Making Faces: The Evolutionary Origins of the Human Face

by Adam S. Wilkins

Humans possess the most expressive faces in the animal kingdom. Adam Wilkins presents evidence ranging from the fossil record to recent findings of genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology to reconstruct the fascinating story of how the human face evolved. Beginning with the first vertebrate faces half a billion years ago and continuing to dramatic changes among our recent human ancestors, Making Faces illuminates how the unusual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674725522
• ISBN13: 9780674725522
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"