Human evolution through developmental change
By: edited by Nancy Minugh-Purvis and Kenneth J. McNamara
Contributors: Minugh-Purvis, Nancy, 1953-; McNamara, Ken
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 508
Subjects: Human evolution; Heterochrony (Biology); Fossil hominids
Description: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Evolutionary developmental biology: where embryos and fossils meet; title: Shape and stage in heterochronic models; title: Multivariate approaches to development and evolution; title: Are some heterochronic transformations likelier than others?; title: Sequential hypermorphosis: stretching ontogeny to the limit; title: Animal domestication and heterochronic speciation: the role of thyroid hormone; title: The role of heterochrony in primate brain evolution; title: Brain evolution by stretching the global mitotic clock of development; title: Natural selection and the evolution of hominid patterns of growth and development; title: Sexual dimorphism and ontogeny in primates; title: Life-history evolution in miocene and extant apes; title: Dental development and life history in hominid evolution; title: An assessment of radiographic and histological standards of dental development in chimpanzees; title: Evolutionary relationships between molar eruption and cognitive development in anthropoid primates; title: Enamel microstructure in hominids: new characteristics for a new paradigm; title: Cranial growth in Homo erectus; title: Peramorphic processes in the evolution of the hominid pelvis and femur; title: Heterochrony and the evolution of the Neandertal and modern human craniofacial form; title: Adolescent postcranial growth in Homo neaderthalensis; title: Between the incisive bone and premaxilla: from African apes to Homo sapiens; title: Heterochronic change in the neurocranium and the emergence of modern humans