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Patterns of growth and development in the genus Homo / edited by J.L. Thompson, G.E. Krovitz, A.J. Nelson.

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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in biological and evolutionary anthropology ; 37Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003Description: xiv, 455 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0521822726Subject(s): Human evolution | Human growth | Fossil hominidsDDC classification: 599.938

Contents:

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 of 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 hominids from Atapuerca (Spain) J. M. Bermúdez de Castro, F. Rami;rez, M. Martinón-Torres, S. Sarmiento and A. Ross 11. Hominid growth and development from australopithecine 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 post cranial growth in Neandertals and modern humans. Evidence from the hipbone T. Majó and A. -m. Tillier 16. Ontogenetic variation in the Dederiyeh Neandertal infants: postcranial evidence O. Kondo and H. Ishida 17. Hominid growth and development in the Late 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.

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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 of 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 hominids from Atapuerca (Spain) J. M. Bermúdez de Castro, F. Rami;rez, M. Martinón-Torres, S. Sarmiento and A. Ross
11. Hominid growth and development from australopithecine 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 post cranial growth in Neandertals and modern humans. Evidence from the hipbone T. Majó
and A. -m. Tillier
16. Ontogenetic variation in the Dederiyeh Neandertal infants: postcranial evidence O. Kondo and H. Ishida
17. Hominid growth and development in the Late 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.

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