Quirks of human anatomy
Subtitle: an evo devo look at the body
By: Lewis I. Held.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780521518482; 9780521732338
Subjects: Embryology, Human; Human evolution; Evolution; Hominidae -- anatomy & histology; Adaptation, Biological -- genetics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background; title: Symmetry and asymmetry; title: Mysteries of the midline; title: Merism and modularity; title: Sexual dimorphisms; title: Silly, stupid, and dangerous quirks; title: Mind and brain.