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Making faces : the evolutionary origins of the human face /

This book sets out to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the human face, in terms of both the fossil evidence and the recent findings of genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology that have illuminated how the human face forms during embryonic and fetal development. In exploring thi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilkins, A. S. (Adam S.), 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Thinking about the human face as a product of evolution
  • How the face develops: from early embryo to older teenager
  • The genetic foundations of the face
  • The genetic basis of facial diversity
  • History of the face I: from earliest vertebrates to first primates
  • History of the face II: from early primates to modern humans
  • Brain and face coevolution: recognizing, reading and making faces
  • "Postspeciation": the evolving face in modern humans
  • On face consciousness and the future of the face
  • Social selection in the shaping of the human face
  • Coda : Three journeys.