Making faces : the evolutionary origins of the human face /
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The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
Publication Dates: | 2017. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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. |