99% Ape

How Evolution Adds Up

Edited by Jonathan Silvertown

We share 99 per cent of our genes with apes and even 66 per cent with a tasty grape. In "99% Ape: How Evolution Adds Up" leading experts provide a clear and accessible guide to ....

Alternative Reproductive Tactics

An Integrative Approach

Edited by Rui Oliveira, Michael Taborsky and H Jane Brockman

The study of alternative reproductive tactics (the behavioural strategies used by individuals to increase their reproductive success) is an evolutionary puzzle, and one ....

Analyzing Animal Societies

Quantitative Methods for Vertebrate Social Analysis

Hal Whitehead

Animals lead rich social lives. They care for one another, compete for resources, and mate. Within a society, social relationships may be simple or complex and usually vary ....

Animal Behaviour

An Evolutionary Approach

J Alcock

This new edition of Animal Behavior has once again been thoroughly rewritten with coverage of much recent work in animal behavior, while retaining the many successful ....

Animal Intelligence

From Individual to Social Cognition

Zhanna Reznikova

From ants to whales, the lives of animals are filled with challenges that demand minute-by-minute decisions: to fight or flee, dominate or obey, take-off, share, eat, ....

Animal Learning & Cognition

An Introduction

John M Pearce

Provides an up to date review of the principal findings from more than a century of research into animal intelligence. This new edition has been expanded to take account of ....

Animal Signals

John Maynard-Smith and David Harper

John Maynard-Smith is one of the most influential scientists of his generation and his theories have transformed our understanding of animal behaviour, whilst David Harper is ....

Animals in Translation

Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behaviour

Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson

Profoundly attracted to animals from childhood, Temple Grandin began early on to make links between the autistic and the animal views of the world. Farmers and breeders were ....

Apes of the Impenetrable Forest

The Behavioral Ecology of Sympatric Chimpanzees and Gorillas

Craig Stanford

An account of a nine year project on the behavior and ecology of chimpanzees and mountain gorillas living in the same African forest. ....

Baboon Metaphysics

The Evolution of a Social Mind

Dorothy L Cheney and Robert M Seyfarth

In 1838 Charles Darwin jotted in a notebook, "He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke." Fifteen years ago, following the extraordinary success ....

Beautiful Minds

The Parallel Lives of Great Apes and Dolphins

Maddalena Bearzi and Craig B Stanford

Apes and dolphins: primates and cetaceans. Could any creatures appear to be more different? Yet both are large-brained intelligent mammals with complex communication and ....

The Behavioral Ecology of Callimicos and Tamarins in Northwestern Bolivia

Leila M Porter

Results of a long-term study of these elusive small monkeys. ....

Behavioral Flexibility in Primates

Causes and Consequences

Clara B Jones

The primary goal of this volume is to advance the conceptual unification of primatology ....

Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Approach

Edited by JR Krebs and NB Davies

A fourth, and completely revised, edition of the classic text which has defined the field. All the chapters have been ....

Carrots and Sticks

Principles of Animal Training

Paul McGreevy and Robert A Boakes

Drawing on interviews with leading animal trainers, Carrots and Sticks offers 50 case studies that explore step-by-step training of a wide variety of companion, working and ....

Chimpanzee Politics

Power and Sex among Apes

Frans de Waal

The first edition of Frans de Waal's "Chimpanzee Politics" was acclaimed not only by primatologists for its scientific achievement but also by politicians, business leaders, ....

Coding and Redundancy

Man-Made and Animal-Evolved Signals

Jack P Hailman

This book explores the strikingly similar ways in which information is encoded in nonverbal man-made signals (e.g., traffic lights and tornado sirens) and animal-evolved ....

Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees

Edited by Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Masaki Tomonaga and Masayuki Tanaka

Foreword by Jane Goodall. From an evolutionary perspective, understanding chimpanzees offers a way of understanding the basis of human nature. This book on cognitive ....

Cooperation in Primates and Humans

Mechanisms and Evolution

Edited by Peter M Kappeler and Carel P van Schaik

Cooperative behavior has been one of the enigmas of evolutionary theory since the days of Charles Darwin. The contributions to this book examine the many facets of cooperative ....

