Fig. 2.1 The primate ear. (Reprinted with permission from Fleagle 2013) Early comparative studies of mammalian/primate auditory anatomy were carried out in the nineteenth century (Hyrtl 1845; Doran 1879) and…
Fig. 4.1 Savanna (left panel), riverine forest (middle panel), and rain forest (right panel) differ prominently in terms of vegetation, humidity, wind, and their impacts on sound propagation, attenuation, and…
Fig. 8.1 The human evolutionary tree, indicating the temporal span of existence for different fossil hominin taxa. Each genus is represented by a different color. Species in genera other than…
Fig. 7.1 An example of two merge: A lexical item (“the”) is merged with a set previously formed by merge (black circle: sudden macromutation). Abbreviations: N, noun; Adj, adjective; Det,…
Fig. 5.1 Diversity of morphotypes in basal primates. Displayed are representatives of the Strepsirrhini: (A) the nocturnal Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis, Daubentoniidae); (B) the diurnal Coquerel’s sifaka (Propithecus coquereli, Indriidae); (C)…
Fig. 3.1 Neuroanatomy of the auditory system in primates. (a) Ascending auditory pathway from the cochlea to the auditory cortices. Fibers in blue originate from neurons in the ventral cochlear…
Fig. 6.1 Chirp variants in cotton-top tamarins: type A used in mobbing; type B used in investigation of novel objects; type C used during foraging, and type D used during…
Fig. 1.1 Taxonomy and geographic location of the major primate groups based on Fleagle (2013). Photos from top to bottom: Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) (iStock.com/voraorn); Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) (iStock.com/javarman3); Slow…
