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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
No detailed description available for "The Evolution of the Human Head".
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (769 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780674059443
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4510082
DDC:
612/.91
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface: Heads Up -- 1. A Tinkered Ape? -- 2. The Skeletal Tissues of the Head -- 3. Setting the Stage: Embryonic Development of the Head -- 4. Modular Growth of the Fetal and Postnatal Head -- 5. Integration of the Head during Fetal and Postnatal Growth -- 6. The Brain and the Skull -- 7. You Are How You Eat: Chewing and the Head -- 8. Pharynx, Larynx, Tongue, and Lung -- 9. Holding Up and Moving the Head -- 10. Sense and Sensitivity: Vision, Hearing, Olfaction, and Taste -- 11. Early Hominin Heads -- 12. Ecce Early Homo -- 13. The Evolution of the Head in Homo sapiens -- 14. Final Thoughts and Speculations -- Glossary -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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