Discovering Evolutionary Ecology

Bringing together ecology and evolution

Peter J Mayhew

Why are some kinds of organism species-rich and others species-poor? How do new species arise and why do some go extinct? Why do organisms grow and behave the way they do? This ....

The Dominant Animal

Human Evolution and the Environment

Paul R Ehrlich and Anne H Ehrlich

In humanity's more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures wresting sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch ....

Early Human Kinship

From Sex to Social Reproduction

Nicholas J Allen, Hilary Callan, Robin Dunbar and Wendy James

Early Human Kinship brings together original studies from leading figures in the biological sciences, social anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics to provide a ....

Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins

Edited by John G Fleagle and Christopher C Gilbert

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 ....

Evolution

Nicholas H Barton, DEG Briggs, JA Eisen, D Goldstein and NH Patel

This extensively illustrated, full-color textbook is divided into five sections: ....

Evolution in Four Dimensions

Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioural, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life of Life

Eva Jablonka and Marion J Lamb

Ideas about heredity and evolution are undergoing a revolutionary change. New findings in molecular biology challenge the gene-centered version of Darwinian theory according ....

The Evolution of Hemispheric Specialization in Primates

Edited by William D Hopkins

Hemispheric specialization, and lateralized sensory, cognitive or motor function of the left and right halves of the brain, commonly manifests in humans as right-handedness and ....

Evolution of Thought: Evolutionary Origins of Great Ape Intelligence

Edited by Anne E Russon and David Begun

Research on the evolution of higher intelligence rarely combines data from fields as diverse as paleontology and psychology. This book does just that, synthesizing the ....

Evolutionary Anatomy of the Primate Cerebral Cortex

Edited by Dean Falk and Kathleen Gibson

Studies of brain evolution have moved rapidly in recent years, building on the pioneering research of Harry J. Jerison. This book provides reviews of primate ....

Evolutionary Psychology

An Introduction

Lance Workman and Will Reader

Evolutionary psychology starts from the premise that the human brain is the product of natural selection; therefore, by adopting an evolutionary stance, we might come to ....

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

Charles Darwin

To mark the birthday of the world's most renowned evolutionary biologist, Oxford University Press has reissued the definitive edition of Darwin's classic-a brilliantly ....

Foraging

Behavior and Ecology

Edited by David W Stephens, Joel S Brown and Ronald C Ydenberg

This is the first comprehensive review of the topic in more than twenty years. A monumental undertaking, this volume brings together 22 experts from throughout the field ....

The Fossil Record of Primate Evolution

JG Fleagle

Derived from a best seller, "The Fossil Record of Primate Evolution" has been expanded with a focus on primate phylogeny. This updated edition will include information on ....

The Functional and Evolutionary Biology of Primates

Edited by Russell H Tuttle

Reprint of the original edition, published in 1972. ....

Genes in Conflict

The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements

A Burt and R Trivers

In evolution, most genes survive and spread wihin populations because they increase the ability of their hosts (or their close relatives) to survive and reproduce. But some ....

The God Delusion

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins was recently voted one of the world's top three intellectuals (alongside Umberto Eco and Noam Chomsky) by "Prospect" magazine. As the author of many, now famous, ....

Gorilla Biology

A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Edited by Andrea B Taylor and Michele L Goldsmith

Comprehensive examination of gorilla biology combining recent research in morphology, genetics and behavioral ecology to reveal the complexity and diversity of gorilla ....

Infectious Diseases in Primates

Behavior, Ecology and Evolution

Charles Nunn and Sonia Altizer

In combination with predation and competition for resources, infectious disease is a key ecological factor that influences the evolution of animal mating and social systems. ....

An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology

JR Krebs and NB Davies

This essential textbook has additional examples and is now illustrated in colour. New material includes: latest techniques of comparative analysis; theory and application of ....

Jane Goodall

The Woman Who Redefined Man

Dale Peterson

Peterson shows clearly and convincingly how truly remarkable Goodall's accomplishments were and how unlikely it is that anyone else could have duplicated them. Peterson ....

Living in Groups

Jens Krause and Graeme Ruxton

Discusses and provides explanations for the mechanisms governing the evolution and maintenance of grouping behaviour across animal taxa. ....

