Making faces : the evolutionary origins of the human face / Adam S. Wilkins ; illustrated by Sarah K...
Making faces : the evolutionary origins of the human face / Adam S. Wilkins ; illustrated by Sarah K...
Making faces : the evolutionary origins of the human face / Adam S. Wilkins ; illustrated by Sarah Kennedy.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2017/222
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 451 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Thinking about the human face as a product of evolution -- How the face develops: from early embryo to older teenager -- The genetic foundations of the face -- The genetic basis of facial diversity -- History of the face. I, From earliest vertebrates to first primates -- History of the face. II, Fro...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2017.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This book sets out to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the human face, in terms of both the fossil evidence and the recent findings of genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology that have illuminated how the human face forms during embryonic and fetal development. In exploring this history, we will see how intimately the evolutio...
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Full title
Making faces : the evolutionary origins of the human face / Adam S. Wilkins ; illustrated by Sarah Kennedy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2017
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G 2017/222
Record Identifier
74VKVKPAROgl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVKPAROgl
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ISBN
0674725522 hardcover alkaline paper
9780674725522 hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
599.938
MMS ID
991024041709802626
