Download or read book How Monkeys See the World written by Dorothy L. Cheney and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cheney and Seyfarth enter the minds of vervet monkeys and other primates to explore the nature of primate intelligence and the evolution of cognition. "This reviewer had to be restrained from stopping people in the street to urge them to read it: They would learn something of the way science is done, something about how monkeys see their world, and something about themselves, the mental models they inhabit."—Roger Lewin, Washington Post Book World "A fascinating intellectual odyssey and a superb summary of where science stands."—Geoffrey Cowley, Newsweek "A once-in-the-history-of-science enterprise."—Duane M. Rumbaugh, Quarterly Review of Biology

Download or read book New World Monkeys written by Alfred L. Rosenberger and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a broad synthesis of new world monkey evolution, integrating their unique evolutionary story into the bigger picture of primate evolution and Amazon biodiversity. Capsule For more than 30 million years, New World monkeys have inhabited the forests of South and Central America. Whether these primates originally came from Africa by rafting across the Atlantic or crossing overland from North America, they soon flourished. This book tells the story of these New World monkeys. Integrating data from fossil and living animals, it explores the evolution of the three major New World monkey lineages as well as how they fit into the broader story of primate evolution and Amazon biodiversity. After providing readers with necessary background in primate taxonomy and systematics, Rosenberger shows that the notion of adaptive zones is central to our understanding of primate evolution. The idea of adaptive zones can explain how radiations evolve, morphological adaptations appear, and communities form. From here, Rosenberger synthesizes what is known about New World monkeys' unique ecological adaptations, including those involving feeding and locomotion, as well as their social behaviour. The book's concluding chapters explore theories of how primates first arrived in South America and what their future looks like given the threat of extinction. Biography Internal Use Only Alfred L. Rosenberger is Professor Emeritus of Biological Anthropology at Brooklyn College. An expert on the origin and evolution of New World Monkeys, Rosenberger has contributed numerous articles in edited volumes and his work is published in journals such as Nature, Journal of Human Evolution and American Journal of Primatology . Audience The audience for this book is scholars and graduate students in biological/physical anthropolog and primatology, and to a lesser extent conservation biology, evolutionary biology, and behavioral ecology . Rationale - no copy text Other Relevant Info - no copy text"--

Download or read book Summer of the Monkeys written by Wilson Rawls and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2010-12-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the beloved classic Where the Red Fern Grows comes a timeless adventure about a boy who discovers a tree full of monkeys. The last thing fourteen-year-old Jay Berry Lee expects to find while trekking through the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma is a tree full of monkeys. But then Jay learns from his grandpa that the monkeys have escaped from a traveling circus, and there’s a big reward for the person who finds and returns them. His family could really use the money, so Jay sets off, determined to catch them. But by the end of the summer, Jay will have learned a lot more than he bargained for—and not just about monkeys. From the beloved author of Where the Red Fern Grows comes another memorable adventure novel filled with heart, humor, and excitement. Honors and Praise for Wilson Rawls’ Where the Red Fern Grows: A School Library Journal Top 100 Children’s Novel An NPR Must-Read for Kids Ages 9 to 14 Winner of 4 State Awards Over 7 million copies in print! “A rewarding book . . . [with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased.” —The New York Times Book Review “One of the great classics of children’s literature . . . Any child who doesn’t get to read this beloved and powerfully emotional book has missed out on an important piece of childhood for the last 40-plus years.” —Common Sense Media “An exciting tale of love and adventure you’ll never forget.” —School Library Journal

Download or read book The Case of the Monkeys That Fell from the Trees written by Susan E. Quinlan and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book Why would several monkeys suddenly fall from the trees? How do tiny frogs make deadly poisons? Why are passionvines so difficult to find? These are some of the mysteries explored in this fascinating nonfiction picture book. Why do certain plants harbor hordes of biting ants? What kind of creature pollinates an odd-looking flower? Each of the eleven ecological mysteries in this book follow scientists as they track down clues, set up curious experiments, and ultimately discover some of the surprising and hidden connections that make tropical forests so fascinating—and so fragile. Carefully researched illustrations help readers visualize tropical forests, diverse plants and animals, and the details of each mystery.

