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Primate Hearing and Communication

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Editors:
  1. Rolf M. Quam

    1. Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, USA

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  2. Marissa A. Ramsier

    1. Department of Anthropology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, USA

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  3. Richard R. Fay

    1. Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, USA

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  4. Arthur N. Popper

    1. Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  • Highlights how variations in anatomical structures along the auditory pathway relate to variation in auditory sensitivity
  • Describes newly-emergent research into how selective pressures such as ambient environmental acoustics have influenced the vocalizations produced and the propagation through the habitat
  • Details how variation in vocal acoustics is related to anatomy
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research (SHAR, volume 63)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction to Primate Hearing and Communication

    • Marissa A. Ramsier, Rolf M. Quam
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Primate Peripheral Auditory System and the Evolution of Primate Hearing

    • Sirpa Nummela
    Pages 13-45

  4. Primate Audition: Reception, Perception, and Ecology

    • Marissa A. Ramsier, Josef P. Rauschecker
    Pages 47-77

  5. Primate Habitat Acoustics

    • Charles H. Brown, Peter M. Waser
    Pages 79-107

  6. Evolutionary Origins of Primate Vocal Communication: Diversity, Flexibility, and Complexity of Vocalizations in Basal Primates

    • Elke Zimmermann
    Pages 109-140

  7. Vocal Communication in Family-Living and Pair-Bonded Primates

    • Charles T. Snowdon
    Pages 141-174

  8. The Primate Roots of Human Language

    • Klaus Zuberbühler
    Pages 175-200

  9. Evolution of Hearing and Language in Fossil Hominins

    • Rolf M. Quam, Ignacio Martínez, Manuel Rosa, Juan Luis Arsuaga
    Pages 201-231
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About this book

Presents a comprehensive review of nonhuman primate audition and vocal communication. These are obviously intimately related topics, but are often addressed separately. The hearing abilities of primates have been tested experimentally in a large number of species across the primate order, and these studies have revealed both consistent patterns as well as interesting variation within and between taxonomic groups. Recent studies have shed light on how variation in anatomical structures along the auditory pathway relates to variation in auditory sensitivity.  At the same time, ongoing studies of vocal communication in wild primate populations continue to reveal new insights into the social and environmental contexts of many primate calls, and the range of known primate vocalizations has increased dramatically with the development of more sophisticated and accessible auditory equipment and software that enables the recording and analysis of higher-fidelity and broader-band recordings, including documenting very high frequency (i.e. ultrasound) vocalizations. 
Historically the relative importance of primate calls has been evaluated qualitatively by the perception of the researcher, but new methods and approaches now enable a greater appreciation for how signals are used and perceived by the primates in question. The integration of anatomical and behavioral data on acoustic communication and the environmental correlates thereof has significant potential for reconstructing behavior in the fossil record. This confluence of factors and accumulating evidence for the sophistication and complexity in both the signal and its interpretation indicate that a book synthesizing this information across primates is warranted and represents an important contribution to the literature.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, USA

    Rolf M. Quam

  • Department of Anthropology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, USA

    Marissa A. Ramsier

  • Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Richard R. Fay

  • Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

About the editors

The lead editor has published a number of articles in international, peer-reviewed scientific journals related to the functional morphology of the outer and middle ear in humans, primates and fossil hominins, and his ongoing research program centers on the study of the evolution of human hearing. The co-editor has published articles and contributed a book chapter on auditory sensitivity in primates and has an active research program focusing on primate bioacoustics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Primate Hearing and Communication

  • Editors: Rolf M. Quam, Marissa A. Ramsier, Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper

  • Series Title: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59478-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59476-7Published: 12 September 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86632-1Published: 18 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59478-1Published: 04 September 2017

  • Series ISSN: 0947-2657

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-1897

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 231

  • Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Otorhinolaryngology, Neurosciences

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