The evolution of the human head / Daniel E. Lieberman.
| Author/creator |
Lieberman, Daniel E., 1964- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011. |
| Description | xi, 756 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [627]-725) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010020868 |
| ISBN | 9780674046368 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0674046366 (alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | QM535 .L525 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |