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Index
Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Preface Chapter 1. What Is a New World Monkey?
What is a monkey? What is a platyrrhine? Platyrrhines and catarrhines Platyrrhine taxonomy 20 million years of evolution: 16 genera of extant playrrhine primates
Chapter 2. Diverse Lifestyles
Predatory frugivores: Family Cebidae Fruit huskers and seed eaters: Family Pitheciidae Prehensile-tailed frugivore-folivores: Family Atelidae
Chapter 3. What’s In a Name?
A new fossil gets a title Names can reflect evolutionary hypotheses Changing ideas can result in name changes
Chapter 4. Evolutionary Models
How do diverse genera coexist in one patch of forest?: the Ecophylogenetic Hypothesis DNA and anatomy: molecules and morphology Cebines and callitrichines share a unique common ancestor Chasing monkeys: synthesizing behavior, ecology, and morphology The platyrrhine Tree of Life
Chapter 5. How to Eat like a Monkey
Different teeth for different foods What do they eat? Secondary food preferences Surviving preferred-food scarcity Gouging tree bark to eat the tree gum Incisors are key to fruit eating Who are the leaf eaters?
Chapter 6. Arboreal Acrobats
Locomotor types: clingers, climbers, leapers, and more Feet and hands tell the story of platyrrhine evolution Hanging, clambering, and locomoting with a prehensile tail Platyrrhines are the only primates that evolved grasping tails Tails for balancing, embracing, and coiling for social bonding
Chapter 7. Many Kinds of Platyrrhine Brains
Studying brain size and shape Brain-to-body-size relationships The monkey stole my keys: intelligence and dexterity are tightly correlated Fingertips, precision grips, and tool use The sensorimotor strip in the brain controls tail use Evolution of the brain in platyrrhines is shaped by phylogeny, ecology, and social behavior
Color Plates Chapter 8. The Varieties and Means of Social Organization
A day in the life of a platyrrhine Communicating through visual displays Tail-twining in Titi and Owl Monkeys as tactile communication Vocalizing with roars and duets Sending scent signals The odoriferous callitrichines Foraging parties Capuchin gestural language An evolutionary model of platyrrhine sociality
Chapter 9. 20 Million Years: Every Fossil Tells a Story
Linking a fossil with a living monkey: the Long-Lineage Hypothesis The La Venta fossils look like modern monkeys Fossil evidence for longevity with little change A 12–14-million-year-old Owl Monkey fossil Fossils that tell us where they once lived, what they ate, and more The mystery of fossils found on Caribbean islands Fossils prior to 20 million years ago: more questions than answers
Chapter 10. South America Was Once an Island: How Did Platyrrhine Ancestors Get There?
The Americas Scenario The Transatlantic Scenario Calculating the likelihood of the Transatlantic Scenario
Chapter 11. After 20 Million Years of Existence, New World Monkeys Face Extinction
Not only species, but entire evolutionary streams are in peril The Atlantic Forest, a biodiversity hotspot, is being decimated Conservation efforts: Golden Lion Tamarin Project and Muriqui Project of Caratinga All that is being lost can never be recovered
Acknowledgments Glossary of Terms Recommended Reading References Index
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