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Current topics in primate vocal communication / edited by Elke Zimmermann, John D. Newman, and Uwe Jürgens.

Title: Current topics in primate vocal communication / edited by Elke Zimmermann, John D. Newman, and Uwe Jürgens.
Publication: New York : Plenum Press, c1995.

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x, 286 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

Current Topics in Primate Vocal Communication is the first compilation of evolution-oriented research on the vocal communication abilities of non human primates. Contributions examine a broad array of different primate groups, ranging from the most archaic primates such as lemurs, loris, and bushbabies to higher primates including apes and man. In-depth reviews feature previously unpublished material and provide state-of-the-art information on current techniques and the latest developments in primate bioacoustics. Papers address recent findings on social and environmental determinants of nonhuman primate vocal systems from a functional and evolutionary perspective, and explore their morphological, neuronal, and cognitive aspects. Novel theories are raised on the evolution of human speech and language from nonhuman primate vocal communication.
The new data and thought-provoking concepts presented in this book are valuable for students and professionals in zoology, psychology, ethology and animal behavior, anthropology, primatology, linguistics, neurobiology, and comparative anatomy.

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"Proceedings of the XIV Congress of the International Primatological Society, held August 16-21, 1992, in Strasbourg, France, and of the XV Congress of the International Primatological Society, held August 3-8, 1994, in Kuta-Bali, Indonesia"--T.p. verso.

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Contents

Some analysis methods that may be useful to acoustic primatologists / M. Owren and C. Linker -- Artificial neural networks for analysis and recognition of primate vocal communication / A. Zimmermann -- Loud calls in nocturnal prosimians / E. Zimmermann -- Vocal ontogeny in macaques and marmosets / J.D. Newman -- Vocal ontogeny of the squirrel monkey, Saimiri boliviensis peruviensis / M. Biben and D. Bernhards -- Temporal and acoustic flexibility in vocal exchanges of coo calls in Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) / H. Sugiura and N. Masataka -- The vocal behavior of Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) / D. Todt, K. Hammerschmidt, V. Ansorge, and J. Fischer -- Loud calls in great apes / G. Hohmann and B. Fruth -- A comparative approach to the non-human primate vocal tract / M.A. Schön Ybarra.
Neuronal control of vocal production in non-human and human primates / U. Jürgens -- Role of auditory cortex in the perception of vocalizations by Japanese macaques / H. Heffner and R. Heffner -- Amplitude envelope encoding as a feature of temporal information processing in the auditory cortex of squirrel monkeys / A. Bieser -- Representational signaling in non-human primate vocal communication / H. Gouzoules, S. Gouzoules, and J. Ashley -- Linguistic capacity / J.L. Locke -- What primate calls can tell us about human evolution / Ph. Lieberman.

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030645064X

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^^^95018860^

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