The Ape in the Tree

An Intellectual and Natural History of Proconsul

Pat Shipman

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$41.00 • £32.95 • €37.00

ISBN 9780674016750

Publication Date: 04/15/2005

Short

312 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

30 halftones, 9 line illustrations, 3 maps, 1 table

Belknap Press

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Author’s Note
Prologue
1. Luck and Unluck
2. Love and the Tree
3. An Arm and a Leg
4. The Lost and the Found
5. Back to the Miocene
6. An Embarrassment of Riches
7. How Did It Move?
8. How Many Proconsuls?
9. How Many Apes?
10. Something to Chew On
11. More on Teeth
12. Listening to the Past
Pronunciation of African Place Names
Notes
Index

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