Predictors of orbital convergence in primates: A test of the snake detection hypothesis of primate evolution

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-242

  Wheeler, Brandon C ^a,b   Bradley, Brenda J ^c   Kamilar, Jason M ^c  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropoid origins; Binocularity; Camouflage; Predation; Primate origins; Stereopsis

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDATION; PRIMATE; SNAKE;

PRIMATES; SERPENTES; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 80955180582     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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