Theropithecus
Nina G. Jablonski
Professor and Head Department Anthropology at Penn State
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Theropithecus: The Rise and Fall of a Primate
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CONTRIBUTORS
A. David Beynon
David Dean
Eric Delson
Robin I. Dunbar
Gerald Eck
Roberta A. Foley
Robert Hoffstetter
Toshitaka Iwamoto |
Nina G. Jablonski
Hartmut B. Krentz
Meave G. Leakey
Phyllis C. Lee
Robert D. Martin
Martin Pickford
Daris R. Swindler
Mark F. Teaford
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction
Nina G. Jablonski
PART I FOSSIL EVIDENCE AND PHYLOGENY
Chapter 2 Theropithecus darti from the Hadar Formation, Ethiopia
Gerald
G. Eck
Chapter 3 Evolution of Theropithecus in the Turkana Basin
Meave G. Leakey
Chapter 4 Are Papio baringensis R. Leakey, 1969, and P.
quadratirostris Iwamoto, 1982, species of Papio or Theropithecus?
Eric Delson and David Dean
Chapter 5 Theropithecus fossils from Africa and India and the
taxonomy of the genus
Eric Delson
Chapter 6 Theropithecus from Ternifine, Algeria
Eric Delson and Robert Hoffstetter
Chapter 7 The phylogeny of Theropithecus
Nina G. Jablonski
PART II BIOGEOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Chapter 8 Climate change, biogeography and Theropithecus
Martin Pickford
Chapter 9 African terrestrial primates: the comparative evolutionary
biology of Theropithecus and the Hominidae
R.A. Foley
PART III ANATOMY OF THE FOSSIL AND LIVING SPECIES OF THEROPITHECUS
Chapter 10 Allometric aspects of skull morphology in Theropithecus
Robert D. Martin
Chapter 11 Evolution of the masticatory apparatus in Theropithecus
Nina G. Jablonski
Chapter 12 Dental microwear and diet in extant and extinct
Theropithecus: preliminary analyses
Mark F. Teaford
Chapter 13 The development and microstructure of the dentition of
Theropithecus
Daris R. Swindler and A. David Beynon
Chapter 14 Postcranial anatomy of extinct and extant species of
Theropithecus
Hartmut B. Krentz
PART IV BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY OF LIVING AND FOSSIL SPECIES OF
THEROPITHECUS
Chapter 15 Social organisation of the Gelada
R.I.M. Dunbar
Chapter 16 The ecology of Theropithecus gelada
Toshitaka Iwamoto
Chapter 17 Food digestion and energetic conditions in Theropithecus
gelada
Toshitaka Iwamoto
Chapter 18 Socioecology of the extinct Theropiths: a modelling
approach
R.I.M. Dunbar
Chapter 19 Ecological energetics and extinction of giant gelada
baboons
P.C. Lee and R.A. Foley |
Suggested Citation:
JABLONSKI, NINA G. (ed.).1993. Theropithecus: The Rise and Fall of a
Primate Genus. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 552 pp. |
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