Evolutionary Biology of the New World Monkeys and Continental Drift

by Russell L. Ciochon

It is now well known that the concept of drifting continents became an estab- lished theory during the 1960s. Not long after this "revolution in the earth sciences," researchers began applying the continental drift model to problems in historical biogeography. One such problem was the origin and dispersal of the New World monkeys, the Platyrrhini. Our interests in this subject began in the late 1960s on different conti- nents quite independent of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468437666
• ISBN13: 9781468437669
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.6"