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Primate Hearing and Communication provides unique insights into the evolution of hearing and communication in primates, including humans. Introduction to Primate Hearing and Communication Marissa A. Ramsier and Rolf M. Quam The Primate Peripheral Auditory System and the Evolution of Primate Hearing...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Handbook of Auditory Research,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59478-1 |
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Primate Hearing and Communication provides unique insights into the evolution of hearing and communication in primates, including humans. Introduction to Primate Hearing and Communication Marissa A. Ramsier and Rolf M. Quam The Primate Peripheral Auditory System and the Evolution of Primate Hearing SirpaNummela Primate Audition: Reception, Perception, and Ecology Marissa A. Ramsier and Josef P. Rauschecker Primate Habitat Acoustics Charles H. Brown and Peter M. Waser Evolutionary Origins of Primate Vocal Communication: Diversity, Flexibility, and Complexity of Vocalizations in Basal Primates Elke Zimmermann Vocal Communication in Family-Living and Pair-Bonded Primates Charles T. Snowdon The Primate Roots of Human Language Klaus Zuberb hler Evolution of Hearing and Language in Fossil Hominins Rolf M. Quam, Ignacio Mart nez, Manuel Rosa, and Juan Luis Arsuaga Rolf M. Quam is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University (SUNY), Binghamton, NY Marissa A. Ramsier is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA Richard R. Fay is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago Arthur N. Popper is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park . |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(XVI,232pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319594781 |
| Index Number: | RF1 |
| CLC: | R764 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Functional Anatomy of Sound Production & Reception in Primates -- Functional anatomy of sound production in primates.- The primate peripheral auditory system.- Neural processing, perception & psychoacoustics.- Primate auditory sensitivity.- Habitat Acoustics and Vocal Communication.- Habitat acoustics.- Modeling the origins of primate vocal communication: a comparative approach to nocturnal prosimians.- Vocal communication in family-living /pair-bonded primates.- Vocal communication in large social groups.- Evolution of hearing and language in humans. |