TY - BOOK ID - 31197484 TI - Tooth development in human evolution and bioarchaeology PY - 2014 SN - 9781107011335 1107011337 9780511894916 PB - New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Dental anthropology. KW - Teeth KW - Human evolution. KW - Human remains (Archaeology) KW - Tooth KW - Anthropology, Physical. KW - Odontometry KW - Paleodontology KW - Tooth Wear. KW - Dental Wear KW - Dental Wears KW - Tooth Wears KW - Wear, Dental KW - Wear, Tooth KW - Wears, Dental KW - Wears, Tooth KW - Physical Anthropology KW - Skeletal remains (Archaeology) KW - Human skeleton KW - Primate remains (Archaeology) KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Physical anthropology KW - Evolutionary psychology KW - Human beings KW - Odontography KW - Odontology KW - Mouth KW - Dentistry KW - Dentition KW - Evolution. KW - anatomy & histology. KW - methods. KW - growth & development. KW - Origin KW - Dental anthropology KW - Human evolution KW - Anthropology, Physical KW - Tooth Wear KW - Evolution KW - anatomy & histology KW - methods KW - growth & development KW - Human remains (Archaeology). KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Methods. KW - Anthropology KW - Physical. KW - Anatomy & histology. KW - Growth & development. KW - Bioarchaeology UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:31197484 AB - "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"-- ER -