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Human evolution through developmental change / edited by Nancy Minugh-Purvis and Kenneth J. McNamara.
Penn Museum Library GN281.4 .H85 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human evolution.
- Heterochrony (Biology).
- Fossil hominids.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 508 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
- 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.
- Contents:
- What Is Heterochrony? / Kenneth J. McNamara 1
- Part I Evolution and Development
- 1 Evolutionary Developmental Biology: Where Embryos and Fossils Meet / Brian K. Hall 7
- 2 Shape and Stage in Heterochronic Models / David M. Alba 28
- 3 Multivariate Approaches to Development and Evolution / Gunther J. Eble 51
- 4 Are Some Heterochronic Transformations Likelier than Others? / Brian T. Shea 79
- 5 Sequential Hypermorphosis: Stretching Ontogeny to the Limit / Kenneth J. McNamara 102
- 6 Animal Domestication and Heterochronic Speciation: The Role of Thyroid Hormone / Susan J. Crockford 122
- 7 The Role of Heterochrony in Primate Brain Evolution / Sean H. Rice 154
- Part II The Evolution of Hominid Life-History Patterns
- 8 Brain Evolution by Stretching the Global Mitotic Clock of Development / Michael L. McKinney 173
- 9 Natural Selection and the Evolution of Hominid Patterns of Growth and Development / Nina G. Jablonski, George Chaplin, Kenneth J. McNamara 189
- 10 Sexual Dimorphism and Ontogeny in Primates / Rebecca Z. German, Scott A. Stewart 207
- 11 Life-History Evolution in Miocene and Extant Apes / Jay Kelley 223
- 12 Dental Development and Life History in Hominid Evolution / Robert L. Anemone 249
- 13 An Assessment of Radiographic and Histological Standards of Dental Development in Chimpanzees / Kevin L. Kuykendall 281
- 14 Evolutionary Relationships between Molar Eruption and Cognitive Development in Anthropoid Primates / Sue Taylor Parker 305
- Part III The Evolution of Hominid Development
- 15 Enamel Microstructure in Hominids: New Characteristics for a New Paradigm / Fernando Ramirez Rozzi 319
- 16 Cranial Growth in Homo erectus / Susan C. Anton 349
- 17 Peramorphic Processes in the Evolution of the Hominid Pelvis and Femur / Christine Berge 381
- 18 Heterochrony and the Evolution of Neandertal and Modern Human Craniofacial Form / Frank L'Engle Williams, Laurie R. Godfrey, Michael R. Sutherland 405
- 19 Adolescent Postcranial Growth in Homo neanderthalensis / Andrew J. Nelson, Jennifer L. Thompson 442
- 20 Between the Incisive Bone and Premaxilla: From African Apes to Homo sapiens / Bruno Maureille, Jose Braga 464
- 21 Heterochronic Change in the Neurocranium and the Emergence of Modern Humans / Nancy Minugh-Purvis 479.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801867320
- OCLC:
- 45667810
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