Featuring forty-seven original essays by seventy leading researchers, Primates in Perspective, Second Edition, offers a comprehensive and contemporary overview of all major areas of primatology. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, the second edition offers a diversity of theoretical positions on such topics as reproduction, ecology, and social behavior and intelligence. Primates in Perspective, Second Edition, is ideal for introductory primatology courses and can also be used in upper-division behavior and conservation courses. Additionally, it is an essential reference for primate researchers.

Preface Introduction, Phyllis Dolhinow PART 1: Background 1. A Brief History of Primate Field Studies, Robert Sussman 2. Socioecology History, Joyce Parga and Deborah Overdorff 3. Primate Evolution and Taxonomy, Walter Hartwig PART 2: The Primates 4. The Lorisiforme Primates of Asia and Mainland Africa, Anna Nekaris and Simon Bearder 5. Lemuriformes, Lisa Gould and Michelle Sauther 6. Tarsiers, Sharon Gursky 7. Callitrichines Leslie Digby, Stephen Ferarri and Wendy Saltzman 8. The Cebines, Katharine Jack 9. Sakis, Uakaris, and Titi Monkeys, Marilyn Norconk 10. Aotinae, Eduardo Fernandez-Duque 11. The Atelines Anthony Di Fiore, Andres Link, and Christina Campbell 12. The Asian Colobines, Craig Kirkpatrick 13. African Colobine Monkeys, Peter Fashing 14. The Macaques, Bernard Thierry 15. Baboons, Mandrills, and Mangabeys, Larissa Swedell 16. The Guenons, Karin Enstam Jaffe and Lynne Isbell 17. The Hylobatidae, Thad Bartlett 18. Orangutans, Cheryl Knott and Sonya Kahlenberg 19. Gorillas, Martha Robbins 20. Chimpanzees and Bonobos, Rebecca Stumpf Part 3: Methods 21. Behavioral Methods, Christina Campbell, Margaret C. Crofoot, Katherine MacKinnon, and Rebecca Stumpf 22. Ecological Methods, Erin Vogel and Nathaniel Dominy 23. Endocrinology, Catherine Wheaton, Anne Savage and Bill Lasley 24. Molecular Primatology, Anthony Di Fiore, Richard R. Lawler, and Pascal Gagneux Part 4: Development and Reproduction 25. Life History, Steve Leigh and Gregory Blomquist 26. Primate Growth and Development, Debra Bolter and Adrienne Zihlman 27. Social Beginnings, Katherine MacKinnon 28. Juveniles and Adolescents, Hogan Sherrow and Katherine MacKinnon 29. Primate Sexuality and Reproduction, Christina Campbell 30. Mate Choice, Joe Manson 31. Reproductive Cessation in Female Primates, Linda Fedigan and Mary Pavelka Part 5: Ecology 32. Socioecology, Agustin Fuentes 33. Primate Nutritional Ecology, Joanna Lambert 34. Primate Seed Dispersal, Colin Chapman and Sabrina Russo 35. Predation on Primates, Lynn Miller and Adriene Treves 36. Primate Locomotor Behavior and Ecology, Paul Garber 37. Primate Self-Medication, Michael Huffman PART 6: Social Behavior and Cognition 38. Kinship, Carole Berman 39. Cooperation and Competition in Primate Social Interactions, Paul Garber and Robert Sussman 40. Social Aggression, Irwin Bernstein 41. Reconciliation, Kate Arnold and Filippo Aureli 42. The Conundrum of Communication, Harold Gouzoules and Sarah Gouzoules 43. Tool Use, Linda Fedigan and Mary Pavelka 44. Culture and Cognition, Christine Caldwell and Andrew Whiten PART 7: The Future 45. Conservation, Karen Strier 46. Ethnoprimatology, Erin Riley, Linda Wolfe, and Agustin Fuentes 47. Where We Have Been, Where We are, and Where We Are Going, The Editors Glossary References Index