Ch5. Introduction to the Primates Ch6. Primate Ecology Ch7. Primate Mating Systems Ch8. The Evolution of Social Behavior Ch9. Primate Intelligence

The Order Primates represents a diverse collection of species, from the highly endanged lemurs of Madagascar, to the all too numerous bipedal hominids--humans. Although all the life forms subsumed under the label "primate" are worth study in their own right, it is particularly interesting to see how the roots of human behavior are observable in that of our nonhuman taxonomic family.