Cambridge University Press, 2003. — 470 p.Assuming that the earliest human ancestors grew more like apes than current-day humans, when, how and why did our modern growth pattern evolve? Covering growth patterns within available Plio-Pleistocene Hominids, including juvenile fossil specimens, and individuals assigned to the newest species, Homo antecessor, this book provides a rich data source for anthropologists and evolutionary biologists exploring these questions.List of contributors page
Acknowledgments
Introduction
G. E. Krovitz, A. J. Nelson, J. L. Thompson
Setting the stage: What do we know about human growth and development?
The human pattern of growth and development in paleontological perspective
B. Bogin
Postnatal ontogeny of facial position in Homo sapiensand Pan troglodytes
B. McBratney-Owen, D. E. Lieberman
Variation in modern human dental development
H. Liversidge
Developmental variation in the facial skeleton of anatomically
modernHomo sapiens
U. Strand Vidarsdottir, P. O’Higgins
Linear growth variation in the archaeological record
L. T. Humphrey
Hominid growth and development: The modern context
J. L. Thompson, A. J. Nelson, G. E. Krovitz
The first steps: From australopithecines to Middle Pleistocene Homo
Reconstructing australopithecine growth and development: What do we think we know?
K. L. Kuykendall
Growth and life history in Homo erectus
S. C. Anton, S. R. Leig
Patterns of dental development in Lower and Middle Pleistocene hominins from Atapuerca (Spain)
J. M. Bermudez De Castro, F. Ramırez Rozzi, M. Martinon-torres, S. Sarmiento Perez, A. Rosas
Hominid growth and development from australopithecines to Middle Pleistocene Homo
G. E. Krovitz, J. L. Thompson, A. J. Nelson
The last steps: The approach to modern humans
Diagnosing heterochronic perturbations in the craniofacial evolution of Homo (Neandertals and modern humans) and Pan
(P. troglodyte sand P. paniscus)
F. L. Williams, L. R. Godfrey, M. R. Sutherland
Shape and growth differences between Neandertals and modern humans: Grounds for a species-level distinction?
G. E. Krovitz
Ontogenetic patterning and phylogenetic significance of mental foramen number and position in the evolution of Upper Pleistocene Homo sapiens
H. Coqueugniot, N. Minugh-Purvis
A new approach to the quantitative analysis of postcranial growth in Neandertals and modern humans: Evidence from the hipbone
T. Majo, A.-M. Tillier
Ontogenetic variation in the Dederiyeh Neandertal infants
Postcranial evidence
O. Kondo, H. Ishida
Hominid growth and development in Upper Pleistocene Homo
A. J. Nelson, G. E. Krovitz, J. L. Thompson
Conclusions: Putting it all together
A. J. Nelson, J. L. Thompson, G. E. Krovitz
Index
