Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins
John G. Fleagle and Christopher C. Gilbert, Editors
For nearly a half century, Dr. Elwyn Simons has dominated the study of primate evolution. This volume summarizes the current state of knowledge in many aspects of primate and human evolution that have been studied by Simons and his colleagues and places it in a broader paleontological and historical perspective.
A Search for Origins contains the results of new research and reviews of many of the critical issues in primate and human paleontology during the last half of the twentieth century as well as other aspects of African paleontology, geology, and primate conservation.
The chapters include a wide range of important new works that are valuable contributions to the field of physical anthropology and are certain to be widely cited and used in teaching. The authors of this text are an extremely distinguished group of international authorities on all aspects of primate evolution, human evolution, and primate behavior.

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John G Fleagle; Christopher C Gilbert; Elwyn L Simons

John G. Fleagle, Christopher C. Gilbert, editors

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Developments in primatology: progress and prospects, New York, 2007

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Papers presented at a festschrift held Sept. 16-17, 2005, in Durham, N.C., on the occasion of Simons's 75 birthday, with some additional contributions. Cf. Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Publications by Elwyn Simons through 2006": p. 429-443.

Elwyn Simons has held professional appointments at Yale University (1960-1977), Duke University (1977-present), and was the Director of the Duke Primate Center (1977-1991) and Scientific Director (1991-2001). He has authored nearly 300 scientific publications and is the holder of many high honors. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, as well as many other professional associations. He was elected a'Knight of the National Order'by the government of Madagascar and has been the recipient of many awards including the prestigious Charles R. Darwin Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. For nearly a half century, Dr. Simons has dominated the study of primate evolution. The volume aims to summarize the current state of knowledge in many aspects of primate and human evolution that have been studied by Simons and his colleagues and place it in a broader paleontological and historical perspective. The volume will contain the results of new research and reviews of many of the critical issues in primate and human evolution during the last half of the twentieth century and well as aspects of African paleontology and primate conservation in Madagascar. The authors are an extremely distinguished group of international authorities on all aspects of primate and human evolution and primate behavior. Although linked primarily by their connection to Simons'own career, the chapters will include a wide range of important new works that will be valuable contributions to the field of physical anthropology and paleontology and are certain to be widely cited and used in teaching. Several of the papers (Simons et al., Wing et al., Seiffert et al., Gingerich, O'Conner) will be broad reviews of the history of research and discoveries in the fossil deposits of the Fayum, Egypt that have formed the background of our understanding of anthropoidevolution for over a century and will be important researchers for students and researchers in primate evolution and African paleontology. Similarly, broad reviews of the history of primate paleontology and human evolution (Rasmussen, Pilbeam, Wood; Sussman and Hart) will be essential reading in courses in primate and human evolution as well as the history of physical anthropology. Other authors will describe new research results on early anthropoid fossils from Egypt (Kay and Simons) Tanzania (Stevens) and Myanmar (Gunnell and Ciochon). The chapter by John Oakley, Professor of Law at the University of California addresses the challenges to the teaching of evolution in schools- both public and universities world wide. Another major focus of several chapters will be the primates of Madagascar. Two chapters will be reviews of the extraordinary radiation of fossil lemurs (Godfrey et al, Jungers et al.). Two will review the behavior and conservation of living lemurs (Taylor and Wright) and the chapter by Tattersall will bridge the two major sections of the book by discussing about the biogeographic history of Malagasy mammals.

