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

Author/creator Lieberman, Daniel E., 1964-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
Descriptionxi, 756 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subjects
Head--Evolution.
Head--Growth.
Human evolution.

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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [627]-725) and index.
LCCN 2010020868
ISBN9780674046368 (alk. paper)
ISBN0674046366 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QM535 .L525 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold