BACKGROUND Whereas early studies of animal evolution focused principally on the
adaptations of different species to their physical environment, more recent studies have …

Introduction 3. Thermo-preferendum 4. Hypothermia avoidance 4.1. Strategies to keep body
heat 4.1. 1. Specific postures 4.1. 1.1 Ball-like posture 4.1. 1.2. Basking 4.1. 2. Nest-housing …

Recent progress in the field of wildlife disease ecology demonstrates that infectious disease
plays a crucial role in the lives of wild animals. Parasites and pathogens should be …

The Rise of Homo sapiens provides an unrivalled interdisciplinary introduction to the subject
of hominin cognitive evolution that is appropriate for general audiences and students in …

Amphibians exhibit an incredible diversity of reproductive and life-history strategies,
including various forms of nest construction and nesting behaviour. Although anuran …

The Primate Origins of Human Nature (Volume 3 in The Foundations of Human Biology
series) blends several elements from evolutionary biology as applied to primate behavioral …

Year–round association between adult males and females is common in primates, even
though internal gestation and lactation predispose males to mate–desertion in the majority …

Biology_perhaps the most exciting science of the last half-century_is reaching into scholarly
disciplines throughout academia, yet sociology has barely entertained it. The reasons for …

The mammals that inhabit Madagascar are among the most extraordinary in the world. This
portable guide offers a full survey and classification of all the Malagasy mammals, both …

The first and still the only book focused exclusively on juvenile primates, this collection
presents original research covering all the major divisions of primates, from prosimians to …