Download or read book The Farmer and the Clown written by Marla Frazee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whimsical and touching images tell the story of an unexpected friendship and the revelations it inspires in this moving, wordless picture book from two-time Caldecott Honor medalist Marla Frazee. A baby clown is separated from his family when he accidentally bounces off their circus train and lands in a lonely farmer’s vast, empty field. The farmer reluctantly rescues the little clown, and over the course of one day together, the two of them make some surprising discoveries about themselves—and about life! Sweet, funny, and moving, this wordless picture book from a master of the form and the creator of The Boss Baby speaks volumes and will delight story lovers of all ages.

Download or read book Monkeys written by Anne Schreiber and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about monkeys including details regarding their behavior, families, and environment.

Download or read book Fourteen Monkeys written by Melissa Stewart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Manâu National Park in Peru, an amazing fourteen different species of monkeys live together. That's more than in any other rainforest in the world! How can they coexist so well? Find out in this lyrical, rhyming picture book that explores each monkey's habits, diet, and home, illustrating how this delicate ecosystem and its creatures live together in harmony"--

Download or read book Monkeys and Apes in the Wild written by Ingo Arndt and published by Papadakis Dist A/C. This book was released on 2008 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apes and monkeys are our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. Their peculiarities and abilities, their behaviour and mysteries fascinate us to the core. They are presented here in all their diversity from the pygmy marmoset that weighs roughly 100 grams to an adult Gorilla of 270 kilos. Ingo Arndt has spent a decade capturing these wonderful images of apes and monkeys in the wild. He describes how the photographs were taken and includes anecdotes of his adventures on his travels. Each section features an informative introductory chapter by zoologist Fritz Jantschke.

Download or read book Why Monkeys Swing in the Trees written by Claudia Lloyd and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You see there was a time when Monkeys didn't swing in the trees. They used to stay on the ground and play . . . And they loved to wind Crocodile up! Join the mischievous Monkeys for a gloriously colourful adventure through Tinga Tinga, and find out what happens when Crocodile gets cross and goes SNAP! Visit Tinga Tinga online tingatingatales.com

Download or read book Why Are There Monkeys written by Brooke Jones and published by Luminare Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IT'S AMAZING WHAT A DEAD WOMAN CAN DO IN JUST 8 MINUTES! "Smart, funny, and profoundly spiritual-a deeply moving experience that skeptics and believers alike can embrace. I loved it!" - Howard Rosenberg, Pulitzer Prize winning former Los Angeles Times columnist and author. If you think a conversation with God couldn't possibly be FUNNY, you're in for a very BIG surprise! Brooke Jones, Breast Cancer Warrior, Political Satirist, and former star of San Francisco and Los Angeles radio died...but her death was short-lived. 8 minutes passed here on Earth while she was busy being dead, but she wasn't on Earth - she was at Heaven's Front Door, having a Question and Answer Session with God! "What is the meaning of life?" "What religion is God?" "Is God male or female?" Brooke asked every question she could think of, and God provided the answers. The first thing she learned was that God has a sense of humor! (Well of course God has a sense of humor - have you ever seen a Platypus?) Was she returned to the Land Of The Living because of the startling final question she asked? Did all that she experienced really happen, or was it just the hallucination of a dying brain? She didn't know, until...she was given proof - absolute proof - proof she could not possibly deny! 'Why Are There Monkeys? (and other questions for God)" is the absolutely TRUE, INSPIRATIONAL, laugh-out-loud FUNNY story of one woman's Near-Death Question and Answer Session with God. "By God, Brooke Jones is a hell of a writer!" - Ben Fong-Torres, former Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine. "Delightful, insightful, spiritual and startlingly funny! It left me, an atheist, more of a believer than I was before. I loved every minute of it!" - Ray Richmond, former columnist with The Hollywood Reporter, Daily Variety, Orange County Register, LA Herald Examiner. 

