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De aarde, het universum, de wereld en persoonlijke geschiedenis

by Evatea ...

Een avontuur in het heelal over de geschiedenis van miljoenen jaren en een notedop aan vlucht tot je op de aarde landt en de persoonlijke geschiedenis van je mensenleven volgt en door de seksualiteit het einde bereikt in jezelf en in de mensheid.Cfr ook mn andere publicaties, allen houden verband met persoonlijke groei, en getoonde wegen die je natuurlijk leiden in volwassen worden, een beetje ... Read more

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Een avontuur in het heelal over de geschiedenis van miljoenen jaren en een notedop aan vlucht tot je op de aarde landt en de persoonlijke geschiedenis van je mensenleven volgt en door de seksualiteit het einde bereikt in jezelf en in de mensheid.Cfr ook mn andere publicaties, allen houden verband met persoonlijke groei, en getoonde wegen die je natuurlijk leiden in volwassen worden, een beetje
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NATURAL vs HUMANO

by Pablo Guzman ...

What if the cruelty you call "inhuman" is actually your factory setting?We're taught that kindness is our nature and cruelty a malfunction. Pablo Guzmán argues the opposite — and makes the case with unsettling clarity: under the suit, the manners, and the morality, an ancient animal is still running the same code it was built with hundreds of thousands of years ago.Natural vs Human is the ... Read more

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What if the cruelty you call "inhuman" is actually your factory setting?We're taught that kindness is our nature and cruelty a malfunction. Pablo Guzmán argues the opposite — and makes the case with unsettling clarity: under the suit, the manners, and the morality, an ancient animal is still running the same code it was built with hundreds of thousands of years ago.Natural vs Human is the
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Über den Bildungstrieb

by Johann Friederich Blumenbach ...

Entdecken Sie das Geheimnis des Lebens, das die Wissenschaft revolutionierte!In "Über den Bildungstrieb" entführt Johann Friedrich Blumenbach seine Leser in die faszinierende Welt der Naturwissenschaften des 18. Jahrhunderts. Dieses bahnbrechende Werk beleuchtet die mysteriösen Kräfte, die das Wachstum und die Entwicklung lebender Organismen steuern, und stellt die revolutionäre Theorie des ... Read more

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Entdecken Sie das Geheimnis des Lebens, das die Wissenschaft revolutionierte!In "Über den Bildungstrieb" entführt Johann Friedrich Blumenbach seine Leser in die faszinierende Welt der Naturwissenschaften des 18. Jahrhunderts. Dieses bahnbrechende Werk beleuchtet die mysteriösen Kräfte, die das Wachstum und die Entwicklung lebender Organismen steuern, und stellt die revolutionäre Theorie des
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Filosofia zoologica e altri naturalia

by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ...

Il contributo di Lamarck alla fondazione del pensiero evoluzionista è stato spesso sottovalutato. All’epoca della pubblicazione di Filosofia zoologica (nel 1809, cinquant’anni prima de L’origine delle Specie di Darwin), le idee di Lamarck si trovavano in antitesi con il paradigma scientifico dominante. Alcuni osteggiarono apertamente le idee lamarckiane, fino al punto da screditarne l ... Read more

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Il contributo di Lamarck alla fondazione del pensiero evoluzionista è stato spesso sottovalutato. All’epoca della pubblicazione di Filosofia zoologica (nel 1809, cinquant’anni prima de L’origine delle Specie di Darwin), le idee di Lamarck si trovavano in antitesi con il paradigma scientifico dominante. Alcuni osteggiarono apertamente le idee lamarckiane, fino al punto da screditarne l
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Water Bears: The Biology of Tardigrades

Edited by Ralph O. Schill ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Offering extensive information on tardigrades, this volume begins with a chapter on the history of tardigrades, from the first description by Goeze in 1773, until 1929, when the most comprehensive monographic approach by E. Marcus was published. Tardigrades’ organ systems, including their integument, body cavity, digestive, muscular, nervous and reproductive systems, as well as their overall ... Read more

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Offering extensive information on tardigrades, this volume begins with a chapter on the history of tardigrades, from the first description by Goeze in 1773, until 1929, when the most comprehensive monographic approach by E. Marcus was published. Tardigrades’ organ systems, including their integument, body cavity, digestive, muscular, nervous and reproductive systems, as well as their overall
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Charles Darwin - Oeuvres

Classcompilé n° 156

by Charles Darwin ...