Macaque Societies

A Model for the Study of Social Organization

Edited by Bernard Thierry, Mewa Singh and Werner Kaumanns

Macaques are the most comprehensively studied of all monkey groups, and the 20 known species feature a broad diversity in their social relationships making them a ....

Macachiavellian Intelligence

How Rhesus Macaques and Humans Have Conquered the World

Dario Maestripieri

Judged by population size and distribution, Homo sapiens are clearly the most successful primates. A close second, however, would be rhesus macaques, who have adapted to - and ....

Manipulative Monkeys

The Capuchins of Lomas Barbudal

Susan Perry and Joseph H Manson

With their tonsured heads, white faces, and striking cowls, the monkeys might vaguely resemble the Capuchin monks for whom they were named. How they act is something else ....

The Meaning of Primate Signals

Edited by R Harre and V Reynolds

Language is just one particularly highly developed form of primate communication. Recent years have seen increased attention to other forms: studies of animals in the wild, ....

Measuring Behaviour

An Introductory Guide

Paul Martin and Patrick Bateson

Measuring Behaviour has established itself as a standard text. Largely rewritten, updated and reorganised, this third edition is, as before, a guide to the principles and ....

Model Systems in Behavioural Ecology

Integrating Conceptual, Theoretical, and Empirical Approaches

Edited by Lee Alan Dugatin

Offers an unprecedented 'systems' focus and revealing insights into the confluence of personal curiosity and scientific inquiry. It will be an invaluable text for behavioural ....

A Natural History of the Brown Mouse Lemur

Sylvia Atsalis

Provides the most complete look at the behaviour and ecology of mouse lemurs. ....

Not a Chimp

The Hunt to Find the Genes That Make Us Human

J Taylor

Humans are primates, and our closest relatives are the other African apes - chimpanzees closest of all. With the mapping of the human genome, and that of the chimp, a direct ....

Observing Animal Behaviour

Design and Analysis of Quantitative Data

Marian Stamp Dawkins

This book introduces the reader to the power of observation before, and sometimes instead of, experimental manipulation in the study of animal behaviour. It starts with ....

On the Origin of Species

The Illustrated Edition

Charles Darwin and David Quammen

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races ....

The Origin of Speech

Peter MacNeilage

This book explores the origin and evolution of speech. The human speech system is in a league of its own in the animal kingdom and its possession dwarfs most other ....

Owen's Ape and Darwin's Bulldog

Beyond Darwinism and Creationism

Christopher Ernest Cosans

With the debate between Richard Owen and Thomas Huxley on the differences between the ape and human brains as its focus, this book explores some of the ways in which ....

Pheromones and Animal Behaviour

Communication by Smell and Taste

Tristram D Wyatt

Illustrated with examples from a diverse range of animals including humans, marine copepods, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis elegans, moths, snakes, goldfish, elephants and ....

Primate Anatomy

An Introduction

Friderun Ankel-Simons

This book is unlike ay other work on primates: it systematically reviews the biology of all living primates, including humans. It describes their bio-geographical information ....

Primate Anti-Predator Strategies

Edited by Sharon Gursky and KAI Nekaris

This volume details the different ways that nocturnal primates avoid predators. Anti-predator strategies exhibited by nocturnal prosimians include: crypsis, alarm ....

Primate Behavioral Ecology

KB Strier

This comprehensive text integrates the basics of evolutionary and ecological approaches and new noninvasive molecular and hormonal techniques to the study of primate behavior ....

Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology

Edited by Christopher Vinyard, Matthew J Ravosa and Christine E Wall

Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology is an integrative volume with broad coverage of current research on primate craniofacial biology and function. Topic headings ....

Primate Evolution and the Environment

Edited by Christophe Soligo

Understanding evolutionary processes requires knowledge of the context in which specific events took place, including the chronological and the environmental contexts. ....

Primate Life Histories and Socioecology

Edited by Peter M Kappeler and Michael E Pereira

Provides the first systematic attempt to understand how primate life histories influence behaviour and vice versa. Topics covered include how primate life histories interact ....

Primate Psychology

Edited by Dario Maestripieri

The contributors, internationally known experts in primatology and psychology, focus primarily on social processes in areas including aggression, conflict resolution, ....

