| Description |
xviii, 508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Evolutionary developmental biology : where embryos and fossils meet -- Shape and stage in heterochronic models -- Multivariate approaches to development and evolution -- Are some heterochronic transformations likelier than others? -- Sequential hypermorphosis : stretching ontogeny to the limit -- Animal domestication and heterochronic speciation : the role of thyroid hormone -- The role of heterochrony in primate brain evolution -- Brain evolution by stretching the global mitotic clock of development -- Natural selection and the evolution of hominid patterns of growth and development -- Sexual dimorphism and ontogeny in primates -- Life-history evolution in miocene and extant apes -- Dental development and life history in hominid evolution -- An assessment of radiographic and histological standards of dental development in chimpanzees -- Evolutionary relationships between molar eruption and cognitive development in anthropoid primates -- Enamel microstructure in hominids : new characteristics for a new paradigm -- Cranial growth in Homo erectus -- Peramorphic processes in the evolution of the hominid pelvis and femur -- Heterochrony and the evolution of the Neandertal and modern human craniofacial form -- Adolescent postcranial growth in Homo neaderthalensis -- Between the incisive bone and premaxilla : from African apes to Homo sapiens -- Heterochronic change in the neurocranium and the emergence of modern humans. |
| Summary |
This book reflects two major strands of research in the study of human heterochrony, the change in the timing and rate of development of individuals. |
| Subject |
Human evolution.
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Heterochrony (Biology)
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Fossil hominids.
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| Added Author |
Minugh-Purvis, Nancy, 1953-
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McNamara, Ken.
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| ISBN |
0801867320 (hardcover) |
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