tell us about our own evolution as a species. It has been nearly fifteen years since a single volume addressed the issue of human evolution from a primate perspective, and in that time we have witnessed explosive growth in research on the subject. Tree of Origin gives us the latest news about bonobos, the make love not war apes who behave so dramatically unlike chimpanzees. We learn about the tool traditions and social customs that set each ape community apart. We see how DNA analysis is revolutionizing our understanding of paternity, intergroup migration, and reproductive success. And we confront intriguing discoveries about primate hunting behavior, politics, cognition, diet, and the evolution of language and intelligence that challenge claims of human uniqueness in new and subtle ways. Tree of Origin provides the clearest glimpse yet of the apelike ancestor who left the forest and began the long journey toward modern humanity.


The Case of the Monkeys That Fell from the Trees

The Case of the Monkeys That Fell from the Trees

Author: Susan E. Quinlan

Publisher: Astra Publishing House

Published: 2010-08-01

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1590787757

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NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book Why would several monkeys suddenly fall from the trees? How do tiny frogs make deadly poisons? Why are passionvines so difficult to find? These are some of the mysteries explored in this fascinating nonfiction picture book. Why do certain plants harbor hordes of biting ants? What kind of creature pollinates an odd-looking flower? Each of the eleven ecological mysteries in this book follow scientists as they track down clues, set up curious experiments, and ultimately discover some of the surprising and hidden connections that make tropical forests so fascinating—and so fragile. Carefully researched illustrations help readers visualize tropical forests, diverse plants and animals, and the details of each mystery.


The Primate Family Tree

The Primate Family Tree

Author: Ian Redmond

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781554079643

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A full-color, illustrated guide to over 270 species of primates with range maps, classification charts, and information on diet and habitat, global distribution of primate species, and major characteristics.


Eating Apes

Eating Apes

Author: Dale Peterson

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 0520243323

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Annotation As Jane Goodall never fails to mention, "bush meat is the greatest conservation crisis in my lifetime." This book documents in text and photographs how wild animals in the Congo Basin, particularly the Great Apes but also chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas, are slaughtered and used for human consumption.


Ape in a Cape

Ape in a Cape

Author: Fritz Eichenberg

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1952

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780156078306

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An assortment of animals introduce the letters of the alphabet.


Monkeys and Apes Coloring Book

Monkeys and Apes Coloring Book

Author: John Green

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-08-21

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13: 0486257983

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Forty-two anatomically correct renderings of primates — chimpanzee, gibbon, orangutan, gorilla, Barbary ape, bushbaby, many more. Descriptive captions, coloring information for each royalty-free illustration.


Apes and Human Evolution

Apes and Human Evolution

Author: Russell H. Tuttle

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2014-02-17

Total Pages: 1089

ISBN-13: 0674073169

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In this masterwork, Russell H. Tuttle synthesizes a vast research literature in primate evolution and behavior to explain how apes and humans evolved in relation to one another, and why humans became a bipedal, tool-making, culture-inventing species distinct from other hominoids. Along the way, he refutes the influential theory that men are essentially killer apes—sophisticated but instinctively aggressive and destructive beings. Situating humans in a broad context, Tuttle musters convincing evidence from morphology and recent fossil discoveries to reveal what early primates ate, where they slept, how they learned to walk upright, how brain and hand anatomy evolved simultaneously, and what else happened evolutionarily to cause humans to diverge from their closest relatives. Despite our genomic similarities with bonobos, chimpanzees, and gorillas, humans are unique among primates in occupying a symbolic niche of values and beliefs based on symbolically mediated cognitive processes. Although apes exhibit behaviors that strongly suggest they can think, salient elements of human culture—speech, mating proscriptions, kinship structures, and moral codes—are symbolic systems that are not manifest in ape niches. This encyclopedic volume is both a milestone in primatological research and a critique of what is known and yet to be discovered about human and ape potential.