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In tropical lowland rain forests monocots have tougher leaves than dicots, and include a new kind of tough leafNathaniel J Dominy
Department of Anthropology, University of California, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Ann Bot 101:1363-77. 2008..Of 15 monocot families with >100 species in TLRF, eight have notably high densities of fibres in the lamina so that high values for toughness are expected...
Evolution of the special senses in primates: past, present, and futureNathaniel J Dominy
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 281:1078-82. 2004..The result is a special issue that both reflects our current understanding of primate sensory modalities and challenges certain fundamental assumptions concerning their evolution...- Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope enrichment in primate tissuesBrooke E Crowley
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Oecologia 164:611-26. 2010..These primate-specific apparent enrichment values will be a valuable tool for cross-species comparisons. Additionally, they will facilitate dietary comparisons between living and fossil primates... - Bornean orangutans on the brink of protein bankruptcyErin R Vogel
Department of Anthropology, and Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Biol Lett 8:333-6. 2012..Our findings highlight the functional and adaptive value of traits that maximize protein assimilation during periods of ecological exigency... 
Foraging and ranging behavior during a fallback episode: Hylobates albibarbis and Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii comparedErin R Vogel
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 140:716-26. 2009..Our approach of integrating behavioral ecology with physical measures of food may be a powerful tool for understanding the functional adaptations of primates...- Functional ecology and evolution of hominoid molar enamel thickness: Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii and Pongo pygmaeus wurmbiiErin R Vogel
Department of Anthropology, 1156 High Street, University of California Santa Cruz, CA 95064, United States
J Hum Evol 55:60-74. 2008..These data, which are among the first reported for hominoid primates, fill an important empirical void for evaluating the mechanical plausibility of putative hominin food objects... - Significance of color, calories, and climate to the visual ecology of catarrhinesNathaniel J Dominy
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Am J Primatol 62:189-207. 2004..We also found that primate biomass is higher in seasonal sites. We conclude that these findings are consistent with the notion that routine trichromatic vision evolved in a context where seasonal folivory was pivotal to survival... - Primate communication in the pure ultrasoundMarissa A Ramsier
Department of Anthropology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, USA
Biol Lett 8:508-11. 2012.... - Meissner corpuscles and somatosensory acuity: the prehensile appendages of primates and elephantsJoscelyn N Hoffmann
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 281:1138-47. 2004..Results show that greater MC density correlates with the extent to which primates are frugivorous; however, locomotor and/or phylogenetic effects cannot be discounted... - Cooperation and individuality among man-eating lionsJustin D Yeakel
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:19040-3. 2009.... - Ecological consequences of scaling of chew cycle duration and daily feeding time in primatesCallum F Ross
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, 1027 East 57th Street, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Hum Evol 56:570-85. 2009.... - Social drive and the evolution of primate hearingMarissa A Ramsier
Department of Anthropology, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 367:1860-8. 2012..To account for these findings, we develop and test a model of social drive. We hypothesize that social complexity has favoured enhanced hearing sensitivities, especially at higher frequencies... - Historical contingency in the evolution of primate color visionNathaniel J Dominy
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, 60637, Chicago, IL, USA
J Hum Evol 44:25-45. 2003..These results imply a link between the differential evolution of primate color vision and climatic changes during the Eocene-Oligocene transition... - Mechanics and chemistry of rain forest leaves: canopy and understorey comparedNathaniel J Dominy
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Exp Bot 54:2007-14. 2003..The implication of these results to the resource availability hypothesis, which proposes trade-offs between physiology and defences against herbivory, is discussed... - Adaptive function of soil consumption: an in vitro study modeling the human stomach and small intestineNathaniel J Dominy
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
J Exp Biol 207:319-24. 2004..Adaptive advantages include greater exploitation of marginal plant foods and reduced energetic costs of diarrhoea, factors that could account for the high frequency of geophagy in children and pregnant women across the tropics... - A brief review of the recent evolution of the human mouth in physiological and nutritional contextsPeter W Lucas
Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, 2110 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Physiol Behav 89:36-8. 2006..A brief review of the literature suggests several adaptations of the mouth can be interpreted to support this. All probably enhance the efficiency of the physical treatment of food in the mouth... - The isotopic ecology of African mole rats informs hypotheses on the evolution of human dietJustin D Yeakel
Department of Anthropology, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Proc Biol Sci 274:1723-30. 2007..recovered from hominin-bearing deposits. These values overlap those reported for A. africanus and P. robustus and we conclude that the USO hypothesis for hominin diets retains certain plausibility... - A comparison of auditory brainstem responses and behavioral estimates of hearing sensitivity in Lemur catta and Nycticebus coucangMarissa A Ramsier
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
Am J Primatol 72:217-33. 2010..We conclude that the ABR method is a promising technique for estimating primate hearing sensitivity, but that additional data are required to explore its efficacy for estimating low-frequency thresholds... - Evolution of the human pygmy phenotypeGeorge H Perry
Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, 920 E 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Trends Ecol Evol 24:218-25. 2009..Findings from this area of research are expected to inform interpretations of diversity in the hominin fossil record, including the purported small-bodied species Homo floresiensis... - Evolution and function of routine trichromatic vision in primatesPeter W Lucas
Department of Anatomy, University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong, People s Republic of China
Evolution 57:2636-43. 2003..There were no similar differences for fruits although red-greenness may sometimes be important in close-range fruit selection. These results suggest that routine trichromacy evolved in a context in which leaf consumption was critical... - Monocot leaves are eaten less than dicot leaves in tropical lowland rain forests: correlations with toughness and leaf presentationPeter J Grubb
Plant Sciences Department, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, UK
Ann Bot 101:1379-89. 2008.... - Light habitats and the role of polarized iridescence in the sensory ecology of neotropical nymphalid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)Jonathan M Douglas
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 4601 USA
J Exp Biol 210:788-99. 2007..The potential utility of polarized iridescence and iridescent wing coloration within differing ambient spectral environments is discussed to provide a basis for future investigation of the polarized light ecology of butterflies... - Diet and the evolution of human amylase gene copy number variationGeorge H Perry
School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
Nat Genet 39:1256-60. 2007..Higher AMY1 copy numbers and protein levels probably improve the digestion of starchy foods and may buffer against the fitness-reducing effects of intestinal disease...