Making Faces : : The Evolutionary Origins of the Human Face / / Adam S. Wilkins.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Wilkins, Adam S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Έτος έκδοσης: 2017
• Γλώσσα: English
• Φυσική περιγραφή: 1 online resource (450 p.) :; 22 color illustrations, 54 line illustrations, 2 graphs
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; 1. Thinking about the Human Face as a Product of Evolution --; 2. How the Face Develops: From Early Embryo to Older Teenager --; 3. The Genetic Foundations of the Face --; 4. The Genetic Basis of Facial Diversity --; 5. History of the Face I: From Earliest Vertebrates to the First Primates --; 6. History of the Face II: From Early Primates to Modern Humans --; 7. Brain and Face Coevolution: Recognizing, Reading, and Making Faces --; 8. “Postspeciation”: The Evolving Face in Modern Humans --; 9. On Face Consciousness and the Future of the Face --; 10. Social Selection in the Shaping of the Human Face --; Coda: Three Journeys --; Notes --; Acronyms --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Περίληψη: Adam Wilkins draws on studies of nonhuman species, the fossil record, genetics, and molecular and developmental biology to reconstruct the evolution of the human face and its inextricable link to our species’ evolving social complexity. The neural and muscular mechanisms that allowed facial expressions also led to speech, which is unique to humans.
• Μορφή: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674974500; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674974500
• Πρόσβαση: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Adam S. Wilkins.

Adam Wilkins draws on studies of nonhuman species, the fossil record, genetics, and molecular and developmental biology to reconstruct the evolution of the human face and its inextricable link to our species’ evolving social complexity. The neural and muscular mechanisms that allowed facial expressi...