Series series Les Classiques Compilés
Le Classcompilé 156 contient les oeuvres de Charles DarwinCharles Darwin, né le 12 février 1809 à Shrewsbury dans le Shropshire et mort le 19 avril 1882 à Downe dans le Kent , est un naturaliste et paléontologue anglais dont les travaux sur l'évolution des espèces vivantes ont révolutionné la biologie avec son ouvrage L'Origine des espèces paru en 1859. Célèbre au sein de la communauté ... Read more

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Le Classcompilé 156 contient les oeuvres de Charles DarwinCharles Darwin, né le 12 février 1809 à Shrewsbury dans le Shropshire et mort le 19 avril 1882 à Downe dans le Kent , est un naturaliste et paléontologue anglais dont les travaux sur l'évolution des espèces vivantes ont révolutionné la biologie avec son ouvrage L'Origine des espèces paru en 1859. Célèbre au sein de la communauté
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Making Eden

How Plants Transformed a Barren Planet

by David Beerling ...

Over 7 billion people depend on plants for healthy, productive, secure lives, but few of us stop to consider the origin of the plant kingdom that turned the world green and made our lives possible. And as the human population continues to escalate, our survival depends on how we treat the plant kingdom and the soils that sustain it. Understanding the evolutionary history of our land floras, the ... Read more

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Over 7 billion people depend on plants for healthy, productive, secure lives, but few of us stop to consider the origin of the plant kingdom that turned the world green and made our lives possible. And as the human population continues to escalate, our survival depends on how we treat the plant kingdom and the soils that sustain it. Understanding the evolutionary history of our land floras, the
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Behavior of Lizards

Evolutionary and Mechanistic Perspectives

Edited by Vincent Bels, Anthony Russell ...

Key features:Presents a contemporary snapshot of the mechanisms underlying the evolution and adaptation of behaviorExplores how genetics, epigenetics, development, and environment shape behaviorDiscusses a broad range of behavioral repertoires and responses, including those related to thermoregulatory, foraging, predatory, displaying, social and escape strategies.Examines physiological and sensory ... Read more

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Key features:Presents a contemporary snapshot of the mechanisms underlying the evolution and adaptation of behaviorExplores how genetics, epigenetics, development, and environment shape behaviorDiscusses a broad range of behavioral repertoires and responses, including those related to thermoregulatory, foraging, predatory, displaying, social and escape strategies.Examines physiological and sensory
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El origen de las especies

Explorando la evolución y diversidad de las especies: Un clásico de la biología moderna

by Charles Darwin ...

El libro "El origen de las especies", publicado por Charles Darwin en 1859, es un hito en el ámbito de la biología y la filosofía de la ciencia. En esta obra seminal, Darwin presenta su teoría de la evolución a través de la selección natural, argumentando que las especies evolucionan con el tiempo y que las variaciones en sus características físicas son cruciales para su supervivencia. Su estilo ... Read more

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El libro "El origen de las especies", publicado por Charles Darwin en 1859, es un hito en el ámbito de la biología y la filosofía de la ciencia. En esta obra seminal, Darwin presenta su teoría de la evolución a través de la selección natural, argumentando que las especies evolucionan con el tiempo y que las variaciones en sus características físicas son cruciales para su supervivencia. Su estilo
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Coração

Conexão para a harmonia da alma

by Antônia Marilene da Silva, Carlos Eduardo Accioly Durgante, Dimitrius Gutierrez ...

