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Since Darwin's time, the natural selection of adult features has been emphasized as the dominant factor directing human evolution. In recent years, however, evolutionary scientists have recognized variations in the growth and development of individuals as an indispensable ingredient of evolutionary change. The chapters in this work reflect two major strands of research in the study of human heterochrony, the change in the timing and rate of development of individuals. First, palaeoanthropological evidence culled from the remains of infant and juvenile hominid fossils held in the world's museums has provided valuable new insights into the way naturally selected traits come about. Second, remarkable strides in molecular biology since the 1980s have allowed scientists to confirm evolutionary relationships between species and test the relationships of new evolutionary patterns to changes in the rate of development at a variety of levels, from molecules to organ systems. Editors Nancy Minugh-Purvis and Kenneth J. McNamara have organized the chapters of the book into three sections. The first section considers theoretical applications of heterochronic methods to the hominid fossil record. The second section considers the relationship of developmental change to various aspects of hominid life history, including cognitive, sexual, and structural developments. The third section provides a chronological survey of heterochronic change in the hominid fossil record from the Pliocene to late Pleistocene eras. The book should be a valuable resource for scientists and students of developmental biology, physical and social anthropology, and palaeontology who wish to understand current views on the underlying mechanisms of human evolution.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Foreword Preface List of ContributorsPart I - Evolution and Development 1 Evolutionary Developmental Biology: Where Embryos and Fossils Meet 2 Shape and Stage in Heterochronic Models 3 Multivariate Approaches to Development and Evolution 4 Are Some Heterochronic Transformations Likelier Than Others? 5 Sequential Hypermorphosis: Stretching Ontogeny to the Limit 6 Animal Domestication and Heterochronic Speciation: The Role of Thyroid Hormone 7 The Role of Heterochrony in Primate Brain EvolutionPart II - The Evolution of Hominid Life History Patterns 8 Brain Evolution by Stretching the Global Mitotic Clock of Development 9 Natural Selection and the Evolution of Hominid Patterns of Growth and Development 10 Sexual Dimorphism and Ontogeny in Primates 11 Life-History Evolution in Miocene and Extant Apes 12 Dental Development and Life History in Hominid Evolution 13 An Assessment of Radiographic and Histological Standards of Dental Development in Chimpanzees 14 Evolutionary Relationships between Molar Eruption and Cognitive Development in Anthropoid PrimatesPART III - The Evolution of Hominid Development 15 Enamel Microstructure in Hominids: New Characteristics for a New Paradigm 16 Cranial Growth in Homo erectus 17 Peramorphic Processes in the Evolution of the Hominid Pelvis and Femur 18 Heterochrony and the Evolution of Neanderthal and Modern Human Craniofacial Form 19 Adolescent Postcranial Growth in Homo neanderthalensis 20 Between the Incisive Bone and Premaxilla: From African Apes to Homo sapiens 21 Heterochronic Change in the Neurocranium and Emergence of Modern HumansGlossary Index

About the Author :
Nancy Minugh-Purvis is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at MCP Hahnemann University. Kenneth J. McNamara is the senior curator of invertebrate paleontology and head of the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at the Western Australian Museum.

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These are technical papers, but they are well focused and edited, and the result is truly a book, not just a journal issue between hard covers. Choice A timely contribution to an emerging field in which comparative primate genomics, modern developmental genetics, and embryology provide the foundation on which to build innovative studies of genotype-phenotype relations in human origins... A valuable resource for scientists interested in understanding and interpreting the developmental basis for the diversity and adaptation of extant and fossible hominins. -- C-H Chiu Heredity


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  • ISBN-13: 9780801867323
  • Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 528
  • Spine Width: 38 mm
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0801867320
  • Publisher Date: 08 Mar 2002
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 01
  • Weight: 930 gr


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