Download or read book How Monkeys See the World written by Dorothy L. Cheney and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cheney and Seyfarth enter the minds of vervet monkeys and other primates to explore the nature of primate intelligence and the evolution of cognition. "This reviewer had to be restrained from stopping people in the street to urge them to read it: They would learn something of the way science is done, something about how monkeys see their world, and something about themselves, the mental models they inhabit."—Roger Lewin, Washington Post Book World "A fascinating intellectual odyssey and a superb summary of where science stands."—Geoffrey Cowley, Newsweek "A once-in-the-history-of-science enterprise."—Duane M. Rumbaugh, Quarterly Review of Biology

Download or read book Monkeys at the Zoo written by Seth Lynch and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who doesn't love the fun and noisy antics of monkeys at the zoo? They swing around their habitat, eat food just like we do, and often vocalize. Young readers will be just as mesmerized by seeing monkeys up close in this book. Written expressly for the pre-K reader, this book takes readers into the monkey habitat to see just how they live at the zoo. Readers learn information they'll be sure to share during their next trip to the zoo.

Download or read book The Monkey Kingdom Species of Monkeys 3rd Grade Science Series written by Baby Professor and published by Speedy Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-20 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monkeys are fascinating creatures in the sense that they have several familiar characteristics. The theory of evolution even states that we evolved from them. Learning about monkeys will help a child better understand Darwin's theory, and decide whether he/she would believe in it or not. Colorful and well-formatted, this educational book is definitely a must-have!

Download or read book Monkeys For Kids Amazing Animal Books for Young Readers written by John Davidson and published by JD-Biz Corp Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author John Davidson presents "Monkeys For Kids". Beautiful Pictures and easy reading format will help children fall in love with monkeys. This is one of over 20 books in the Amazing Animal Books for Young Readers Series. http://AmazingAnimalBooks.com Lots of facts and photos will help your children learn about this wonderful animal. Children are given a well-rounded understanding of this beautiful mammal: its anatomy, feeding habits and behavior. *** You and your kids will love learning about monkeys*** Table of Contents 1. Facts About Monkeys 2. Where Monkeys Live 3. What Monkeys Eat 4. Pet Monkeys 5. Species of Monkeys 6. Kinds of Monkeys 7. Endangered Monkeys 8. Rain Forest Monkeys 9. Baby Monkeys 10. Small Monkeys 11. Howler Monkeys 12. Marmoset Monkeys 13. Snow Monkey 14. Spider Monkeys 15. Capuchin Monkeys 16. Squirrel Monkeys 1. Facts About Monkeys Here are few facts about monkeys that you should know. 1. Some monkeys such as the Red Colobus species are hunted by man and chimpanzees for food. 2. Most monkeys' food comprises both plant and animals. 3. When a monkey eats foods such as a banana it first peels. 4. Monkeys use both their toes and fingers to grasp. 5 .Old monkeys are diurnal but there are about ten new species that have been classified as purely nocturnal. 6. Old monkeys have sitting pads on their bodies but new species don’t. 7. New species of monkeys have 36 teeth but old species had 32 teeth. 8. Old species of monkeys are about 96 in total. 9. Old monkeys are found in two sub families, specialists and generalists, generalists eat almost everything while specialists eat only leaves. 10. Most old monkeys have cheek pouches that enable them to store food when eating rapidly to swallow later. 11. More species of monkeys are being discovered, in 2008 new monkey species discovered where about 81 while others are being discovered. The research was carried out in Amazon basin 12. New species of monkeys have prehensile tails which they use in swinging and grasping objects. Prehensile tails are absent in old monkeys. 13. Howls from monkeys especially the loudest monkey which is the Howler monkey can be heard over two miles while in the forest and over three miles while in the open air. 14. Monkeys especially the howler monkeys spend most of their time resting, over 80% of its lifetime. 15. Titim monkeys in South America are the most romantic monkeys, they are monogamous and can spend time together holding hands, cuddling, intertwining their tails and can become very distressed in case they are separated. 16. Capuchins are the most skilled tool user monkeys. They perform activities such as smashing nuts with rocks for food. Rubbing caterpillars against branches to remove hairs and using branches in clubbing snakes in the forest. 17. Some monkeys like the squirrel monkeys have over twenty vocalizations which are distinct.

