Introduction
1. The Primates: Meet Your Relatives
2. The Study of Primate Behavior
3. Primate Ecology and Behavior: Common Features
4. The Strepsirrhine Suborder
5. The Lorisiform Infraorder: Strepsirrhines in the Dark
6. Lorisiform Variation: Leapers and Creepers
7. The Lemuriform Infraorder: Island Refuge
8. Lemuriform Variation: The Night Life
9. Lemuriform Variation in the Light of Day
10. The Tarsioid Suborder: Common Features and Variation
11. The Anthropoid Suborder: Monkeys and Apes
12. The Platyrrhine Infraorder: New World Monkeys
13. Platyrrhine Variation: Atelids and Pitheciids
14. Platyrrhine Variation: Cebids
15. Cebines: Squirrel Monkeys and Capuchins
16. The Catarrhine Infraorder: Old World Monkeys and Apes
17. The Cercopithecoid Superfamily: Old World Monkeys
18. Cercopithecoid Variation: Leaf Eaters and Cheek Pouchers
19. A Cercopithecine Tribe: the Guenons
20. A Cercopithecine Tribe: the Papionins
21. Genus Papio: the Real Baboons
22. The Hominoid Superfamily: Apes Small and Large
23. Great Apes of Asia: Orangutans
24. Great Apes of Africa: Gorillas
25. Great Apes of Africa: Common Chimpanzees
26. Bonobos: Lightweight Chimpanzees
27. Human Origins: the Last Common Ancestor
28. Early Hominin Evolution: the Australopiths
29. Our Evolutionary Heritage: The Primate in Us
30. Primate Conservation: Will Any Be Left?
Biography
Glenn E. King is Professor Emeritus in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University, USA.
"King has produced a much needed, up to date, and highly readable undergraduate text. His lively and engaging book is a terrific introduction to the natural history of primates."
- W. Scott McGraw, Ohio State University
"This book is an excellent introduction for undergraduate students. The key steps of human evolution emerge against a background of adaptations observed in non-human primate societies. The book is comprehensive and up-to-date. It is easy to read thanks to the original and enjoyable writing style of the author. Recommended!"
- Giuseppe Donati, Oxford Brookes University
"Most importantly, the book is written in a cogent manner. Overall, it illustrates how humans understand the characteristics of non-human primates. Unlike other volumes that comprise chapters written by multiple authors, this volume benefits from a single voice and vision. Summing Up: Recommended."
- L. K. Sheeran, Central Washington University in CHOICE
