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Making Faces: The Evolutionary Origins of the Human Face

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Adam Wilkins draws on studies of nonhuman species, the fossil record, genetics, and molecular and developmental biology to reconstruct the evolution of the human face and its inextricable link to our species’ evolving social complexity. The neural and muscular mechanisms that allowed facial expressions also led to speech, which is unique to humans.

649 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 2, 2017

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January 4, 2019
Excellent book about the evolution of the human face tracing its ancestry back to the first vertebrates. It delved extensively into the embryology and genetics of the structure of the human face, as well as the effects of anthropoid primate social structures. The author also explained the true complexity of biological evolution. Overall a great book. 😊
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