De há muito vem a neurociência, em seus estudos, assinalando o papel central das emoções e dos sentimentos na vida mental e na vida social, papel esse ancorado em estruturas orgânicas específicas. O corpo é expressão da mente. A fisiologia é expressão da dinâmica psíquica. O coração, em sua expressão física habitual, é o correlato fisiológico dos processos espirituais profundos de sustentação da ... Read more

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De há muito vem a neurociência, em seus estudos, assinalando o papel central das emoções e dos sentimentos na vida mental e na vida social, papel esse ancorado em estruturas orgânicas específicas. O corpo é expressão da mente. A fisiologia é expressão da dinâmica psíquica. O coração, em sua expressão física habitual, é o correlato fisiológico dos processos espirituais profundos de sustentação da
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Why Size Matters

From Bacteria to Blue Whales

by John Tyler Bonner ...

Series series Princeton Science Library
John Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and creative biologists, here offers a completely new perspective on the role of size in biology. In his hallmark friendly style, he explores the universal impact of being the right size. By examining stories ranging from Alice in Wonderland to Gulliver's Travels, he shows that humans have always been fascinated by things big and small. Why then ... Read more

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John Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and creative biologists, here offers a completely new perspective on the role of size in biology. In his hallmark friendly style, he explores the universal impact of being the right size. By examining stories ranging from Alice in Wonderland to Gulliver's Travels, he shows that humans have always been fascinated by things big and small. Why then
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Overlevers

Hoe het komt dat wij de enige mensachtigen op aarde zijn

by Chris Stringer ...

Translated by Mark van Nieuwstadt ...

In dit baanbrekende boek tracht Chris Stringer antwoord te gevenop de grote vragen in het debat over onze oorsprong. Hebbenmodernemensen en neanderthalers elkaar ooit ontmoet enstroomt ermisschien zelfs neanderthalerbloed door onze aderen?Waren onze voorouders vervaarlijke kannibalen of bewerkten ze deoverblijfselen van hun doden uit eerbetoon? Waren grotschilderingenen gestileerde voorwerpen puur ... Read more

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In dit baanbrekende boek tracht Chris Stringer antwoord te gevenop de grote vragen in het debat over onze oorsprong. Hebbenmodernemensen en neanderthalers elkaar ooit ontmoet enstroomt ermisschien zelfs neanderthalerbloed door onze aderen?Waren onze voorouders vervaarlijke kannibalen of bewerkten ze deoverblijfselen van hun doden uit eerbetoon? Waren grotschilderingenen gestileerde voorwerpen puur
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Literal Genesis -- A Fresh Look at the Creation Account

by John Thomas ...

A fresh look at the Genesis account of creation -- correcting the errors of both evolution and young-earth creationism, then combining their truths to develop a simple new synthesis, showing the Genesis account to be scientifically accurate and literally true. ... Read more

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A fresh look at the Genesis account of creation -- correcting the errors of both evolution and young-earth creationism, then combining their truths to develop a simple new synthesis, showing the Genesis account to be scientifically accurate and literally true.
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Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change

Interim Results from the U.S. Country Studies Program

Edited by Ivana Nemesová, Saleemul Huq, Sekou Touré, Joel B. Smith, Stephanie Lenhart, Luis José Mata ...

Series Book 8 - Environmental Science and Technology Library
Martin Parry University College, London, UK The 13 country studies collected in this re Adaptations Assessment published by the port represent the first of what is likely to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change become a worldwide, country-by-country (Carter et al., 1994) as an agreed technical estimate of the likely impacts of, and appro set of scientific methods for climate impact priate ... Read more

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Martin Parry University College, London, UK The 13 country studies collected in this re Adaptations Assessment published by the port represent the first of what is likely to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change become a worldwide, country-by-country (Carter et al., 1994) as an agreed technical estimate of the likely impacts of, and appro set of scientific methods for climate impact priate
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Sé menos humano: Fusiónate con la inteligencia artificial (IA)

by José Peña Coto ...

