Szalay F.S., Delson E. Evolutionary History of the Primates

New York: Academic Press, 1979. - 580 p. ISBN13: 9780126801507.
We present in this volume a documentation and analysis of the fossil record and evolutionary history of the primates. It is our hope that this effort will in some way balance the generally available literature on primate evolution, which is predominantly con-cerned with living species. The training and experience we bring to the making of this book are largely those of paleobiologists, stu-dents whose main concern has been the study of fos-sil samples to determine their taxonomic status, phy-logenetic relationships, adaptations, and ways of life — in short, a desire to understand why the bones, teeth, and other features of animals are the way they are.