Evolution of activity patterns and chromatic vision in primates: Morphometrics, genetics and cladistics

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-149

  Heesy, Christopher P ^a   Ross, Callum F ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathemeral; Color vision; Dichromacy; Diurnal; Fossil primates; Morphology; Nocturnal; Orbit; Trichromacy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN;

ADAPIFORMES; ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; PRIMATES; STEREOPSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035112461     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2000.0447     Document Type: Article

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