The evolution of the human head /

From the publisher. In one sense, human heads function much like those of other mammals. We use them to chew, smell, swallow, think, hear, and so on. But, in other respects, the human head is quite unusual. Unlike other animals, even our great ape cousins, our heads are short and wide, very big brai...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lieberman, Daniel E., 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Head > Evolution.
Head > Growth.
Human evolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Head > growth & development
Biological Evolution
Tête > Évolution.
Tête > Croissance.
Homme > Évolution.
Évolution (Biologie)
evolution.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology
Mensch
Kopf
Humanbiologe
Evolution
Mensch.
Evolution.
Schädel.
Kopf.
Huvud > tillväxt.
Människans utveckling.
Huvud > utveckling.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface : heads up
  • A tinkered ape?
  • The skeletal tissues of the head
  • Setting the stage : embryonic development of the head
  • Modular growth of the fetal and postnatal head
  • Integration of the head during fetal and postnatal growth
  • The brain and the skull
  • You are how you eat : chewing and the head
  • Pharynx, larynx, tongue, and lung
  • Holding up and moving the head
  • Sense and sensitivity : vision, hearing, olfaction, and taste
  • Early hominin heads
  • Ecce early Homo
  • The evolution of the head in Homo sapiens
  • Final thoughts and speculations.

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