Building Bones: Bone Formation and Development in Anthropology (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Percival, Christopher J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Bone is the tissue most frequently recovered archaeologically and is the material most commonly studied by biological anthropologists, who are interested in how skeletons change shape during growth and across evolutionary time. This volume brings together a range of contemporary studies of bone growth and development to highlight how cross-disciplinary research and new methods can enhance our anthropological understanding of skeletal variation. The novel use of imaging techniques from developmental biology, advanced sequencing methods from genetics, and perspectives from evolutionary developmental biology improve our ability to understand the bases of modern human and primate variation. Animal models can also be used to provide a broad biological perspective to the systematic study of humans. This volume is a testament to the drive of anthropologists to understand biological and evolutionary processes that underlie changes in bone morphology and illustrates the continued value of incorporating multiple perspectives within anthropological inquiry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108206570
• Artikelnr.: 49046504

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Introduction Christopher J. Percival and Joan T.
Richtsmeier; 1. What is a biological 'trait'? Kenneth Weiss; 2. The
contribution of angiogenesis to variation in bone development and evolution
Christopher J. Percival, Kazuhiko Kawasaki, Yuan Huang, Kenneth Weiss,
Ethylin Wang Jabs, Runze Li and Joan T. Richtsmeier; 3. Association of the
chondrocranium and dermatocranium in early skull formation Kazuhiko
Kawasaki and Joan T. Richtsmeier; 4. Unique ontogenetic patterns of
postorbital septation in tarsiers and the issue of trait homology Valerie
B. DeLeon, Alfred L. Rosenberger and Timothy D. Smith; 5. Exploring modern
human facial growth at the micro and macroscopic levels Sarah E. Freidline,
Cayetana Martinez-Maza, Philipp Gunz and Jean-Jacques Hublin; 6. Changes in
mandibular cortical bone density and elastic properties during growth Paul
C. Dechow; 7. Postcranial skeletal development and its evolutionary
implications David B. Burr and Jason M. Organ; 8. Combining genetic and
developmental methods to study musculoskeletal evolution in primates
Terence D. Capellini and Heather Dingwall; 9. Using comparisons between
species and anatomical locations to discover mechanisms of growth plate
patterning and differential growth Kelsey M. Kjosness and Philip L. Reno;
10. Ontogenetic and genetic influences on bone's responsiveness to
mechanical signals Ian J. Wallace, Brigitte Demes and Stefan Judex; 11. The
Havers-Halberg oscillation and bone metabolism Russell T. Hogg, Timothy G.
Bromage, Haviva M. Goldman, Julia A. Katris and John G. Clement; 12.
Structural and mechanical changes in trabecular bone during early
development in the human femur and humerus Timothy M. Ryan, David A.
Raichlen and James H. Gosman; Appendix to Chapter 3. Detailed anatomical
description of developing chondrocranium and dermatocranium in the mouse
Kazuhiko Kawasaki and Joan T. Richtsmeier; Index.