{"product_id":"2026200013107-secondhand-primates-studies-in-adaptation-and-variability","title":"Primates: Studies In Adaptation And Variability","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of biology, anthropology, and evolutionary science stands Primates: Studies in Adaptation and Variability, a landmark academic anthology that brings together some of the most rigorous and illuminating field research on non-human primates conducted during the mid-twentieth century. Edited by Phyllis C. Jay of the University of California, Berkeley, this authoritative collection presents a sweeping portrait of primate life — from the social hierarchies of baboons and macaques to the territorial behaviour of gibbons — drawing on direct observational studies carried out across Africa and Asia.\n\nThe volume argues, with compelling scientific precision, that understanding primate adaptation and variability is essential to reconstructing the evolutionary pressures that shaped human sociality itself. Each contributing scholar brings a distinct methodological lens, and together they illustrate how environment, diet, and group dynamics interact to produce the remarkable behavioural diversity observed across the primate order. Jay's editorial vision holds the collection together with scholarly authority, making this an indispensable reference for students of physical anthropology and zoology alike — and leaving the reader to wonder just how much of what we call human nature was written long before our species ever appeared.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49216217710811,"sku":"2026200013107-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/838b0b41-f3ad-4449-8373-5ef827cfcbcb.png?v=1788405566","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013107-secondhand-primates-studies-in-adaptation-and-variability","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}