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Book Synopsis Primates Face to Face by : Agustín Fuentes
Download or read book Primates Face to Face written by Agustín Fuentes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-17 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As our closest evolutionary relatives, nonhuman primates are integral elements in our mythologies, diets and scientific paradigms, yet most species now face an uncertain future through exploitation for the pet and bushmeat trades as well as progressive habitat loss. New information about disease transmission, dietary and economic linkage, and the continuing international focus on conservation and primate research have created a surge of interest in primates, and focus on the diverse interaction of human and nonhuman primates has become an important component in primatological and ethnographic studies. By examining the diverse and fascinating range of relationships between humans and other primates, and how this plays a critical role in conservation practice and programs, Primates Face to Face disseminates the information gained from the anthropological study of nonhuman primates to the wider academic and non-academic world.
Author :Michael Leach Publisher :Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated ISBN 13 :9780713726145 Total Pages :176 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (261 download)
Download or read book The Great Apes written by Michael Leach and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1997 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated guide covers the world's great apes - gorillas, chimpanzees and orang-utans - in an accessible way, highlighting similarities to human behaviour and increasing threats to their lifestyles and habitats. The book's highly visual presentation shows apes in a wide variety of activities, and the conservation of these mammals is strongly emphasized. The author's own photographs from Africa and Indonesia are used.
Book Synopsis Gorilla vs Orangutan: Apes Face Off (Level 8 Reader) by : Rivet
Download or read book Gorilla vs Orangutan: Apes Face Off (Level 8 Reader) written by Rivet and published by Google. This book was released on 2019-09-07 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From first introductions to deep dives into the wonders of our world, Rivet nonfiction books fascinate young readers. A level 8 reader in the Battle of the Beasts series, Gorilla vs Orangutan: Apes Face Off will feed readers' curiosity about Animals.
Book Synopsis The Australopithecine Face by : Yoel Rak
Download or read book The Australopithecine Face written by Yoel Rak and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Australopithecine Face provides an introduction to the interpretation of the facial skeleton of Australopithecus, a part of the anatomy well represented in the African collections. This book presents important morphological differences between the early hominid taxa and interprets them in a biochemical, functional, evolutionary framework. Organized into seven chapters, this book begins with an overview of the description of the face of the four species of Australopithecus, extending to comparisons both within the genus and with other primates. This text then provides an analysis of the facial morphology of Australopithecus in terms of structural significance. Other chapters consider the taxonomic and phylogenetic status of the australopithecine species in light of the description and comparison. This book discusses as well the changes in the morphology and topography of the facial mask. The final chapter deals with the phylogenetic assignment of the different species. This book is a valuable resource for anthropologists.
Download or read book Great Apes written by Leach and published by . This book was released on 1996-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ape's-face written by Marion Fox and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Almost Us written by William H. Calvin and published by William H. Calvin. This book was released on 2005-10-25 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After you spot a dozen of your relatives among these candid portraits, you'll see why the great apes are called our close cousins. The portraits on the back cover show a frowning gorilla looking at a smiling one, an inquiring chimpanzee, a smiling orangutan gazing skyward, and a fashion portrait of a wet bonobo.
Book Synopsis Planet Without Apes by : Craig Stanford
Download or read book Planet Without Apes written by Craig Stanford and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planet Without Apes demands that we consider whether we can live with the consequences of wiping our closest relatives off the face of the Earth. Leading primatologist Craig Stanford warns that extinction of the great apes—chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans—threatens to become a reality within just a few human generations. We are on the verge of losing the last links to our evolutionary past, and to all the biological knowledge about ourselves that would die along with them. The crisis we face is tantamount to standing aside while our last extended family members vanish from the planet. Stanford sees great apes as not only intelligent but also possessed of a culture: both toolmakers and social beings capable of passing cultural knowledge down through generations. Compelled by his field research to take up the cause of conservation, he is unequivocal about where responsibility for extinction of these species lies. Our extermination campaign against the great apes has been as brutal as the genocide we have long practiced on one another. Stanford shows how complicity is shared by people far removed from apes’ shrinking habitats. We learn about extinction’s complex links with cell phones, European meat eaters, and ecotourism, along with the effects of Ebola virus, poverty, and political instability. Even the most environmentally concerned observers are unaware of many specific threats faced by great apes. Stanford fills us in, and then tells us how we can redirect the course of an otherwise bleak future.
