Assuming that the earliest human ancestors grew more like apes than current-day humans, when, how and why did our modern growth pattern evolve? Covering growth patterns within available Plio-Pleistocene Hominids, including juvenile fossil specimens, and individuals assigned to the newest species, Homo antecessor, this book provides a rich data source for anthropologists and evolutionary biologists exploring these questions.

In the year of 2067, it is every country for itself. One against all others. Theories are scribbled down and ideas abandoned as the war moves on and leaves weapon after weapon behind. In yet another hopeless laboratory, lights bleep and flash, and a blur of noises fill the air almost deafeningly. A successful experiment, or so it seems, brings the scientists running. Shocked murmurs fill the air as they look upon the test subject. A little boy, with fuzzy wings and feathered tufts over his small body. "Amazing " "Intriquing " "How can this be ?" The boy, curled up in a glass orb like a bird...