The evolution of the human head / Daniel E. Lieberman.

  • Lieberman, Daniel E., 1964-
Date:
2011
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.

Physical description

xi, 756 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [627]-725) and index.

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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    History of Medicine
    NQ /LIE
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ISBN

  • 9780674046368
  • 0674046366