| Description |
xi, 756 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: heads up -- A tinkered ape? -- The skeletal tissues of the head -- Setting the stage: embryonic development of the head -- Modular growth of the fetal and postnatal head -- Integration of the head during fetal and postnatal growth -- The brain and the skull -- You are how you eat: chewing and the head -- Pharynx, larynx, tongue, and lung -- Holding up and moving the head -- Sense and sensitivity: vision, hearing, olfaction, and taste -- Early hominin heads -- Ecce early homo -- The evolution of the head in homo sapiens -- Final thoughts and speculations. |
| Subject |
Head -- Evolution.
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Head -- Growth.
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Human evolution.
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| ISBN |
9780674046368 (alk. paper) |
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0674046366 (alk. paper) |
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