"Conservar nuestra humanidad en su forma actual es condenarnos a la extinción."LA TECNOLOGÍA ES EL SIGUIENTE ESCALÓN EVOLUTIVO.No te quedes atrás. Adáptate.El ser humano debe integrarse con la inteligencia artificial para superar sus limitaciones biológicas y asegurar su supervivencia en un sistema solar que tiene los días contados.Acepta la invitación a ser parte de la vanguardia en la ... Read more

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"Conservar nuestra humanidad en su forma actual es condenarnos a la extinción."LA TECNOLOGÍA ES EL SIGUIENTE ESCALÓN EVOLUTIVO.No te quedes atrás. Adáptate.El ser humano debe integrarse con la inteligencia artificial para superar sus limitaciones biológicas y asegurar su supervivencia en un sistema solar que tiene los días contados.Acepta la invitación a ser parte de la vanguardia en la
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Origin(s) of Design in Nature

A Fresh, Interdisciplinary Look at How Design Emerges in Complex Systems, Especially Life

Edited by Liz Swan, Richard Gordon, Joseph Seckbach ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Origin(s) of Design in Nature is a collection of over 40 articles from prominent researchers in the life, physical, and social sciences, medicine, and the philosophy of science that all address the philosophical and scientific question of how design emerged in the natural world. The volume offers a large variety of perspectives on the design debate including progressive accounts from artificial ... Read more

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Origin(s) of Design in Nature is a collection of over 40 articles from prominent researchers in the life, physical, and social sciences, medicine, and the philosophy of science that all address the philosophical and scientific question of how design emerged in the natural world. The volume offers a large variety of perspectives on the design debate including progressive accounts from artificial
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Cultural Selection

by A. Fog ...

INTRODUCTION This book describes a new interdisciplinary theory for explaining cultural change. In contrast to traditional evolutionist theories, the present theory stresses the fact that a culture can evolve in different directions depending on its life conditions. Cultural selection theory explains why certain cultures or cultural ele ments spread, possibly at the expense of other cultures or ... Read more

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INTRODUCTION This book describes a new interdisciplinary theory for explaining cultural change. In contrast to traditional evolutionist theories, the present theory stresses the fact that a culture can evolve in different directions depending on its life conditions. Cultural selection theory explains why certain cultures or cultural ele ments spread, possibly at the expense of other cultures or
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Animal of realities

Our evolutionary identity as a species and individuals

by Xosé Gabriel Vázquez Fernández ...

Our definition as rational animals has expired, since we now know that other species also have that characteristic. Hence the inquiry in this regard and its corresponding result, which are addressed in this book and whose conclusion is that evolution itself has endowed us with something specific: our ability to devise, based on which all and only sapiens live an external reality, in relation to ... Read more

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Our definition as rational animals has expired, since we now know that other species also have that characteristic. Hence the inquiry in this regard and its corresponding result, which are addressed in this book and whose conclusion is that evolution itself has endowed us with something specific: our ability to devise, based on which all and only sapiens live an external reality, in relation to
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Feeding in Vertebrates

Evolution, Morphology, Behavior, Biomechanics

Edited by Vincent Bels, Ian Q. Whishaw ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides students and researchers with reviews of biological questions related to the evolution of feeding by vertebrates in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Based on recent technical developments and novel conceptual approaches, the book covers functional questions on trophic behavior in nearly all vertebrate groups including jawless fishes. The book describes mechanisms and ... Read more

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This book provides students and researchers with reviews of biological questions related to the evolution of feeding by vertebrates in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Based on recent technical developments and novel conceptual approaches, the book covers functional questions on trophic behavior in nearly all vertebrate groups including jawless fishes. The book describes mechanisms and
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Existence, Origin and Weird Technology

Exploring Humanity's Ultimate Questions

by Pentti O Haikonen, Pete Haikonen ...

