Quirks of Human Anatomy An Evo-Devo Look at the Human Body

Name: Quirks of Human Anatomy An Evo-Devo Look at the Human Body
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ISBN: 9780521732338

ISBN-10: 0521732336

ISBN-13: 9780521732338

Edition: 2009

Authors: Lewis I. Held

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With the emergence of the new field of evolutionary developmental biology we are witnessing a renaissance of Darwin's insights 150 years after his Origin of Species. Thus far, the exciting findings from "evo-devo" have only been trickling into college courses and into the domain of non-specialists. With its focus on the human organism, Quirks of Human Anatomy opens the floodgates by stating the arguments of evo-devo in plain English, and by offering a cornucopia of interesting case studies and examples. Its didactic value is enhanced by 24 schematic diagrams that integrate a host of disparate observations, by its Socratic question-and-answer format, and by its unprecedented compilation of…

Book details

Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 274
Size: 6.97" wide x 9.96" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Background
Symmetry and asymmetry
Mysteries of the midline
Merism and modularity
Sexual dimorphisms
Silly, stupid, and dangerous quirks
Mind and brain
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