The Missing Lemur Link: An Ancestral Step in the Evolution of Human Behaviour

Ivan Norscia (Universita degli Studi, Pisa),Elisabetta Palagi (Universita degli Studi, Pisa)

The Missing Lemur Link: An Ancestral Step in the Evolution of Human Behaviour
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
9 June 2016
Pages
300
ISBN
9781107016088

The Missing Lemur Link: An Ancestral Step in the Evolution of Human Behaviour

Ivan Norscia (Universita degli Studi, Pisa),Elisabetta Palagi (Universita degli Studi, Pisa)

Lemurs share a common distant ancestor with humans. Following their own evolutionary pathway, lemurs provide the ideal model to shed light on the behavioural traits of primates including conflict management, communication strategies and society building and how these aspects of social living relate to those found in the anthropoid primates. Adopting a comparative approach throughout, lemur behaviour is cross-examined with that of monkeys, apes and humans. This book reviews and expands upon the newest fields of research in lemur behavioural biology, including recent analytical approaches that have so far been limited to studies of haplorrhine primates. Different methodological approaches are harmonised in this volume to break conceptual walls between both primate taxa and different disciplines. Through a focus on the methodologies behind lemur behaviour and social interactions, future primate researchers will be encouraged to produce directly comparable results.

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