CONTENTS 



FOREWORD 

 PREFACE . 



PART I. PORTRAIT GALLERY OF OUR ANCIENT 

 RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS 



THE VALUE OF A FACE 



THE BEGINNINGS OF OUR FACE 



THE shark's FACE AND OURS 



THE MASK-FACE OF OUR GILLED ANCESTORS 



OUR ANCESTORS COME OUT OF THE WATER 



WHAT WE OWE TO THE EARLY REPTILES 



THE ONE-PIECE JAW REPLACES THE COMPLEX 

 TYPE ...... 



OUR MASK-FACE BECOMES MOBILE 



OUR LONG-SNOUTED ANCESTORS CROWD OUT 

 THE DINOSAURS .... 



BETTER FACES COME IN WITH LIFE IN THE 

 TREE-TOPS ..... 



THE ALMOST HUMAN FACE APPEARS 



AT LAST THE " PERFECT" FACE 



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PART II. CONCISE HISTORY OF OUR BEST FEATURES 



The Bony Framework of the God-like Mask 83 



FiSH-TRAPS AND FaCES ..... 92 



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