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Teeth

A Very Short Introduction - Print PDF.
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
160 Seiten
Englisch
Oxford University Presserschienen am27.03.2014
Teeth are a vital component of vertebrate anatomy and a fundamental part of the fossil record. It was the evolution of teeth, associated with predation, that drove the evolution of the wide array of fish, amphibians, reptiles, and then mammals. Peter S. Ungar looks at how, without teeth, none of these developments could have occurred.mehr
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KlappentextTeeth are a vital component of vertebrate anatomy and a fundamental part of the fossil record. It was the evolution of teeth, associated with predation, that drove the evolution of the wide array of fish, amphibians, reptiles, and then mammals. Peter S. Ungar looks at how, without teeth, none of these developments could have occurred.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-19-967059-8
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2014
Erscheinungsdatum27.03.2014
Seiten160 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht124 g
IllustrationenApproximately 30 black and white illustrations
Artikel-Nr.30431782
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GenreMedizin

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Teeth matter ; 2. Types and parts of teeth ; 3. What teeth do: food and feeding ; 4. The origin of teeth and teeth in non-mammals ; 5. The evolution of teeth in mammals ; 6. Mammal teeth today ; 7. Human teeth and their history ; 8. Endless forms ; Further readingmehr

Autor

Peter S. Ungar received his PhD in Anthropological Sciences from Stony Brook University and taught Gross Anatomy in the medical schools at Johns Hopkins and Duke before moving to the University of Arkansas, where he now serves as Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anthropology. He has written or co-authored more than 125 scientific papers on ecology and evolution for books and journals including Science, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, and authored the book Mammal Teeth: Origin, Evolution, and Diversity (John Hopkins University Press), which won the 2010 PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers for the best book in the biological sciences.