Introduction -- Functional Anatomy of Sound Production & Reception in Primates -- Functional anatomy of sound production in primates.- The primate peripheral auditory system.- Neural processing, perception & psychoacoustics.- Primate auditory sensitivity.- Habitat Acoustics and Vocal Communication.- Habitat acoustics.- Modeling the origins of primate vocal communication: a comparative approach to nocturnal prosimians.- Vocal communication in "family-living"/pair-bonded primates.- Vocal communication in large social groups.- Evolution of hearing and language in humans.

Primate Hearing and Communication provides unique insights into the evolution of hearing and communication in primates, including humans. ·         Introduction to Primate Hearing and Communication Marissa A. Ramsier and Rolf M. Quam ·         The Primate Peripheral Auditory System and the Evolution of Primate Hearing SirpaNummela ·         Primate Audition: Reception, Perception, and Ecology Marissa A. Ramsier and Josef P. Rauschecker ·         Primate Habitat Acoustics Charles H. Brown and Peter M. Waser ·         Evolutionary Origins of Primate Vocal Communication: Diversity, Flexibility, and Complexity of Vocalizations in Basal Primates Elke Zimmermann ·         Vocal Communication in Family-Living and Pair-Bonded Primates Charles T. Snowdon ·         The Primate Roots of Human Language Klaus Zuberbühler ·         Evolution of Hearing and Language in Fossil Hominins Rolf M. Quam, Ignacio Martínez, Manuel Rosa, and Juan Luis Arsuaga Rolf M. Quam is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University (SUNY), Binghamton, NY   Marissa A. Ramsier is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA   Richard R. Fay is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago   Arthur N. Popper is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park    .