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Development, growth, and evolution : implications for the study of the hominid skeleton / [edited by] Paul O'Higgins and Martin J. Cohen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Linnean Society symposium series ; no 20.Publication details: San Diego : Academic Press, ©2000.Description: 271 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780125249652
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 599.9 23 Oh37
Contents:
1. Development of vertebrate limbs: insights into pattern, evolution and dysmorphogenesis / Martin J. Cohn, Philippa E. Bright -- 2. Biomechanical influences on skeletal growth and development / Tim Skerry -- 3. The evolution of mammalian morphology: a developmental perspective / C. Owen Lovejoy, Martin J. Cohn, Tim D. White -- 4. Development and evolution of the vertebrate skull / Thomas F. Schilling, Peter V. Thorogood -- 5. Ontogeny, homology, and phylogeny in the hominid craniofacial skeleton: the problem of the browridge / Daniel E. Lieberman -- 6. Imaging skeletal growth and evolution / Fred Spoor, Nathan Jeffery, Frans Zonneveld -- 7. Quantitative approaches to the study of craniofacial growth and evolution: advances in morphometric techniques / Paul O'Higgins -- 8. Development and patterning of the dentition / Christine A. Ferguson, Zoë Hardcastle, Paul T. Sharpe -- 9. Interpreting the hominid dentition: ontogenetic and phylogenetic aspects / Gary T. Schwartz, Christopher Dean -- 10. Morphometrics of the primate skeleton and the functional and developmental underpinnings of species diversity / Charles E. Oxnard.
Summary: This work presents a synthesis of the modern approaches to the study of ontogeny and the interpretation of the fossil evidence for human origins.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Development of vertebrate limbs: insights into pattern, evolution and dysmorphogenesis / Martin J. Cohn, Philippa E. Bright --
2. Biomechanical influences on skeletal growth and development / Tim Skerry --
3. The evolution of mammalian morphology: a developmental perspective / C. Owen Lovejoy, Martin J. Cohn, Tim D. White --
4. Development and evolution of the vertebrate skull / Thomas F. Schilling, Peter V. Thorogood --
5. Ontogeny, homology, and phylogeny in the hominid craniofacial skeleton: the problem of the browridge / Daniel E. Lieberman --
6. Imaging skeletal growth and evolution / Fred Spoor, Nathan Jeffery, Frans Zonneveld --
7. Quantitative approaches to the study of craniofacial growth and evolution: advances in morphometric techniques / Paul O'Higgins --
8. Development and patterning of the dentition / Christine A. Ferguson, Zoë Hardcastle, Paul T. Sharpe --
9. Interpreting the hominid dentition: ontogenetic and phylogenetic aspects / Gary T. Schwartz, Christopher Dean --
10. Morphometrics of the primate skeleton and the functional and developmental underpinnings of species diversity / Charles E. Oxnard.

This work presents a synthesis of the modern approaches to the study of ontogeny and the interpretation of the fossil evidence for human origins.

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