1st Edition
Human Evolution and Development Textbook for Life Sciences
296 Pages
by
Amsterdam University Press
Our understanding of human evolution is proceeding at an unprecedented rate over the last years due to spectacular fossil finds, reconstructions based on genome comparison, ancient DNA sequencing and new insights into developmental genetics. This book takes an integrative approach in which the development of the human embryo, the evolutionary history of our body, the structure of human... Read more
Preface, 1. The story of our ancestors, 2. From ovum to human, 3. Our tinkered body, 4. There must be differences, 5. The past in the present, 6. The cultural human, 7. Do humans still evolve?, Epilogue, Further reading, Primary literature, Credits, Index
Biography
Nico M. van Straalen is professor of Animal Ecology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and specialises in evolutionary biology.
Dick Roelofs is associate professor of Molecular Ecology and Ecogenomics, also at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
