Patterns of Growth and Development in the Genus Homo Book

1. Introduction G. E. Krovitz, A. J. Nelson and J. L. Thompson;

Part I. Setting the Stage: What Do We Know About Human Growth and Development?:
2. The human pattern of growth and development in paleontological perspective B. Bogin;
3. Postnatal ontogeny of facial position in Homo sapiens and Pan troglodytes B. McBratney-Owen and D. E. Lieberman;
4. Variation in modern human dental development H. Liversidge;
5. Developmental variation in the facial skeleton of anatomically modern Homo sapiens U. Strand Vidarsdóttir and P. O'Higgins;
6. Linear growth variation in the archaeological record L. T. Humphrey;
7. Hominid growth and development: the modern context J. L. Thompson, A. J. Nelson and G. E. Krovitz;

Part II. The First Steps: From Australopithecines to Middle Pleistocene Homo:
8. Reconstructing australopithecine growth and development: what do we think we know? K. L. Kuykendall;
9. Growth and life history in Homo erectus S. C. Antón and S. R. Leigh;
10. Patterns of dental development in Lower and Middle Pleistocene hominids from Atapuerca (Spain) J. M. Bermúdez de Castro, F. Ramírez, M. Martinón-Torres, S. Sarmiento and A. Ross;
11. Hominid growth and development from australopithecine to Middle Pleistocene Homo G. E. Krovitz, J. L. Thompson and A. J. Nelson;

Part III. The Last Steps: The Approach to Modern Humans:
12. 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 and M. R. Sutherland;
13. Shape and growth differences betweenNeandertals and modern humans: grounds for a species level distinction? G. E. Krovitz;
14. Ontogenetic patterning and phylogenetic significance of mental foramen number and position in the evolution of Upper Pleistocene Homo sapiens H. Coqueugniot and N. Minugh-Purvis;
15. A new approach to the quantitative analysis of post cranial growth in Neandertals and modern humans. Evidence from the hipbone T. Majó and A. -m. Tillier;
16. Ontogenetic variation in the Dederiyeh Neandertal infants: postcranial evidence O. Kondo and H. Ishida;
17. Hominid growth and development in the Late Pleistocene Homo A. J. Nelson, G. E. Krovitz and J. L. Thompson;
18. Conclusions: putting it all together A. J. Nelson, J. L. Thompson and G. E. Krovitz.