Tooth Development in Human Evolution and Bioarchaeology
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Tooth Development in Human Evolution and Bioarchaeology

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
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Tooth Development in Human Evolution and Bioarchaeology

About this book

Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had any effect upon it? Addressing these and other key questions in palaeoanthropology and bioarchaeology, Simon Hillson examines the unique role of teeth in preserving detailed microscopic records of development throughout childhood and into adulthood. The text critically reviews theory, assumptions, methods and literature, providing the dental histology background to anthropological studies of both growth rate and growth disruption. Chapters also examine existing studies of growth rate in the context of human evolution and primate development more generally, together with implications for life history. The final chapters consider how defects in the tooth development sequence shed light on the consequences of biological and social transitions, contributing to our understanding of the evolution of modern human development and cognition.

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Table of contents

  1. Half-title
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. 1 Why development and why teeth?
  7. 2 Development schedule, body size and brain size
  8. 3 How teeth grow in living primates
  9. 4 Microscopic markers of growth in dental tissues
  10. 5 Building dental development sequences
  11. 6 Human evolution, pace of ­development and life history
  12. 7 Dental markers of disease and malnutrition
  13. 8 Health, stress and evolution: case studies in bioarchaeology and palaeoanthropology
  14. 9 Conclusions
  15. Appendix A: Tables
  16. Appendix B: Technical information
  17. References
  18. Index