Elwyn Simons has held professional appointments at Yale University (1960-1977), Duke University (1977-present), and was the Director of the Duke Primate Center (1977-1991) and Scientific Director (1991-2001). He has authored nearly 300 scientific publications and is the holder of many high honors. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, as well as many other professional associations. He was elected a "Knight of the National Order" by the government of Madagascar and has been the recipient of many awards including the prestigious Charles R. Darwin Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. For nearly a half century, Dr. Simons has dominated the study of primate evolution. The volume summarizes the current state of knowledge in many aspects of primate and human evolution that have been studied by Simons and his colleagues and place it in a broader paleontological and historical perspective. Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins contains the results of new research and reviews of many of the critical issues in primate and human evolution during the last half of the twentieth century as well as aspects of African paleontology and primate conservation in Madagascar. The authors are an extremely distinguished group of international authorities on all aspects of primate and human evolution and primate behavior. Although linked primarily by their connection to Simons’ own career, the chapters include a wide range of important new works that are valuable contributions to the field of physical anthropology and paleontology and are certain to be widely cited and used in teaching. Several of the papers (Simons et al., Wing et al., Seiffert et al., Gingerich, O’Conner) are broad reviews of the history of research and discoveries in the fossil deposits of the Fayum, Egypt that have formed the background of our understanding of anthropoid evolution for over a century and will be important researchers for students and researchers in primate evolution and African paleontology. Similarly, broad reviews of the history of primate paleontology and human evolution (Rasmussen, Pilbeam, Wood; Sussman and Hart) will be essential reading in courses in primate and human evolution as well as the history of physical anthropology. Other authors describe new research results on early anthropoid fossils from Egypt (Kay and Simons) Tanzania (Stevens) and Myanmar (Gunnell and Ciochon). The chapter by John Oakley, Professor of Law at the University of California addresses the challenges to the teaching of evolution in schools- both public and universities world wide. Another major focus of several chapters are the primates of Madagascar. Two chapters are reviews of the extraordinary radiation of fossil lemurs (Godfrey et al, Jungers et al.). Two review the behavior and conservation of living lemurs (Taylor and Wright) and the chapter by Tattersall bridges the two major sections of the book by discussing about the biogeographic history of Malagasy mammals.

Introduction To The Festschrift / Fredericka B. Oakley -- Elwyn Laverne Simons : A Very Personal View / Friderun Ankel-simons -- A Personal Reminiscence Of Elwyn / David Pilbeam -- Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark : The Making Of A Paleoanthropologist / Bernard Wood -- Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark : Personal Recollections Of Le Gros / Elwyn Simons -- Human Evolution And The Challenge Of Creationism : A Speech Given At Duke University, September 16, 2005 / John B. Oakley -- Five Decades In The Fayum / Elwyn Simons ... [et Al.] -- Geology, Paleoenvironment, And Age Of Birket Qarun Locality 2 (bq-2), Fayum Depression, Egypt / Erik R. Seiffert ... [et Al.] -- Eocene And Oligocene Mammals Of The Fayum, Egypt / Elwyn Simons -- Early Evolution Of Whales : A Century Of Research In Egypt / Philip D. Gingerich -- The Basicranial Anatomy Of African Eocene/oligocene Anthropoids : Are There Any Clues For Platyrrhine Origins? / Richard F. Kay, Elwyn Simons And Jennifer L. Ross -- Paleontological Exploration In Africa : A View From The Rukwa Rift Basin Of Tanzania / Nancy J. Stevens ... [et Al.] -- Return To Dor Al-talha : Paleontological Reconnaissance Of The Early Tertiary Of Libya / D. Tab Rasmussen ... [et Al.] -- Revisiting Haritalyangar, The Late Miocene Ape Locality Of India / Rajeev Patnaik -- Revisiting Primate Postcrania From The Pondaung Formation Of Myanmar : The Purported Anthropoid Astragalus / Gregg F. Gunnell And Russell L. Ciochcon -- A Haplorhine First Metatarsal From The Middle Eocene Of China / Daniel L. Gebo ... [et Al.] -- New Data On Loveina (primates: Omomyidae) From The Early Eocene Wasatch Formation And Implications For Washakiin Relationships / Patricia A. Holroyd And Suzanne G. Strait -- The Behavioral Ecology Of Our Earliest Hominid Ancestors / R.w. Sussman And Donna Hart -- Decades Of Lemur Research And Conservation : The Elwyn Simons Influence / Patricia C. Wright -- Low Fetal Energy Deposition Rates In Lemurs : Another Energy Conservation Strategy / Chris Tilden -- Old Lemurs : Preliminary Data On Behavior And Reproduction From The Duke University Primate Center / Linda Taylor -- Peculiar Tooth Homologies Of The Greater Bamboo Lemur (prolemur = Hapalemur Simus) : When Is A Paracone Not A Paracone? / Jukka Jernvall, Christopher C. Gilbert And Patricia C. Wright -- How Big Were The Giant Extinct Lemurs Of Madagascar? / William L. Jungers, Brigitte Demes And Laurie R. Godfrey -- Ghosts And Orphans : Madagascar's Vanishing Ecosystems / Laurie R. Godfrey ... [et Al.] -- Vicariance Vs. Dispersal In The Origin Of The Malagasy Mammal Fauna / Ian Tattersall -- On The Brink Of Extinction : Research For The Conservation Of The Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey (rhinopithecus Avunculus) / Herbert H. Covert, Le Khac Quyet And Barth W. Wright. John G. Fleagle, Christopher C. Gilbert, Editors. Papers Presented At A Festschrift Held Sept. 16-17, 2005, In Durham, N.c., On The Occasion Of Simons's 75 Birthday, With Some Additional Contributions. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Publications By Elwyn Simons Through 2006: P. 429-443.