Primate Reproductive Aging

Cross-Taxon Perspectives

Edited by S Atsalis, SW Margulis, PR Hof, PR Hof and CV Mobbs

Due to the unusually long post-reproductive lifespan characteristic of human females, primate reproductive aging receives a great deal of attention. Promoting and supporting ....

Primate Societies

Group Techniques of Ecological Adaptation

Hans Kummer

Originally published by Aldine in 1971, this book by Hans Kummer, one of the world's leading primate ethologists, examines the patterns of social interaction among primates. ....

Primates and Philosophers

How Morality Evolved

Frans De Waal

In this provocative book, primatologist Frans de Waal argues that modern-day evolutionary biology takes far too dim a view of the natural world, emphasizing our ....

Primeval Kinship

How Pair-Bonding Gave Birth to Human Society

Bernard Chapais

At some point in the course of evolution - from a primeval social organization of early hominids - all human societies, past and present, would emerge. In this account of the ....

Reproduction and Fitness in Baboons

Behavioral, Ecological, and Life History Perspectives

Edited by Larissa Swedell and Steven R Leigh

The editors address the questions of life history and reproduction by attempting to isolate the various components of reproductive success and fitness in baboons. This ....

Reticulate Evolution and Humans

Origins and Ecology

Michael L Arnold

Reticulate Evolution and Humans is the first book to describe the effect of genetic exchange on the origin and evolution of our own species as well as those species ....

Richard Dawkins

How a scientist changed the way we think

Edited by Alan Grafen

Published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of The Selfish Gene, this sparkling collection explores the impact of Richard Dawkins as scientist, rationalist, and one of ....

Ringtailed Lemur Biology

Lemur catta in Madagascar

Edited by A Jolly, RW Sussman, N Koyama and HR Rasamimanana

This volume includes up-to-date field research on the longest-studied and best known of lemur species. It contains articles by scientists from America, Europe, Japan and ....

Sex Ratios

Concepts and Research Methods

Edited by Ian CW Hardy

Covering sex allocation, sex determination and operational sex ratios, this multi-author volume provides both a conceptual context and an instruction in methods for many aspects ....

Sex and Friendship in Baboons

Barbara B Smuts

Those who have been privileged to watch baboons long enough to know them as individuals and who have learned to interpret some of their more subtle interactions will attest ....

Sex, Size and Gender Roles

Evolutionary Studies of Sexual Size Dimorphism

Edited by Daphne J Fairbairn, Wolf U Blanckenhorn and Tamás Székely

Investigates the genetic, developmental, and physiological basis of sexual size dimorphism found within and among the major taxonomic groups of animals. Carefully ....

Sexual Selection in Primates

Edited by Peter Kappeler and Carel van Schaik

Provides the first comprehensive summary of the various forms of sexual communication and behaviour, and the consequences of interaction between the sexes. Topics include sex ....

Sexual Selections

What We Can and Can't Learn About Sex from Animals

Marlene Zuk

Zuk, a respected biologist and a feminist, gives an eye-opening tour of some of the latest developments in our knowledge of animal sexuality and evolutionary biology. ....

The Stuff of Thought

Language as a Window into Human Nature

Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker uses language as a window into human nature: he analyses what words actually mean and how we use them, and shows what that can tell us about ourselves. He ....

Theories of Population Variation in Genes and Genomes

Freddy Bugge Christiansen

This textbook provides an authoritative introduction to both classical and coalescent approaches to population genetics. Written for graduate students and advanced ....

Tinbergen's Legacy

Function and Mechanism in Behavioral Biology

Edited by Johan J Bolhuis and Simon M Verhulst

Nobel laureate Niko Tinbergen laid the foundations for the scientific study of animal behaviour with his work on causation, development, function and evolution. In this book, ....

Zoo Animal & Wildlife

Immobilization and Anesthesia

Edited by Gary West, Darryl Heard and Nigel Caulkett

Comprehensive reference for the growing fields of zoo, wildlife, and exotic animal veterinary medicine. This book covers key aspects of immobilization and anesthesia from ....

Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine

Current Therapy

Edited by Murray E Fowler and R Eric Miller

With expert contributors from around the world sharing their knowledge on 57 new cutting-edge areas of interest, "Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine" continues to provide ....