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Author:   Sue Taylor Parker (Royalty Account) ,  Jonas Lange ,  Michael MacKinney (Teacher of Geology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA) ,  Michael MacKinney (Teacher of Geology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
Weight:   0.550kg
ISBN:  

9780852559086

ISBN 10:   0852559089
Pages:   450
Publication Date:   01 January 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Homo erectus, infancy and childhood - the turning point in the evolution of hominid behavioural ontogeny, Sue Taylor Parker; the heterochronic evolution of primate cognitive development, Jonas Langer; evolution of ontogeny - recapitulation and the human neoteny myth, Michael McKinney; brain development, Liz Bates; how flexible is the neurodevelopmental clock, Terry Deacon; selection for condensation - an extended view of natural selection with applications to behavioural development, Borje Ekstig; behavioural development of nonhuman primates and the evolution of human behavioural ontogeny, Lynn Fairbanks; heterochrony, life histories and brain size - connections via a multivariate method, John Gittleman; cultural evolution and the evolution of culture, Patricia Greenfield; neoteny and heterochrony in the evolution of humans, Brian Shea.

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'This book is recommended for specialists in any of these areas, and for generally interested scientists because of its broad integrative view of emerging fields.' - Lorraine McCune in The Quarterly Review of Biology

This book is recommended for specialists in any of these areas, and for generally interested scientists because of its broad integrative view of emerging fields.' - -- Lorraine McCune in The Quarterly Review of Biology

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