Ghostly muscles, wrinkled brains, heresies and Hobbits / Charles Oxnard.
| Author/creator | Oxnard, Charles E., 1933- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, |
| Description | xxiii, 470 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | A Leverhulme public lecture series Leverhulme public lecture series. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | The shape of bones : tension and compression -- A fifty year love affair with spongy bone -- Ghosts of the past : muscles and bones -- Reversing development : from adult to gene! -- Now you see it, now you don't : hidden aspects of form -- The origins of ancient humans : 8,004,004 BC! -- Modern humans and heresies -- Homo floresiensis : a very cold case! -- Brains, babies and vitamin B12 -- New wrinkles on old brains -- The wonder of human evolution. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008033972 |
| ISBN | 9789812797421 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9812797424 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9789812797438 (softcover) |
| ISBN | 9812797432 (softcover) |