Making faces : the evolutionary origins of the human face /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wilkins, A. S. Adam S., 1945
Group Author: Kennedy, Sarah
Published: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xi, 451 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [421]-440) and index.
ISBN: 9780674725522
0674725522
Index Number: GN281
CLC: Q983
Q981.1
Call Number: Q981.1/W684
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: from early primates to modern humans -- Brain and face coevolution: recognizing, reading and making faces -- "Postspeciation": the evolving face in modern humans -- On face consciousness and the future of the face -- Social selection in the shaping of the human face -- Coda : Three journeys.