Author: McNamara, Kenneth J.
Title: Shapes of Time: The Evolution of Growth and Development
Description: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, (1997). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xii,342 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: The Evolving Embryo; The Topsy-Turvy World of Dr. Haeckel & Dr. Garstang; The Shape of Things to Come; It's a Dog's Life; Time for Sex; Birds, Brachiopods, & Bushbucks: Heterochrony in Speciation; The Peter Pan Syndrome; Images of the Past, Shapes of the Future; Evolving the Shapes Beyond; Evolving a Way of Life; Fueling the Biological Arms Race; The Baby-faced Super Ape; Epilogue.

Keywords: Heterochrony, Biology, Evolution, Paleontology, Palaeontology, , , ,