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Introduction / G.E. Krovitz, A.J. Nelson, J.L. Thompson -- The human pattern of growth and development in paleontological perspective / B. Bogin -- Postnatal ontogeny of facial position in Homo sapiens and Pan troglodytes / B. McBratney-Owen, D.E. Lieberman -- Variation in modern human dental development / H. Liversidge -- Developmental variation in the facial skeleton of anatomically modern Homo 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 -- 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. Leigh -- Patterns of dental development in Lower and Middle Pleistocene hominins from Atapuerca (Spain) / J.M. Bermudez De Castro, F. Ramirez Rozzi, M. Martinon-Torres, S. Sarmiento Perez, A. Rosas -- Hominid growth and development from australopithecines to Middle Pleistopcene Homo / G.E. Krovitz, J.L. Thompson, A.J. Nelson -- Diagnosing heterochronic perturbations in the craniofacial evolution of Homo (Neandertals and modern humans) and Pan (P. troglodytes and 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.

It is generally accepted that the earliest human ancestors grew more like apes than like humans today. If they did so, and we are now different, when, how and why did our modern growth patterns evolve? Originally published in 2003, this book focuses on species within the genus Homo to investigate the evolutionary origins of characteristic human patterns and rates of craniofacial and postcranial growth and development, and to explore unique ontogenetic patterns within each fossil species. Experts examine growth patterns found within available Plio-Pleistocene hominid samples, and analyse variation in ontogenetic patterns and rates of development in recent modern humans in order to provide a comparative context for fossil hominid studies. Presenting studies of some of the newer juvenile fossil specimens and information on Homo antecessor, this book will provide a rich data source with which anthropologists and evolutionary biologists can address the questions posed above.