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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilkins, A. S. (Adam S.), 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Face > Evolution.
Face > Differentiation.
Human evolution.
Face.
Evolution (Biology)
Human genetics > Variation.
Facial expression.
Face
Biological Evolution
Genetic Variation
Facial Expression
Êtres humains > Évolution.
Évolution (Biologie)
Variabilité génétique.
Physionomie.
evolution.
NATURE > Animals > Mammals.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Mammals.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology
Human genetics > Variation
Facial expression
Human evolution
Evolution
Gesicht
Mensch
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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