Download or read book Face to Face written by Anup Shah and published by Te Neues Publishing Company. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - The portrayed apes meet the viewer at eye level: face to face - a special experience - The renowned and award-winning wild-life photographers present fascinating photos of great apes - For the first time in a coffee table book: never-before-seen photographic portraits of all seven great ape species Apes, they arouse very special feelings in many people because they are so similar to us. When we look into their eyes, we can feel the closeness to our own species. This is exactly the emotion conveyed in the coffee-table book Face to Face by Anup Shah and Fiona Rogers. In 60 fascinating photo portraits, the two nature photographers show chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos in close-ups taken in the animals' natural environment. For this, the renowned and multi-award-winning wildlife photographers lived together with the apes in the jungle for a long time and built up an intimate relationship of trust. Only in this way was it possible to capture these intimate portraits of the wild animals. In addition to the unique nature photography, the high-quality coffee table book also offers a lot of exciting background information on the history of the photographs. The individual photos are framed by interesting accounts of Anup's and Fiona's experiences during their lives with the animals. In wonderful stories, the two tell of the different characters of the animals photographed and thus give the reader hidden insights into the species of the great apes.
Download or read book Making Faces written by Adam S. Wilkins and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-02 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans possess the most expressive faces in the animal kingdom. Adam Wilkins presents evidence ranging from the fossil record to recent findings of genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology to reconstruct the fascinating story of how the human face evolved. Beginning with the first vertebrate faces half a billion years ago and continuing to dramatic changes among our recent human ancestors, Making Faces illuminates how the unusual characteristics of the human face came about—both the physical shape of facial features and the critical role facial expression plays in human society. Offering more than an account of morphological changes over time and space, which rely on findings from paleontology and anthropology, Wilkins also draws on comparative studies of living nonhuman species. He examines the genetic foundations of the remarkable diversity in human faces, and also shows how the evolution of the face was intimately connected to the evolution of the brain. Brain structures capable of recognizing different individuals as well as “reading” and reacting to their facial expressions led to complex social exchanges. Furthermore, the neural and muscular mechanisms that created facial expressions also allowed the development of speech, which is unique to humans. In demonstrating how the physical evolution of the human face has been inextricably intertwined with our species’ growing social complexity, Wilkins argues that it was both the product and enabler of human sociality.
Book Synopsis Face Recognition for Great Apes by : Alexander Loos
Download or read book Face Recognition for Great Apes written by Alexander Loos and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aufgrund des gegenwärtigen Artensterbens sind viele Spezies, einschließlich Menschenaffen wie Schimpansen und Gorillas, vom Aussterben bedroht. Daher gewinnt die Überwachung der aktuellen Bestände mittels autonomer Aufnahmegeräte zunehmend an Bedeutung. Die manuelle Auswertung solcher Daten ist jedoch extrem mühsam, zeitaufwändig und kostenintensiv. Um der immer größer werdenden Datenflut Herr zu werden, untersucht diese Arbeit ein neues Anwendungsgebiet der Bildverarbeitung und des maschinellen Sehens: Automatische Detektion und Identifikation von Primaten in Bildern und Videos. Basierend auf der Annahme, dass Menschen und unsere nächsten Verwandten ähnliche Charakteristika des Gesichts aufweisen, werden in dieser Arbeit Algorithmen zur Erkennung menschlicher Gesichter erweitert um Schimpansen und Gorillas in ihrem natürlichen Lebensraum zuverlässig identifizieren zu können. Die Dissertation beschreibt und evaluiert ein algorithmisches System bestehend aus Detektion, Ausrichtung und Identifikation von Primatengesichtern in Bildern und Videos. Die vorgeschlagenen Algorithmen sind dabei robust gegenüber verschiedenen Posen, Beleuchtungsbedingungen und partiellen Verdeckungen sowie anderen Faktoren wie sie häufig in realen Anwendungsszenarien auftreten. Die Leistungsfähigkeit, aber auch Grenzen des Systems werden ausführlich anhand von Datensets freilebender und gefangener Schimpansen und Gorillas diskutiert. Mit dem Fokus auf die individuelle Erkennung werden zuerst Algorithmen für eine zuverlässige Erkennung von Primaten in Bildern vorgestellt. Holistische Merkmale sowie lokale Deskriptoren werden mittels einer Entscheidungsfusion kombiniert. Anschließend wird dieser Ansatz auf die Erkennung von Menschenaffen in Videos erweitert. Nach der Detektion und Verfolgung von Gesichtern werden Module zur Qualitätsbeurteilung angewandt, um Frames zu identifizieren, die sich am besten für die folgenden Gesichtserkennungsalgorithmen eignen. Weiterhin wird ein neuartiger Frame-Weighting-Algorithmus beschrieben, welcher basierend auf der Konfidenz des Klassifikators die Resultate mehrerer Frames gewichtet. Des Weiteren werden die entwickelten Algorithmen auf realistischen, von Experten annotierten Bild- und Videodatenbanken, sorgfältig evaluiert. Um die Vorteile des vorgeschlagenen Systems zu demonstrieren, wird es mit anderen dem Stand der Technik entnommenen Algorithmen zur Gesichtserkennung verglichen. Die implementierten Algorithmen wurden in einer prototypischen Anwendung zusammengeführt, welche derzeit von Biologen genutzt wird um Populationsgrößen schneller und genauer schätzen zu können. Daher hat das entwickelte Primate Recognition Framework (PRF) das Potential, den Weg zu effizienteren Monitoringverfahren zu ebnen und damit zukünftig Wissenschaftlern zu helfen, neue innovative Schutzmaßnahmen zu entwickeln.