Download or read book The Monkey Book written by Jan Pfloog and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 2003-03 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every child's favorite primates -- gorillas, chimpanzees, and, of course, monkeys -- are featured in this simple, nonfiction picture book. Ages 2-5.

Download or read book The Social Life Of Monkeys And Apes written by S. Zuckerman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Volume IV of four in a collection on Comparative Psychology. Originally published in 1932, this study is referred to as a classic, in both historical terms and its usefulness in the study of primates.

Download or read book Monkeys for Kids written by John E. Davidson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author John Davidson presents "Monkeys For Kids." Beautiful Pictures and easy reading format will help children fall in love with monkeys. This is one of over 30 books in the Amazing Animal Books for Young Readers Series. The series is known as one of the most beautiful on the kindle. The pictures look great even in black and white and are excellent on the full color kindle. Lots of facts and photos will help your children learn about this wonderful animal. Children are given a well-rounded understanding of this beautiful mammal: its anatomy, feeding habits and behavior. *** You and your kids will love learning about monkeys*** Table of Contents 1. Facts About Monkeys 2. Where Monkeys Live 3. What Monkeys Eat 4. Pet Monkeys 5. Species of Monkeys 6. Kinds of Monkeys 7. Endangered Monkeys 8. Rain Forest Monkeys 9. Baby Monkeys 10. Small Monkeys 11. Howler Monkeys 12. Marmoset Monkeys 13. Snow Monkey 14. Spider Monkeys 15. Capuchin Monkeys 16. Squirrel Monkeys 1. Facts About Monkeys Here are few facts about monkeys that you should know. 1. Some monkeys such as the Red Colobus species are hunted by man and chimpanzees for food. 2. Most monkeys' food comprises both plant and animals. 3. When a monkey eats foods such as a banana it first peels. 4. Monkeys use both their toes and fingers to grasp. 5 .Old monkeys are diurnal but there are about ten new species that have been classified as purely nocturnal. 6. Old monkeys have sitting pads on their bodies but new species don't. 7. New species of monkeys have 36 teeth but old species had 32 teeth. 8. Old species of monkeys are about 96 in total. 9. Old monkeys are found in two sub families, specialists and generalists, generalists eat almost everything while specialists eat only leaves. 10. Most old monkeys have cheek pouches that enable them to store food when eating rapidly to swallow later. 11. More species of monkeys are being discovered, in 2008 new monkey species discovered where about 81 while others are being discovered. The research was carried out in Amazon basin 12. New species of monkeys have prehensile tails which they use in swinging and grasping objects. Prehensile tails are absent in old monkeys. 13. Howls from monkeys especially the loudest monkey which is the Howler monkey can be heard over two miles while in the forest and over three miles while in the open air. 14. Monkeys especially the howler monkeys spend most of their time resting, over 80% of its lifetime. 15. Titim monkeys in South America are the most romantic monkeys, they are monogamous and can spend time together holding hands, cuddling, intertwining their tails and can become very distressed in case they are separated. 16. Capuchins are the most skilled tool user monkeys. They perform activities such as smashing nuts with rocks for food. Rubbing caterpillars against branches to remove hairs and using branches in clubbing snakes in the forest. 17. Some monkeys like the squirrel monkeys have over twenty vocalizations which are distinct.