{"product_id":"childhood-and-human-evolution-friedrich-kipp-9780932776334","title":"Childhood and Human Evolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this accessible and groundbreaking work, Friedrich Kipp shows that childhood and youth--an extended period of nurture and protection from the struggle for existence--have been, and will continue to be, a necessary condition for human evolution. His observations confirm our intuitive feeling that this prolonged phase of human life holds the promise of our future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKipp's comparative study of the juvenile stage in animals and humans also sheds surprising new light on the process of human evolution and our relation to the animal primates. In their earliest developmental stage, animals--and the animal primates in particular--display characteristics reminiscent of human children. However these more universal, humanlike characteristics are quickly lost as the animals adapt to specific ecological conditions. The animals' early closeness to the human form and their developmental trajectory away from the human suggests that the main trunk of the evolutionary tree is intimately associated with human evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTENTS: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003eII. POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT IN MAMMALS\u003cbr\u003e1. Chronology\u003cbr\u003e2. What Makes Early Independence Possible?\u003cbr\u003e3. Behavioral Plasticity in Young Animals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIII. HUMAN CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH \u003cbr\u003e1. Characteristic Features of Postnatal Development\u003cbr\u003e Standing and learning to walk\u003cbr\u003e The use of the hand\u003cbr\u003e The ossification of the skull and the growth of the brain\u003cbr\u003e Dentition processes\u003cbr\u003e Sexual maturity and the adolescent growth spurt\u003cbr\u003e2. The Meaning and Significance of Prolonged Youth\u003cbr\u003e3. Human Plasticity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV. MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE HEAD \u003cbr\u003e1. Distinguishing Human and Mammalian Structural Types\u003cbr\u003e The structural type of the mammalian skull\u003cbr\u003e The structural type of the human head\u003cbr\u003e2. The Morphology of the Simian Head and its Ontogeny\u003cbr\u003e The form of the simian head in early childhood\u003cbr\u003e3. Conditions for the Development of the Human Head and Human Brain\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eV. CARE OF THE YOUNG AND\u003cbr\u003eTHE EVOLUTION OF THE CEREBRUM\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVI. PROTECTION FROM THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE IN HUMAN EVOLUTION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVII. LOVE AND CARING\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVIII. HUMAN EVOLUTION RECONSIDERED \u003cbr\u003e1. The Form of the Head\u003cbr\u003e2. Cerebralization\u003cbr\u003e3. The Position of the Foramen Magnum\u003cbr\u003e4. Changes in the Structure of the Hand\u003cbr\u003e5. The Larynx and its Appendages\u003cbr\u003e6. Psychological Findings\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIX. THE FOSSIL EVIDENCE - A SURVEY \u003cbr\u003e1. Homo Sapiens Fossils\u003cbr\u003e2. Homo Neandertalensis\u003cbr\u003e3. Steinheim Man\u003cbr\u003e4. Homo Erectus\u003cbr\u003e5. Australopithicus and Paranthropus\u003cbr\u003e6. Other Fossils from the Tertiary\u003cbr\u003e7. The Form of the Head in Fossil Hominid Children\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eX. PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF UPRIGHT POSTURE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXI. VOICE AND SPEECH \u003cbr\u003e1. Mammal Vocalization\u003cbr\u003e2. The Free Use of the Voice in the Human Being\u003cbr\u003e3. The Organs of the Mouth in the Service of Language\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXII. HUMAN BEINGS TEACH THEIR ORGANS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCONCLUSION \u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003eA Related Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Friedrich Kipp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0932776337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780932776334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Adonis Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Friedrich Kipp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072886337791,"sku":"9780932776334","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c4090a8-782b-4d90-ad01-0bb5c9353fb2.jpg?v=1685444519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/childhood-and-human-evolution-friedrich-kipp-9780932776334","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}