Patterns of Growth and Development in the Genus Homo

Herausgeber: Thompson, J. L.; Nelson, A. J.; Krovitz, G. E.

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Produktbeschreibung

This 2003 book focuses on species within the genus Homo to investigate the evolutionary origins of characteristic human patterns.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 470
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 675g
• ISBN-13: 9780521184229
• ISBN-10: 0521184223
• Artikelnr.: 32778252

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction G. E. Krovitz, A.
J. Nelson and J. L. Thompson; Part I. Setting the Stage: What Do we Know
about Human Growth and Development?: 2. The human pattern of growth and
development in paleontological perspective B. Bogin; 3. Postnatal ontogeny
of facial position in Homo sapiens and Pan troglodytes B. McBratney-Owen
and D. E. Lieberman; 4. Variation in modern human dental development H.
Liversidge; 5. Developmental variation in the facial skeleton on
anatomically modern Homo sapiens U. Strand Vidarsdóttir and P. O'Higgins;
6. Linear growth variation in the archaeological record L. T. Humphrey; 7.
Hominid growth and development: the modern context J. L. Thompson, A. J.
Nelson and G. E. Krovitz; Part II. The First Steps: From Australopithecines
to Middle Pleistocene Homo: 8. Reconstructing australopithecine growth and
development: what do we think we know? K. L. Kuykendall; 9. Growth and life
history in Homo erectus S. C. Antón and S. R. Leigh; 10. Patterns of dental
development in Lower and Middle Pleistocene hominins from Atapuerca (Spain)
J. M. Bermúdez de Castro, F. Ramírez Rozzi, M. Martinón-Torres, S.
Sarimiento Pérez and A. Rosas; 11. Hominid growth and development from
australopithecines to Middle Pleistocene Homo G. E. Krovitz, J. L. Thompson
and A. J. Nelson; Part III. The Last Steps: The Approach to Modern Humans:
12. Diagnosing heterochronic perturbations in the craniofacial evolution of
Homo (Neandertals and modern humans) and Pan (P. troglodytes and P.
paniscus) F. L. Williams, L. R. Godfrey and M. R. Sutherland; 13. Shape and
growth differences between Neandertals and modern humans: grounds for a
species-level distinction? G. E. Krovitz; 14. Ontogenetic patterning and
phylogenetic significance of mental foramen number and position in the
evolution of Upper Pleistocene Homo sapiens H. Coqueugniot and N.
Minugh-Purvis; 15. A new approach to the quantitative analysis of
postcranial growth in Neandertals and modern humans: evidence from the
hipbone T. Majó and A.-M. Tillier; 16. Ontogenetic variation in the
Dederiych Neandertal infants: postcranial evidence O. Kondo and H. Ishida;
17. Hominid growth and development in Upper Pleistocene Homo A. J. Nelson,
G. E. Krovitz and J. L. Thompson; 18. Conclusions: putting it all together
A. J. Nelson, J. L. Thompson and G. E. Krovitz; Index.