Robert D. Hoppa / Charles M. FitzGerald (eds.)

Human Growth in the Past

Studies from Bones and Teeth
Herausgeber: Hoppa, Robert D.; Mascie-Taylor, C. G. Nicholas; Fitzgerald, Charles M.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 547g
• ISBN-13: 9780521021227
• ISBN-10: 0521021227
• Artikelnr.: 22387842

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. From head to toe: integrating studies from
bones and teeth Robert D. Hoppa and Charles M. Fitzgerald; 2. Heterochrony:
somatic, skeletal and dental development in Gorilla, Homo and Pan Mike
Dainton and Gabriele A. Macho; 3. Relative mandibular growth in humans,
gorillas and chimpanzees Louise T. Humphrey; 4. Growth and development in
Neandertals and other fossil hominids: implications for the evolution of
hominid ontogeny Andrew J. Nelson and Jennifer L. Thompson; 5. Hominoid
tooth growth: using incremental lines in dentine as markers of growth in
modern humans and fossil primate teeth M. Chris Dean; 6. New approaches to
the quantitative analysis of craniofacial growth and variation Paul
O'Higgins and Una Strand Vidarsdottir; 7. Invisible insults during growth
and development: contemporary theories and past populations Sarah King and
Stanley J. Ulijaszek; 8. What can be done about the infant category in
skeletal samples? Shelley Saunders and Lisa Barrans; 9. Sources of
variation in estimated ages at formation of linear enamel hypoplasias Alan
H. Goodman and Rhan-Ju Song; 10. Reconstructing patterns of growth
disruption from enamel microstructure Scott Simpson; 11. Estimation of
age-at-death from dental emergence and implications for studies of
prehistoric somatic growth Lyle Konigsberg and Darryl Holman; 12. Linear
and appositional long bone growth in earlier human populations: a case
study from mediaeval England Simon Mays; Index.