Lieberman, Daniel, 1964-

The evolution of the human head / Daniel E. Lieberman. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011. - xi, 756 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [627]-725) and index.

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.

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Head--Evolution.
Head--Growth.
Human evolution.
Head--growth & development.
Biological Evolution.

QM535 / .L525 2011

612.91

2011 B-313 WE 705