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Human Growth in the Past: Studies from Bones and Teeth by Robert D. Hoppa β€” book cover

Human Growth in the Past: Studies from Bones and Teeth

by Robert D. Hoppa (Editor), Charles M. Fitzgerald (Editor), C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor
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Overview

Until now, studies of dental and skeletal growth and development have often been treated as independent disciplines within the literature. Human Growth in the Past takes a fresh perspective by bringing together these two related fields of inquiry in a single volume whose purpose is to place methodological issues of growth and development in past populations within a strong theoretical framework. Contributions examine a variety of aspects of human growth in the past, drawing from both paleoanthropological and bioarchaeological data. The book covers a wide spectrum of topics, from patterns of growth in humans and their close relatives, innovative methods and applications of techniques and models for the study of growth, to estimation of age-at-death in subadults and infant mortality in archaeological samples. Human Growth in the Past will be of interest to biological anthropologists, and those in the related fields of dental anatomy, evolutionary biology, and developmental biology.

Synopsis

Interdisciplinary analysis of human growth in past populations.

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"The editors are attempting to trigger a broader perspective on growth studies. In this vein, they are seccessful, and their broader view will expand our knowledge of our recent and more distant ancestors." Western Washington University

Book Details

Published
October 1, 2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
336
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780521021227

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