Book Synopsis James and Other Apes by : James Mollison
Download or read book James and Other Apes written by James Mollison and published by Boot. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text by Jane Goodall.
Book Synopsis Face Recognition for Great Apes by :
Download or read book Face Recognition for Great Apes written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aufgrund des gegenwärtigen Artensterbens sind viele Spezies, einschließlich Menschenaffen wie Schimpansen und Gorillas, vom Aussterben bedroht. Daher gewinnt die Überwachung der aktuellen Bestände mittels autonomer Aufnahmegeräte zunehmend an Bedeutung. Die manuelle Auswertung solcher Daten ist jedoch extrem mühsam, zeitaufwändig und kostenintensiv. Um der immer größer werdenden Datenflut Herr zu werden, untersucht diese Arbeit ein neues Anwendungsgebiet der Bildverarbeitung und des maschinellen Sehens: Automatische Detektion und Identifikation von Primaten in Bildern und Videos. Basierend auf der Annahme, dass Menschen und unsere nächsten Verwandten ähnliche Charakteristika des Gesichts aufweisen, werden in dieser Arbeit Algorithmen zur Erkennung menschlicher Gesichter erweitert um Schimpansen und Gorillas in ihrem natürlichen Lebensraum zuverlässig identifizieren zu können. Die Dissertation beschreibt und evaluiert ein algorithmisches System bestehend aus Detektion, Ausrichtung und Identifikation von Primatengesichtern in Bildern und Videos. Die vorgeschlagenen Algorithmen sind dabei robust gegenüber verschiedenen Posen, Beleuchtungsbedingungen und partiellen Verdeckungen sowie anderen Faktoren wie sie häufig in realen Anwendungsszenarien auftreten. Die Leistungsfähigkeit, aber auch Grenzen des Systems werden ausführlich anhand von Datensets freilebender und gefangener Schimpansen und Gorillas diskutiert. Mit dem Fokus auf die individuelle Erkennung werden zuerst Algorithmen für eine zuverlässige Erkennung von Primaten in Bildern vorgestellt. Holistische Merkmale sowie lokale Deskriptoren werden mittels einer Entscheidungsfusion kombiniert. Anschließend wird dieser Ansatz auf die Erkennung von Menschenaffen in Videos erweitert. Nach der Detektion und Verfolgung von Gesichtern werden Module zur Qualitätsbeurteilung angewandt, um Frames zu identifizieren, die sich am besten für die folgenden Gesichtserkennungsalgorithmen eignen. Weiterhin wird ein neuartiger Frame-Weighting-Algorithmus beschrieben, welcher basierend auf der Konfidenz des Klassifikators die Resultate mehrerer Frames gewichtet. Des Weiteren werden die entwickelten Algorithmen auf realistischen, von Experten annotierten Bild- und Videodatenbanken, sorgfältig evaluiert. Um die Vorteile des vorgeschlagenen Systems zu demonstrieren, wird es mit anderen dem Stand der Technik entnommenen Algorithmen zur Gesichtserkennung verglichen. Die implementierten Algorithmen wurden in einer prototypischen Anwendung zusammengeführt, welche derzeit von Biologen genutzt wird um Populationsgrößen schneller und genauer schätzen zu können. Daher hat das entwickelte Primate Recognition Framework (PRF) das Potential, den Weg zu effizienteren Monitoringverfahren zu ebnen und damit zukünftig Wissenschaftlern zu helfen, neue innovative Schutzmaßnahmen zu entwickeln.
Book Synopsis Evolution of the Human Face by : William King Gregory
Download or read book Evolution of the Human Face written by William King Gregory and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Face to Face with Gorillas by : Michael Nichols
Download or read book Face to Face with Gorillas written by Michael Nichols and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the gorillas in the African jungle and facts about the gorillas.
Book Synopsis Among African Apes by : Martha M. Robbins
Download or read book Among African Apes written by Martha M. Robbins and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2011-06-13 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire for an intimate and revealing look at the lives of African wild apes—and at the lives of the humans who study them. In tales of adventure, research, and conservation, veteran field researchers and conservationists describe exciting discoveries made over the past few decades about chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. The book features vivid descriptions of interactions among these highly intelligent creatures as they hunt, socialize, and play. More difficult themes emerge as well, including the threats apes face from poaching, disease, and deforestation. In stories that are often moving and highly personal, this book takes measure of how special the great apes are and discusses positive conservation efforts, including ecotourism, that can help bring these magnificent animals back from the brink of extinction.
Download or read book Amazing Apes written by Ruth Owen and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apes are fascinatingwhether theyre swinging from the trees or making crude tools to gather food. Readers will discover many informative, fun facts about apes with easy-to-follow text. Bright, colorful photographs will engage even the most reluctant of readers.
