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The Theory of Cultural and Social Selection

by W. G. Runciman ...

In The Theory of Cultural and Social Selection, W. G. Runciman presents an original and wide-ranging account of the fundamental process by which human cultures and societies come to be of the different kinds that they are. Drawing on and extending recent advances in neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory, Runciman argues that collective human behaviour should be analyzed as the acting-out of ... Read more

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In The Theory of Cultural and Social Selection, W. G. Runciman presents an original and wide-ranging account of the fundamental process by which human cultures and societies come to be of the different kinds that they are. Drawing on and extending recent advances in neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory, Runciman argues that collective human behaviour should be analyzed as the acting-out of
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The Science of Transgenderism

by Gianni Marricco ...

The Science of Transgenderism has been a labour of love for me. I consider myself to be an amateur scientist, Science Enthousiast. My love of science and respect for spirituality have combined during my research and experimentation. This paper is a resource I wish I would have had, during my self-discovery. ... Read more

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The Science of Transgenderism has been a labour of love for me. I consider myself to be an amateur scientist, Science Enthousiast. My love of science and respect for spirituality have combined during my research and experimentation. This paper is a resource I wish I would have had, during my self-discovery.
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Animal Communication and Noise

Edited by Henrik Brumm ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The study of animal communication has led to significant progress in our general understanding of motor and sensory systems, evolution, and speciation. However, one often neglected aspect is that signal exchange in every modality is constrained by noise, be it in the transmission channel or in the nervous system. This book analyses whether and how animals can cope with such constraints, and ... Read more

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The study of animal communication has led to significant progress in our general understanding of motor and sensory systems, evolution, and speciation. However, one often neglected aspect is that signal exchange in every modality is constrained by noise, be it in the transmission channel or in the nervous system. This book analyses whether and how animals can cope with such constraints, and
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Cells to Civilizations

The Principles of Change That Shape Life

by Enrico Coen ...

The science of change from cells to cultureCells to Civilizations is the first unified account of how life transforms itself—from the production of bacteria to the emergence of complex civilizations. What are the connections between evolving microbes, an egg that develops into an infant, and a child who learns to walk and talk? Award-winning scientist Enrico Coen synthesizes the growth of living ... Read more

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The science of change from cells to cultureCells to Civilizations is the first unified account of how life transforms itself—from the production of bacteria to the emergence of complex civilizations. What are the connections between evolving microbes, an egg that develops into an infant, and a child who learns to walk and talk? Award-winning scientist Enrico Coen synthesizes the growth of living
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Biogeography of the Quaternary Molluscs of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

by Sergio Martínez, Claudia J. del Río, Alejandra Rojas ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
The Quaternary comprises a brief time in the Earth’s history, and apart from a few exceptions, molluscan assemblages recovered from exposures along the coast of Southwestern South America (Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina) are essentially the same than those that inhabit the region today, leading to the assumption that no important change in the distribution of the faunas since Pleistocene ... Read more

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The Quaternary comprises a brief time in the Earth’s history, and apart from a few exceptions, molluscan assemblages recovered from exposures along the coast of Southwestern South America (Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina) are essentially the same than those that inhabit the region today, leading to the assumption that no important change in the distribution of the faunas since Pleistocene
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De l'origine des espèces

Édition intégrale avec notes

by Charles Darwin ...

Translated by Edmond Barbier ...

Peu de livres dans l'histoire ont eu une influence aussi radicale, profonde et durable que "De l'origine des espèces" de Darwin. Révisé et médité pendant près de vingt ans dans le calme de la campagne anglaise, lors de sa publication en 1859, ce chef-d'œuvre de la littérature moderne a changé à jamais notre façon de voir le monde, marquant un « avant » et un « après ». La théorie de la sélection ... Read more

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Peu de livres dans l'histoire ont eu une influence aussi radicale, profonde et durable que "De l'origine des espèces" de Darwin. Révisé et médité pendant près de vingt ans dans le calme de la campagne anglaise, lors de sa publication en 1859, ce chef-d'œuvre de la littérature moderne a changé à jamais notre façon de voir le monde, marquant un « avant » et un « après ». La théorie de la sélection
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Initiative in Evolution

by Walter Aubrey Kidd ...

Initiative in Evolution is a fascinating book concerning specific examples of evolution, such as human hair. It was written by a medical doctor in 1920. ... Read more

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Initiative in Evolution is a fascinating book concerning specific examples of evolution, such as human hair. It was written by a medical doctor in 1920.
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誰も気づかなかった予想外の学習法

脳は一度見たものを全て記憶している

by 日暮学 ...

