Author: Starck, D.
Title: Parallel development and specialisation during the evolution of the bird skull.
Description: Stellenbosch, South Africa: University of Stellenbosch, 1969. First edition. Pp. (2), 217-228; 5 text-figures. Original printed gray wrappers, lg 8vo. This offprint also contains two other papers by D. Starck: 'The Evolution of the Cranium in Mammals' (pp. 229-239, 5 text-figures) and 'Specialization of the Skull in Mammals' (pp. 241-252, 7 text-figures). Annale Universiteit van Stellenbosch, volume 44, no. 3-5. Name stamp of former owner on the front wrapper, almost no signs of use. The text is entirely in English. This is a rare work by this German comparative anatomist whose embryological research foreshadowed the field of ""evo-devo."" A bright and clean copy in near fine condition..

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