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Index
Cover
Half-Title
Series
Dedication
Title
Contents
Epigraph
Introduction: My Family and Other Mammals
Mammal species of the world
Mammalia
‘All true classification is genealogical’
chapter 1: The Descent of Man(’s Gonads)
Cool idea
Seeking alternatives
chapter 2: Life on the Edge of Mammaldom
A thin straggling branch
Defining mammals
A final word on the duckbill
chapter 3: Y, I’m Male
X and Y
Hormones and chromosomes
From chromosome to gene
DNA as historical text
chapter 4: The Mammalian Birds and Bees
Whence came the penis
I, tetrapod
I, amniote
Back to mammals
Vaginas
chapter 5: The Next Generation
I, multicellular organism
The germline
The mammalian way
Placentas and pouches
chapter 6: Afterbirth Before Birth
Structure
Function
Birth
chapter 7: The Milky Way
How do you like your milk?
On the origin of mammaries
Germs and evaporation
The food of love (and other things)
Of mammaries and men
chapter 8: Kids, Behave!
Parental economics and the rare mammalian father
Bonds
Early learning
Play
chapter 9: Bones, Teeth, Genes and Trees
To the first true mammals
Teeth
Jaws
Nose
Cranium
Beyond the skull
An animal emerges
Living with dinosaurs
The living
A happy birthdate
chapter 10: It’s Getting Hot in Here, Put Your Coat On
What is warm-bloodedness?
When did endothermy evolve?
Why did endothermy evolve?
One for all, all for one …
chapter 11: Scents and Sensibility
Senses
Sight
Hearing
Smell
Touch
Other worlds
chapter 12: A Multilayered Brain Teaser
Jurassic spark
Circuit maps
Neocortical circuits
Neocortex as new
Neocortex as not so new
Big brains redux
Neocortex redux
chapter 13: This Mammalian Life
I, primate
I, mammal
Endnote
Selected Reading
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Acknowledgements
Index
Copyright
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