Series series ひぐらし100円本シリーズ　9
勉強しても、なかなか覚えられない.........心配ご無用です。脳は、一度見たものをしっかりと記憶しています。後は、ある方法で「思い出せば」いいのです。脳医学、大脳生理学との接点から導き出した予想外の記憶術で、定期試験に受験、難関資格取得を突破するカギとなる学習法をここに公開します。 ... Read more

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勉強しても、なかなか覚えられない.........心配ご無用です。脳は、一度見たものをしっかりと記憶しています。後は、ある方法で「思い出せば」いいのです。脳医学、大脳生理学との接点から導き出した予想外の記憶術で、定期試験に受験、難関資格取得を突破するカギとなる学習法をここに公開します。
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Pharmacie Translationnelle, Gènes et Santé

by Edenilson Brandl ...

La génétique est un domaine d'étude fascinant qui nous permet de percer les mystères et les complexités du patrimoine biologique et de comprendre comment nos gènes façonnent divers aspects de notre santé et de notre bien-être. Depuis l'aube de la science, la génétique a fait l'objet d'explorations et d'investigations, et ses progrès ont révolutionné la façon dont nous comprenons et traitons un ... Read more

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La génétique est un domaine d'étude fascinant qui nous permet de percer les mystères et les complexités du patrimoine biologique et de comprendre comment nos gènes façonnent divers aspects de notre santé et de notre bien-être. Depuis l'aube de la science, la génétique a fait l'objet d'explorations et d'investigations, et ses progrès ont révolutionné la façon dont nous comprenons et traitons un
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Pocket Evolution

by Rumi Michael Leigh ...

Series series Things You Should Know (Questions and Answers)
Unlock the mysteries of evolution with "Pocket Evolution: Essential Knowledge in Questions and Answers." This compact guide is perfect for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of one of science's most fundamental concepts. Whether you're a student, teacher, or just curious about the origins and development of life, this book provides clear and concise answers to essential questions on ... Read more

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Unlock the mysteries of evolution with "Pocket Evolution: Essential Knowledge in Questions and Answers." This compact guide is perfect for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of one of science's most fundamental concepts. Whether you're a student, teacher, or just curious about the origins and development of life, this book provides clear and concise answers to essential questions on
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The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth

Dental Morphology and its Variation in Recent and Fossil Homo sapiens

by G. Richard Scott, Christy G. Turner II, Grant C. Townsend, María Martinón-Torres ...

Series Book 79 - Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
All humans share certain components of tooth structure, but show variation in size and morphology around this shared pattern. This book presents a worldwide synthesis of the global variation in tooth morphology in recent populations. Research has advanced on many fronts since the publication of the first edition, which has become a seminal work on the subject. This revised and updated edition ... Read more

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All humans share certain components of tooth structure, but show variation in size and morphology around this shared pattern. This book presents a worldwide synthesis of the global variation in tooth morphology in recent populations. Research has advanced on many fronts since the publication of the first edition, which has become a seminal work on the subject. This revised and updated edition
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African Dinosaurs Unearthed

The Tendaguru Expeditions

by Gerhard Maier ...

Series series Life of the Past
From 1907 to 1931 at Tendaguru, a remote site in present-day Tanzania, teams of German (and later British) paleontologists unearthed 220 tons of fossils, including the bones of a new dinosaur, one of the largest then known. For decades the mounted skeleton of this giant, Brachiosaurus, was the largest skeleton of a land animal on exhibit in the world. The dinosaur and other animal fossils found at ... Read more

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From 1907 to 1931 at Tendaguru, a remote site in present-day Tanzania, teams of German (and later British) paleontologists unearthed 220 tons of fossils, including the bones of a new dinosaur, one of the largest then known. For decades the mounted skeleton of this giant, Brachiosaurus, was the largest skeleton of a land animal on exhibit in the world. The dinosaur and other animal fossils found at
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Il terzo scimpanzé

Ascesa e caduta del primate Homo sapiens

by Jared Diamond ...

L’uomo è manifestamente diverso da tutti gli altri animali. Lo è soprattutto grazie al controllo assoluto (o quasi) che ha conseguito sulla natura, un controllo che si esprime nelle forme più peculiari della nostra civiltà. Alle capacità esclusive che hanno fatto dell’Homo sapiens il padrone del pianeta sono però associati anche aspetti oscuri, che proiettano ombre sinistre sul nostro futuro: ... Read more

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L’uomo è manifestamente diverso da tutti gli altri animali. Lo è soprattutto grazie al controllo assoluto (o quasi) che ha conseguito sulla natura, un controllo che si esprime nelle forme più peculiari della nostra civiltà. Alle capacità esclusive che hanno fatto dell’Homo sapiens il padrone del pianeta sono però associati anche aspetti oscuri, che proiettano ombre sinistre sul nostro futuro:
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Music as Biology

The Tones We Like and Why

by Dale Purves ...

