Teeth: A Very Short Introduction
Teeth: A Very Short Introduction
Ungar, Peter S. (Distinguished Professor and Chair of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas)
Oxford University Press
03/2014
152
Mole
Inglês
9780199670598
15 a 20 dias
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.
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 reading
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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.
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 reading
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