Keywords:
Human evolution.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
If the earliest human ancestors grew more like apes than like humans today, when, how and why did our modern growth patterns evolve? This book focuses on species within the genus Homo to investigate the evolutionary origins of characteristic human patterns and rates of craniofacial and postcranial growth and development.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (471 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780511206399
Series Statement:
Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology Series ; v.Series Number 37
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=218243
DDC:
599.93/8
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Background -- Rationale for (and layout of) this volume -- References -- Part I Setting the stage: What do we know about human growth and development? -- 2 The human pattern of growth and development in paleontological perspective -- Introduction -- A brief history of auxological paleontology -- A synthesis of ideas -- Why did childhood and adolescence evolve? -- Why childhood? -- Why adolescence and the adolescent growth? -- Why do girls have adolescence? -- Why do boys have adolescence? -- Girls and boys - two paths through adolescence -- The shape of things to come -- References -- 3 Postnatal ontogeny of facial position in Homo sapiens and Pan troglodytes -- Introduction -- Anatomical model -- Materials and methods -- Samples -- Measurements -- Geometric morphometric analyses -- Hypotheses -- Results -- SDM analyses -- GDM analyses -- Summary of results -- H1: Anterior cranial base length -- H2: Middle cranial fossa length -- H3: Midfacial length -- H4: Posterior cranial base length -- H5: Upper facial length -- H6: Lower facial length -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 Variation in modern human dental development -- Introduction -- Methods -- Recording dental formation -- Growth statistics -- Stages of dental development -- Results -- Timing of eruption -- Stages of eruption -- Tooth formation -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5 Developmental variation in the facial skeleton of anatomically modern Homo sapiens -- Introduction -- Morphological differences in the form of the craniofacial skeleton in adult modern humans: An overview -- General principles of growth in the craniofacial skeleton -- Comparative growth of the hard tissues - geometric morphometrics.
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Background to the study -- Materials -- Methods -- Results -- Differences in facial shape irrespective of maturation -- Differences in ontogenetic shape trajectories -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 6 Linear growth variation in the archaeological record -- Introduction -- Material and methods -- Reference sample -- Archaeological samples -- Estimation of age at death -- Results -- North Africa and Western Asia -- Asia -- Europe/European origin -- North America -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 Hominid growth and development: The modern context -- Introduction -- Modern human pattern of growth and development -- Definition of pattern of growth and development -- Life stages -- Life history -- Causes of within-species variation -- Evidence for modern human growth as presented in this volume -- Conclusions -- References -- Part II The first steps: From australopithecines to Middle Pleistocene Homo -- 8 Reconstructing australopithecine growth and development: What do we think we know? -- Introduction -- Background -- Chronology and timing of australopithecine dental development -- Patterns of australopithecine dental development -- Growth and development of the australopithecine face -- Summary and discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9 Growth and life history in Homo erectus -- Introduction -- Theoretical context -- Heterochrony -- Temporal patterning of growth and the human growth spurt -- Materials and methods -- Materials -- Allometric heterochronic analyses -- Growth spurt analyses -- Methods -- Heterochronic analyses -- Growth spurt analyses -- Results -- Heterochrony -- Size and shape dissociation -- Growth through time and growth spurts -- Discussion -- Heterochrony, size, and shape -- Growth through time and adolescent growth spurts -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments.
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References -- 10 Patterns of dental development in Lower and Middle Pleistocene hominins from Atapuerca (Spain) -- Introduction -- Dental development and life history -- Time and timing: Two different approaches -- Materials: The Atapuerca hominins -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 11 Hominid growth and development from australopithecines to Middle Pleistocene Homo -- Introduction -- Homo habilis -- Dental remains -- Cranial and mandibular remains -- Postcranial remains -- Life-history issues -- Homo erectus -- Dental remains -- Cranial and mandibular remains -- Postcranial remains -- Adolescent growth spurt? -- Life-history issues -- Homo antecessor and Homo heidelbergensis -- Dental remains -- Cranial and mandibular remains -- Postcranial remains -- Life-history issues -- Summary -- References -- Part III The last steps: The approach to modern humans -- 12 Diagnosing heterochronic perturbations in the craniofacial evolution of Homo (Neandertals and modern humans) and… -- Introduction -- Materials and methods -- Samples -- Aging methods -- Modeling growth -- HETPAD analysis -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 13 Shape and growth differences between Neandertals and modern humans: Grounds for a species-level distinction? -- Introduction -- Taxonomic hypothesis -- Materials -- Landmarks -- Euclidean distance matrix analysis -- EDMA shape difference comparisons -- EDMA growth difference comparisons -- Results -- EDMA shape difference comparisons -- EDMA growth difference comparisons -- Discussion -- Future work -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 14 Ontogenetic patterning and phylogenetic significance of mental foramen number and position in the evolution of Upper… -- Introduction -- Materials -- Recent specimens -- Fossil specimens -- Methods -- Results.
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Mental foramen position relative to the tooth row -- Number of mental foramina -- Growth in anterior alveolar arch length -- Growth in anterior alveolar arch breadth -- Discussion -- Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 15 A new approach to the quantitative analysis of postcranial growth in Neandertals and modern humans: Evidence from the… -- Introduction -- Materials -- Methods -- Results -- Ilium -- Pubis -- Ischium -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 16 Ontogenetic variation in the Dederiyeh Neandertal infants: Postcranial evidence -- Introduction -- Materials -- Dederiyeh 1 and 2 -- Comparative specimens -- Methods -- Aging -- Measurements and analyses -- Results -- Length and circumference -- Cross-sectional geometric properties -- Difference between Dederiyeh 1 and Dederiyeh 2 -- Discussion -- Sample size as a comparative unit -- Comparison of growth patterns -- Uncertainty of age estimation -- Issues in the study of growth of postcranial bones -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 17 Hominid growth and development in Upper Pleistocene Homo -- Introduction -- Models of evolutionary change -- Morphological studies -- The postcranium: Limb length and circumference -- Considerations -- The postcranium: Pelvic dimensions -- Considerations -- The skull: The mandible -- Considerations -- The skull: The craniofacial complex -- Considerations -- Summary -- Interpretive differences -- Methodological factors -- Conceptual factors -- Genetics or behavior? -- Paradigm -- Paradigms and the origins of the modern human pattern of growth and development -- Discussion -- References -- 18 Conclusions: Putting it all together -- Introduction -- What is the modern human pattern of growth and development and when did it appear? -- Growth in brain size/body size -- Development.
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The origin of modern humans -- Variability -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.
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