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Contains 14 articles by an international, multidisciplinary assembly of contributors addressing cranial pneumatization in the Anthropoidea. Contributions, illustrated with color photographs, many using new imaging techniques, contain syntheses on the phylogeny of vertebrate skull pneumatization; primate sinus morphology, physiology, and growth; the evolutionary history of primate cranial air cavities; and related aspects of human and nonhuman primate cranial morphology. A suitable reference for anatomists, anthropologists, biologists, and oral and maxillofacial specialists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)