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4 - Cranial variation among the Asian colobines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2009

By
Ruliang L. Pan  and
Colin P. Groves
Edited by
Fred Anapol ,
Rebecca Z. German  and
Nina G. Jablonski
Ruliang L. Pan
Affiliation:
School of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009 Australia
Colin P. Groves
Affiliation:
School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
Fred Anapol
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Rebecca Z. German
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
Nina G. Jablonski
Affiliation:
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
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Summary

Introduction

Variation in cranial measurements between species has been commonly used to shed light on controversies in the classification, evolution, phylogeny, and functional adaptation of primates. Variation within species has also been used frequently to reveal differences between populations or sexes in morphology, social activities, behavior, ancestral heritage, size, and sexual selection (e.g., Leutenegger and Kelly, 1977; Oxnard, 1983a; Cheverud et al., 1985; Albrecht and Miller, 1993). Studies involving both inter- and intraspecific variation simultaneously are, however, rare (Pan, 1998; Pan and Oxnard, 2000, 2001a). This approach has proven useful in revealing patterns of variation in different functional units or anatomic regions in the same organ (e.g., skull) and in the analysis of the relationship between species or species groups in terms of shape and functional adaptation of various structures. Such studies, although clearly phenetic, have the potential to shed useful light on controversies relating to phylogeny and classification, especially of closely related primate taxa. Previous studies examining inter- and intraspecific variation were carried out on macaques (Pan, 1998; Pan and Oxnard, 2000, 2001a). In this study, the same approach is applied to the Asian colobines because they appear to have evolved in the same places and roughly at the same time as the macaques, and their evolution was probably influenced by many of the same environmental changes during the Pliocene and Pleistocene (Pan and Jablonski, 1987; Jablonski, 1993).

Asian colobines have been a highly successful radiation, as judged by their diversity and wide distribution.

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Shaping Primate Evolution
Form, Function, and Behavior
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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  • Cranial variation among the Asian colobines
    • By Ruliang L. Pan, School of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009 Australia, Colin P. Groves, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
  • Edited by Fred Anapol, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Rebecca Z. German, University of Cincinnati, Nina G. Jablonski, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
  • Book: Shaping Primate Evolution
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  • Edited by Fred Anapol, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Rebecca Z. German, University of Cincinnati, Nina G. Jablonski, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
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  • Edited by Fred Anapol, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Rebecca Z. German, University of Cincinnati, Nina G. Jablonski, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
  • Book: Shaping Primate Evolution
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542336.006
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