The evolution of the human head

Preface : heads up

A tinkered ape?

The skeletal tissues of the head

Setting the stage : embryonic development of the head

Modular growth of the fetal and postnatal head

Integration of the head during fetal and postnatal growth

The brain and the skull

You are how you eat : chewing and the head

Pharynx, larynx, tongue, and lung

Holding up and moving the head

Sense and sensitivity : vision, hearing, olfaction, and taste

Early hominin heads

Ecce early Homo

The evolution of the head in Homo sapiens

Final thoughts and speculations.