Our Ancient Youth: A Perspective on Evolutionary Phylogeny and Ontogeny

The major purpose of this monograph is to describe hominin fossils that are the juvenile representatives of the various species of our human ancestral past in the context of the disciplines of ontogeny and phylogeny. Ontogeny is the study of development through the lifespan, while phylogeny is the study of evolution. The book is appropriate largely for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in the fields of developmental biology, neuroscience, and anthropology. The treat...