The Development of the Vertebrate Skull

IT is more than sixty years (1877) since the appearance of the first general text-book on “The Morphology of the Skull” by Parker and Bettany, a work excellent in its day but now out of date. The most important general work on the subject since then is the part on the development of the skeleton of the head contributed by E. Gaupp to Hertwig's well-known “Handbuch” (1906). It marked a great advance in our knowledge, more especially of the development of the cartilaginous framework of the skull and visceral arches. But a vast amount of work has been done since on the skull, and no one has made more important contributions than Dr. de Beer himself, whose series of detailed studies on the development of the head and skull in various vertebrates from cyclostome to mammal, published from 1922 onwards, form the basis for this fine monograph illustrated by 143 plates containing a vast number of figures most of which are the author's own.The Development of the Vertebrate SkullBy Dr. G. R. de Beer. Pp. xxiv + 552 + 143 plates. (Oxford: Clarendon Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1937.) 30s. net.

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  1938

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  Nature

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  1938-04-01

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  Biology

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  DOI 10.1038/142004a0PMCID 5219430
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