Evolution's Bite - A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins

Zusatztext "One of CHOICE's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017" Informationen zum Autor Peter S. Ungar Klappentext Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. In Evolution's Bite, noted paleoanthropologist Peter Ungar brings together for the first time cutting-edge advances in understanding human evolution and climate change with new approaches to uncovering dietary clues from fossil teeth to present a remarkable investigation into the ways that teeth--their shape, chemistry, and wear--reveal how we came to be. Traveling the four corners of the globe and combining scientific breakthroughs with vivid narrative, Evolution's Bite presents a unique dental perspective on our astonishing human development. Zusammenfassung Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. In Evolution's Bite, noted paleoanthropologist Peter Ungar brings together for the first time cutting-edge advances in understanding human evo

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• Authors: Peter Ungar, Peter S. Ungar, Ungar Peter
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2018
• EAN: 9780691182834
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18283-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Evolution, popular science, Anatomy, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, Anthropology, PHYSIOLOGY, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, Biodiversity, Biology, life sciences, Human biology, Developmental biology