In one sense, human heads function much like those of other mammals. We use them to chew, smell, swallow, think, hear, and so on. But, in other respects, the human head is quite unusual. Unlike other animals, even our great ape cousins, our heads are short and wide, very big brained, snoutless, largely furless, and perched on a short, nearly vertical neck. Daniel E. Lieberman sets out to explain how the human head works, and why our heads evolved in this peculiarly human way. Exhaustively researched and years in the making, ...
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In one sense, human heads function much like those of other mammals. We use them to chew, smell, swallow, think, hear, and so on. But, in other respects, the human head is quite unusual. Unlike other animals, even our great ape cousins, our heads are short and wide, very big brained, snoutless, largely furless, and perched on a short, nearly vertical neck. Daniel E. Lieberman sets out to explain how the human head works, and why our heads evolved in this peculiarly human way. Exhaustively researched and years in the making, this innovative book documents how the many components of the head function, how they evolved since we diverged from the apes, and how they interact in diverse ways both functionally and developmentally, causing them to be highly integrated. This integration not only permits the head's many units to accommodate each other as they grow and work, but also facilitates evolutionary change. Lieberman shows how, when, and why the major transformations evident in the evolution of the human head occurred. The special way the head is integrated, Lieberman argues, made it possible for a few developmental shifts to have had widespread effects on craniofacial growth, yet still permit the head to function exquisitely. This is the first book to explore in depth what happened in human evolution by integrating principles of development and functional morphology with the hominin fossil record. The Evolution of the Human Head will permanently change the study of human evolution and has widespread ramifications for thinking about other branches of evolutionary biology.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. xi, 756 p. : ill., map; 25 cm. LCCN 2010020868 Type of material Book Personal name Lieberman, Daniel, 1964-Main title The evolution of the human head / Daniel E. Lieberman. Published/Created Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011. Description xi, 756 p. : ill., map; 25 cm. ISBN 9780674046368 (alk. paper) 0674046366 (alk. paper) LC classification QM535. L525 2011 Contents 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. LC Subjects Head--Evolution. Head--Growth. Human evolution. Other Subjects Head--growth & development. Biological Evolution. Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. [627]-725) and index. Dewey class no. 612/.91 NLM class no. 2011 B-313 WE 705 National bib no. GBB0A7573 National bib agency no. 015644187 101553169 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn555660636
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