Series Book 1 - Book Series in TechnoPhilosophies
What are we humans, and how did we become the high technology species? What would be our legacy? What is the ultimate meaning of life? Many of these questions are still waiting for full and complete answers and explanations.For thousands of years humans have pondered the fundamental questions about origin, existence and reality, and also about mind, consciousness, communication and social issues. ... Read more

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What are we humans, and how did we become the high technology species? What would be our legacy? What is the ultimate meaning of life? Many of these questions are still waiting for full and complete answers and explanations.For thousands of years humans have pondered the fundamental questions about origin, existence and reality, and also about mind, consciousness, communication and social issues.
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Essays on the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

Formalizations and Expansions

by Rodrick Wallace ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
From the ‘punctuated equilibrium' of Eldrege and Gould, through Lewontin's ‘triple helix' and the various visions and revisions of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES) of Laland and others, both data and theory have demanded an opening-up of the 1950's Evolutionary Synthesis that so firmly wedded evolutionary theory to the mathematics of gene frequency analysis. It can, however, be argued ... Read more

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From the ‘punctuated equilibrium' of Eldrege and Gould, through Lewontin's ‘triple helix' and the various visions and revisions of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES) of Laland and others, both data and theory have demanded an opening-up of the 1950's Evolutionary Synthesis that so firmly wedded evolutionary theory to the mathematics of gene frequency analysis. It can, however, be argued
... Read more
Tótem y tabú

Ensayo

by Sigmund Freud ...

Series Book 11 - Proyecto Heráclito - Ensayo
Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939), una de las mentes más brillantes del siglo XX, en el libro Tótem y tabú –ensayo publicado en 1912– se formuló el objetivo de indagar acerca de las raíces y evolución de nuestra especie. Partiendo de unas interpretaciones y elucidaciones psicoanalíticas fraguadas desde los campos antropológicos, Freud nos revela cómo hemos llegado a establecer las culturas que ... Read more

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Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939), una de las mentes más brillantes del siglo XX, en el libro Tótem y tabú –ensayo publicado en 1912– se formuló el objetivo de indagar acerca de las raíces y evolución de nuestra especie. Partiendo de unas interpretaciones y elucidaciones psicoanalíticas fraguadas desde los campos antropológicos, Freud nos revela cómo hemos llegado a establecer las culturas que
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Medicine and Evolution

Current Applications, Future Prospects

Edited by Sarah Elton, Paul O'Higgins ...

Can an evolutionary perspective be integrated in day-to-day practice and is it of value in medical education and training? If so, when and how? Highlighting exciting areas of research into the evolutionary basis of health and disease, Medicine and Evolution: Current Applications and Future Prospects answers these questions and more. I ... Read more

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Can an evolutionary perspective be integrated in day-to-day practice and is it of value in medical education and training? If so, when and how? Highlighting exciting areas of research into the evolutionary basis of health and disease, Medicine and Evolution: Current Applications and Future Prospects answers these questions and more. I
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Plant Diversity and Ecology in the Chihuahuan Desert

Emphasis on the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin

Edited by Maria C. Mandujano, Irene Pisanty, Luis E. Eguiarte ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Environmental and specific diversity in the Chihuahuan desert in general, and in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in particular, has long been recognized as outstanding. This book provides a global ecological overview, together with in-depth studies of specific processes. The Chihuahuan desert is the warmest in North America, and has a complex geologic, climatic and biogeographical history, which affects ... Read more

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Environmental and specific diversity in the Chihuahuan desert in general, and in the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin in particular, has long been recognized as outstanding. This book provides a global ecological overview, together with in-depth studies of specific processes. The Chihuahuan desert is the warmest in North America, and has a complex geologic, climatic and biogeographical history, which affects
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