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Perspectives in Primate Biology

The present volume is the result of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Montaldo, Turin (Italy), between the 7 and 19 June 1972. The aim of the Study Institute has been the development of a general philosophy for the science of Primatology. Lecturers were selected from those scientists deeply in...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Chiarelli, A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1974, 1974
Edition:1st ed. 1974
Series:Advances in Behavioral Biology
Subjects:
Zoology
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Play: The Fountainhead of Competence and Creativity?
  • The Evolution of Human Intelligence
  • Qualitative Differences in Learning in Relation to Brain Development
  • The Relative Intelligence of the Great Apes
  • Individual Differences among Nonhuman Primates
  • Readiness to Attend to Visual Foreground Clues: An Ecological Adaptation?
  • Learning and Language
  • Learning and Transmission of Proto-Cultural Behaviors
  • Summary
  • Principles of Primate Group Organization
  • Numerical Data
  • The Use of Space
  • Social Mechanisms
  • Role Analysis
  • Group Function
  • Nonhuman Primates: A Vulnerable Resource
  • Users and Traders of Primate Animals
  • Activities Supporting Resource Management and Control
  • Economics and Politics of Conservation in Practice
  • Appeal for Conservation of Nonhuman Primates
  • List of Contributors
  • How Chromosomes May Change in Number and in Morphology
  • The Karyotype of Primates
  • Chromosomes of the Prosimians
  • Chromosomes of the New World Monkeys
  • Chromosomes of the Old World Monkeys
  • Chromosomes of the Anthrapoid Apes and the Origin of the Human Karyotype
  • An Attempt to Revise the Classification of the Old World Monkeys and to Interpret Their Phylogenesis on the Basis of Karyological Data
  • Immunogenetics of Primates
  • Immunological Systems
  • M Factor
  • N Factor
  • The Fhenotypes
  • The Genetic Pattern
  • Parantigens and Paratypes
  • Histo-Compatibility Antigens
  • Conclusion
  • Comparative Virology in Primates
  • Capture and Holding in Exporting Country
  • Shipment
  • Importation
  • Virus Infections
  • Conclusions
  • Comparative Primate Learning and Its Contributions to Understanding Development, Play, Intelligence, and Language
  • The Need for a Valid Comparative Behavioral Primatology and Psychology
  • Social Behavior Primatology and Adult Competence
  • Embryogenesis in vitro: An Experimental Model for the Understanding of Reproductive Physiology and Development in Mammals
  • in vitro Fertilization
  • in vitro Capacitation of Epididymal Spermatozoa
  • in vitro Maturation of Follicular Oocytes
  • Discussion
  • Summary
  • Comparative Neuroanatomy of Prosimian Primates: Some Basic Concepts Bearing on the Evolution of Upright Locomotion
  • Basic Structure of Nerve Tissue
  • to the Problem
  • Sensory Centers and Pathways Related to Posture
  • The Cerebellum
  • Motor Centers and Pathways
  • Discussion and Summary
  • Outline of a Primate Visual System
  • Optical Characteristics of the Macaque Eye
  • Structure and Activity of the Retina
  • Optic Nerve
  • Geniculo-Cortical Pathway
  • Color Coding
  • Beyond the Striate Cortex
  • Retino-Tectal System
  • Overview of the Macaque Visual System
  • Comparisons with Other Primates
  • The Study of Chromosomes
  • The Importance of Chromosomes in Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Study

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