The universality of musical tones has long fascinated philosophers, scientists, musicians, and ordinary listeners. Why do human beings worldwide find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only a small number of scales out of the billions that are possible? Why do differently organized scales elicit different emotions? Why are there so few notes in scales ... Read more

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The universality of musical tones has long fascinated philosophers, scientists, musicians, and ordinary listeners. Why do human beings worldwide find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only a small number of scales out of the billions that are possible? Why do differently organized scales elicit different emotions? Why are there so few notes in scales
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Before Humans

The Drama of World-Making

by Michael Vincent ...

Before the first humans drew breath, the universe was already ancient.Galaxies wheeled through the void for ages. Stars lived and died, forging the heavy elements that would become planets, oceans, and eventually life itself. Our sun ignited from the debris of a stellar encounter. Earth formed, cooled, and wrapped itself in water. In warm shallow seas, something began to stir.Before Humans traces ... Read more

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Before the first humans drew breath, the universe was already ancient.Galaxies wheeled through the void for ages. Stars lived and died, forging the heavy elements that would become planets, oceans, and eventually life itself. Our sun ignited from the debris of a stellar encounter. Earth formed, cooled, and wrapped itself in water. In warm shallow seas, something began to stir.Before Humans traces
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Die Venus aus dem Eis

Wie vor 40 000 Jahren unsere Kultur entstand

by Nicholas J. Conard, Jürgen Wertheimer ...

Archäologische Sensationsfunde auf der Schwäbischen Alb: Wie und warum der Mensch die Kultur erfandIn einer Höhle auf der Schwäbischen Alb wurden 2008 spektakuläre Funde ausgegraben: Rund um die Venus aus dem Eis und »die älteste Ansammlung figürlicher Kunst auf der Welt« (Nature) bringen uns Entdecker Nicholas J. Conard und Literaturwissenschaftler Jürgen Wertheimer das Leben der ersten Menschen ... Read more

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Archäologische Sensationsfunde auf der Schwäbischen Alb: Wie und warum der Mensch die Kultur erfandIn einer Höhle auf der Schwäbischen Alb wurden 2008 spektakuläre Funde ausgegraben: Rund um die Venus aus dem Eis und »die älteste Ansammlung figürlicher Kunst auf der Welt« (Nature) bringen uns Entdecker Nicholas J. Conard und Literaturwissenschaftler Jürgen Wertheimer das Leben der ersten Menschen
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Altern: Biologie und Chancen

Alter und Altern individuell, kollektiv und die Folgen

Edited by Anthony D. Ho, Thomas W. Holstein, Heinz Häfner ...

Series series Medicine (German Language)
Dies ist ein Open Access Buch. Wir haben immer mehr Alte, immer weniger Kinder. Dank wissenschaftlicher Fortschritte verlängert sich die Lebenserwartung ständig. Erkenntnisse aus der Naturwissenschaft in der post-genomischen Ära deuten darauf, dass diese Entwicklung trotz der Zunahme altersassoziierter Krankheiten und Behinderungen noch nicht am Ende angekommen ist. Droht diese Flut von Alten, ... Read more

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Dies ist ein Open Access Buch. Wir haben immer mehr Alte, immer weniger Kinder. Dank wissenschaftlicher Fortschritte verlängert sich die Lebenserwartung ständig. Erkenntnisse aus der Naturwissenschaft in der post-genomischen Ära deuten darauf, dass diese Entwicklung trotz der Zunahme altersassoziierter Krankheiten und Behinderungen noch nicht am Ende angekommen ist. Droht diese Flut von Alten,
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Evolution, Classification & Diversity

Essential Biology Self-Teaching Guide

by Sterling Education ...

Series series Essential Biology Self-Teaching Guides
Essential self-teaching guide on evolution, classification and diversity**.**From the foundations of a living cell to the complex mechanisms of gene expression, Essential Biology Self-Teaching Guides are a comprehensive compendium of clearly explained texts to learn and master multifaceted biology topics.These guides provide a detailed review of fundamental biological processes of living systems. ... Read more

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Essential self-teaching guide on evolution, classification and diversity**.**From the foundations of a living cell to the complex mechanisms of gene expression, Essential Biology Self-Teaching Guides are a comprehensive compendium of clearly explained texts to learn and master multifaceted biology topics.These guides provide a detailed review of fundamental biological processes of living systems.
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Molluscan Faunas of the Gulf of Mexico

Endemism in North America’s Inland Sea

by Edward J. Petuch, David P. Berschauer ...

