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Evolution of Your Body: Leading Edge Thinking on Brain, Eye, Development, Regeneration, and More (2015)

by Scientific American

Other authors: Jean-François Podevin (Cover artist)

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Series: Scientific American Special Edition

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Podevin, Jean-FrançoisCover artistsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chaplin, GeorgeContributorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Choi, Charles Q.Contributorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Courage, Katherine HarmonContributorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Curry, AndrewContributorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fischman, JoshContributorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gardiner, David M.Contributorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Han, ManjongContributorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Muneoka, KenContributorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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"Articles in this special issue are updated from previous issues of Scientific American and ScientificAmerican.com" Table of contents.

CONTENTS:
p. 4. BRAIN.
Origins of the Left & Right Brain by Peter F. MacNeilage, Lesley J. Rogers and Giorgio Vallortigara
Innovator: Kevin Laland

p.12. DE NOVO GENES
Late Bloomers: "New" Genes May Have Played a Role in Human Brain Evolution by Charles Q. Choi
Innovator: Marshal W. Nirenberg

p. 18. EYE
Evolution of the Eye by Trevor D. Lamb
Innovator Trevor D. Lamb

p. 24.CULTURE AND CLIMATE
If I Had a Hammer by Ian Tattersall
Innovator: Koko

p. 30 WRITING
The Science of Handwriting by Brandon Keim
Innovator: Sally McBrearty

p. 38 LACTASE PERSISTANCE
The Milk Revolution by Andrew Curry
Innovator: Mark Thomas

p.44 REGENERATION
Regrowing Human Limbs by Ken Muneoka, Manjong Han and David M. Gardiner
Innovator: George Daly

p. 52 HAIR
The Naked Truth by Nina G. Jablonski
Innovator: Peter Wheeler

p. 60 SKIN
Skin Deep by Nina G. Jablonski and George Chaplin
Innovator: Nina G. Jablonski

p. 68 SEX
Reprieve for Men: Y Chromosome is Not Vanishing by Josh Fischman
Innovator: Gregory Pincus

p. 74 WALKING UPRIGHT
Evolution of Human Walking by C. Owen Lovejoy
Innovator: Donald C. Johanson

p. 82 EVOLUTION OF DISEASE
Seemingly Unimportant Mutations Can Foster Disease by Ed Yong
Innovator: Pardis Sabeti

p. 90 THE MISSING LINK
Shattered Ancestry by Katherine Harmon Courage
Innovator: Mary Leakey

p. 98 ONGOING EVOLUTION
Still Evolving (After All These Years) by John Hawks
Innovator Frank Livingstone

p. 104 THE PATH OF EVOLUTION
How We are Evolving by Jonathan K. Pritchard
Innovator: Charles Darwin
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