Our Ancient Youth

A Perspective on Evolutionary Phylogeny and Ontogeny

Robert C Vannucci, Susan J Vannucci

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English

Brown Walker Press
01 November 2025

Anatomy; Physiology; Evolution; Developmental biology; Human biology

The major purpose of this monograph is to describe hominin fossils that are the juvenile representatives of the various species of our human ancestral past in the context of the disciplines of ontogeny and phylogeny. Ontogeny is the study of development through the lifespan, while phylogeny is the study of evolution. The book is appropriate largely for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in the fields of developmental biology, neuroscience, and anthropology. The treatise is also accessible to a non-anthropological reader, as it provides some background pertaining to evolutionary principles and chronology. There are two major sections in the book. The first section is related to those critical characteristics that define hominins and to general concepts of ontogeny, and the second is related to the hominin lineage as a series of chronological events. These successive evolutionary stages begin with the presumed earliest hominins and end with the appearance of anatomically modern humans (AMH's) within the past 200,000 years.

By: Robert C Vannucci, Susan J Vannucci
Imprint: Brown Walker Press
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 381g
ISBN: 9781965921067
ISBN 10: 196592106X
Pages: 282
Publication Date: 01 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Susan and Robert Vannucci have been collaborators in scientific research and life for more than 50 years. They first met at the Cornell University Medical College in New York City during Robert's fellowship in Child Neurology, when Susan was working in the laboratory of the Neurology Department, teaching the clinical fellows how to perform basic research. The two were married several years later, and since then, they have continued to collaborate, publishing close to 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles, as well as book reviews and chapters. Both are now retired from academic medicine; this book in Physical Anthropology represents a new avenue in their scientific and literary collaboration.