Recent biodiversity studies, reported here for the first time, have shown that the molluscan fauna of the Gulf of Mexico is far richer and more complex than previously thought. As a result of these new discoveries, the Gulf malacofauna is shown to contain large numbers of endemic species that reside within four separate biogeographical subdivisions of the larger Carolinian Molluscan Province: the ... Read more

$77.99 USD

Recent biodiversity studies, reported here for the first time, have shown that the molluscan fauna of the Gulf of Mexico is far richer and more complex than previously thought. As a result of these new discoveries, the Gulf malacofauna is shown to contain large numbers of endemic species that reside within four separate biogeographical subdivisions of the larger Carolinian Molluscan Province: the
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Reconstructing the Tree of Life

Taxonomy and Systematics of Species Rich Taxa

Edited by Trevor R. Hodkinson, John A.N. Parnell ...

To document the world's diversity of species and reconstruct the tree of life we need to undertake some simple but mountainous tasks. Most importantly, we need to tackle species rich groups. We need to collect, name, and classify them, and then position them on the tree of life. We need to do this systematically across all groups of organisms and b ... Read more

$94.99 USD

To document the world's diversity of species and reconstruct the tree of life we need to undertake some simple but mountainous tasks. Most importantly, we need to tackle species rich groups. We need to collect, name, and classify them, and then position them on the tree of life. We need to do this systematically across all groups of organisms and b
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The oil-collecting bees of Centris (Aphemisia)/ (Schisthemisia) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

by Felipe Vivallo ...

This book deals with two lineages of solitary bees that are distributed throughout the Neotropical Region, collecting oil from plants with oil-bearing flowers, producing their reproduction.New species for science belonging to the two groups studied are described here: the subgenera Centris (Aphemisia) and C. (Schisthemisia). Additionally, diagnoses of the species already described, identification ... Read more

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This book deals with two lineages of solitary bees that are distributed throughout the Neotropical Region, collecting oil from plants with oil-bearing flowers, producing their reproduction.New species for science belonging to the two groups studied are described here: the subgenera Centris (Aphemisia) and C. (Schisthemisia). Additionally, diagnoses of the species already described, identification
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Prove di fatto intorno al posto che tiene l’uomo nella natura

by Thomas Henry Huxley ...

Translated by Pietro Marchi ...

Questa è un’opera divulgativa di grande efficacia, nella quale Huxley affronta il problema filosoficamente decisivo di come considerare la posizione dell’uomo nello scenario della natura affrontando abbastanza marginalmente il problema della selezione naturale posto da Darwin. Evidences as to Man’s Place in Nature apparve nel 1863 ed è il primo libro di Huxley. Il materiale del testo proviene ... Read more

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Questa è un’opera divulgativa di grande efficacia, nella quale Huxley affronta il problema filosoficamente decisivo di come considerare la posizione dell’uomo nello scenario della natura affrontando abbastanza marginalmente il problema della selezione naturale posto da Darwin. Evidences as to Man’s Place in Nature apparve nel 1863 ed è il primo libro di Huxley. Il materiale del testo proviene
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L’Origine des espèces

by Charles Darwin ...

Classiques de la littérature, sélectionnés et commentés.L'œuvre révolutionnaire qui a redéfini notre compréhension de la vie sur Terre.Ce livre révèle comment les espèces s'adaptent et évoluent au fil du temps. À travers des observations minutieuses et des exemples précis, Darwin a remis en question les idées préconçues sur la création et la diversité des formes de vie.Lecture incontournable où ... Read more

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Classiques de la littérature, sélectionnés et commentés.L'œuvre révolutionnaire qui a redéfini notre compréhension de la vie sur Terre.Ce livre révèle comment les espèces s'adaptent et évoluent au fil du temps. À travers des observations minutieuses et des exemples précis, Darwin a remis en question les idées préconçues sur la création et la diversité des formes de vie.Lecture incontournable où
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Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics

by Masatoshi Nei, Sudhir Kumar ...

During the last ten years, remarkable progress has occurred in the study of molecular evolution. Among the most important factors that are responsible for this progress are the development of new statistical methods and advances in computational technology. In particular, phylogenetic analysis of DNA or protein sequences has become a powerful tool for studying molecular evolution. Along with this ... Read more

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During the last ten years, remarkable progress has occurred in the study of molecular evolution. Among the most important factors that are responsible for this progress are the development of new statistical methods and advances in computational technology. In particular, phylogenetic analysis of DNA or protein sequences has become a powerful tool for studying molecular evolution. Along with this
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