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to the Festschrift ....Pages 3-5
Elwyn LaVerne Simons....Pages 7-11
A Personal Reminiscence of Elwyn....Pages 13-18
Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark....Pages 19-33
Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark....Pages 35-40
Human Evolution and the Challenge of Creationism....Pages 41-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-49
Five Decades in the Fayum....Pages 51-70
Geology, Paleoenvironment, and Age of Birket Qarun Locality 2 (BQ-2), Fayum Depression, Egypt....Pages 71-86
Eocene and Oligocene Mammals of the Fayum, Egypt....Pages 87-105
Early Evolution of Whales....Pages 107-124
The Basicranial Anatomy of African Eocene/Oligocene Anthropoids. Are There Any Clues for Platyrrhine Origins?....Pages 125-158
Paleontological Exploration in Africa....Pages 159-180
Return to Dor al-Talha....Pages 181-196
Revisiting Haritalyangar, the Late Miocene Ape Locality of India....Pages 197-210
Revisiting Primate Postcrania from the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar....Pages 211-228
A Haplorhine First Metatarsal from the Middle Eocene of China....Pages 229-242
New Data on Loveina (Primates: Omomyidae) from the early Eocene Wasatch Formation and Implications for Washakiin Relationships....Pages 243-257
The Behavioral Ecology of our Earliest Hominid Ancestors....Pages 259-279
Front Matter....Pages 281-282
Decades of Lemur Research and Conservation....Pages 283-310
Low Fetal Energy Deposition Rates in Lemurs....Pages 311-318
Front Matter....Pages 281-282
Old Lemurs....Pages 319-334
Peculiar Tooth Homologies of the Greater Bamboo Lemur (Prolemur = Hapalemur simus)....Pages 335-342
How Big were the “Giant” Extinct Lemurs of Madagascar?....Pages 343-360
Ghosts and Orphans....Pages 361-395
Vicariance vs. Dispersal in the Origin of the Malagasy Mammal Fauna....Pages 397-408
On the Brink of Extinction....Pages 409-427
Back Matter....Pages 429-460

For nearly a half century, Dr. Simons has dominated the study of primate evolution. This volume summarizes the current state of knowledge in many aspects of primate and human evolution that have been studied by Simons and his colleagues and place it in a broader paleontological and historical perspective. The book contains the results of new research as well as reviews of many of the critical issues in primate and human evolution during the last half of the twentieth century.

"For nearly a half century, Dr. Elwyn Simons has dominated the study of primate evolution. This volume summarizes the current state of knowledge in many aspects of primate and human evolution that have been studied by Simons and his colleagues and places it in a broader paleontological and historical perspective."--Jacket

Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.12.2007

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