Introduces students to primates through 34 essays written expressly for this volume by experts in their research areas. Contents include: PART I. THE NONHUMAN PRIMATES: WHO ARE THEY, WHERE ARE THEY, AND HOW ARE THEY DOING? - Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Primates - The Nonhuman Primates - The Apes - The Old World Monkeys - The New World Monkeys - The Prosimians - Distribution and Conservation of the Primates PART II. THE REALM OF PRIMATE BEHAVIOR - How Things Came to Be - The Primate Group - Behavioral and Biological Dimensions of the Life Span - The Mind - Primates in the Broader Context Contributors include: Walter Carl Hartwig, Don J Melnick, Todd R Disotell, Juan Carlos Morales, Caro-Beth Stewart, Thad Bartlett, Cheryl Knott, Michele Goldsmith, Barbara Fruth, Gottfried Hohmann, William C. McGrew, Fred B Bercovitch, Michael A Huffman, Janice Chism, Craig Kirkpatrick, Karen B Strier, Melissa Panger, Benjamin Z Freed, Lisa Gould, Sharon Gursky, Ardith A Eudey, Bruce P Wheatley, Rebecca Stephenson, Hiro Kurashina, Carey P Yeager, Scott C Silver, Lois K Lippold, Irwin S Bernstein, Agustin Fuentes, Phyllis Dolhinow, Craig B Stanford, Irwin S Bernstein, Elsworth Ray, MSM Pavelka, Michael L Power, Phyllis Dolhinow, Fred B Bercovitch, Sue Taylor Parker, Roger S Fouts, Deborah H Fouts, Linda Marie Fedigan, Shirley C Strum, Allisa Carter, Chris Carter.