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Cultural Evolution

Conceptual Challenges

by Tim Lewens ...

Tim Lewens aims to understand what it means to take an evolutionary approach to cultural change, and why it is that this approach is often treated with suspicion. Convinced of the exceptional power of natural selection, many thinkers--typically working in biological anthropology, cognitive psychology, and evolutionary biology--have suggested it should be freed from the confines of biology, and ... Read more

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Tim Lewens aims to understand what it means to take an evolutionary approach to cultural change, and why it is that this approach is often treated with suspicion. Convinced of the exceptional power of natural selection, many thinkers--typically working in biological anthropology, cognitive psychology, and evolutionary biology--have suggested it should be freed from the confines of biology, and
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Puppet Masters of Evolution

How Parasites Shape Life

by Andrew Davinack ...

For centuries, parasites have been seen as nature’s freeloaders—organisms that exploit their hosts without contributing anything in return. But what if we have been thinking about them all wrong? In Puppet Masters of Evolution, Andrew A. Davinack reveals that parasites are far more than agents of disease or grotesque passengers along for the ride: They are powerful forces that have shaped the ... Read more

$25.69 USD

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For centuries, parasites have been seen as nature’s freeloaders—organisms that exploit their hosts without contributing anything in return. But what if we have been thinking about them all wrong? In Puppet Masters of Evolution, Andrew A. Davinack reveals that parasites are far more than agents of disease or grotesque passengers along for the ride: They are powerful forces that have shaped the
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A Is for Amoeba

The Story of Life in a Single Cell

by Nicholas P. Money ...

A lively and engaging biography of amoebas that reveals why these tiny amorphous splotches with a spot in the middle have more to teach us than we ever imaginedMany of us are introduced to the amoeba in science class at school but know very little about the amazing life of this versatile, shape-shifting cell. A Is for Amoeba is packed with surprising stories that give readers a richer appreciation ... Read more

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A lively and engaging biography of amoebas that reveals why these tiny amorphous splotches with a spot in the middle have more to teach us than we ever imaginedMany of us are introduced to the amoeba in science class at school but know very little about the amazing life of this versatile, shape-shifting cell. A Is for Amoeba is packed with surprising stories that give readers a richer appreciation
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Populations of Individuals

Understanding Biological Variation from Molecules to Ecosystems

by Kent J. Bradford ...

Variation is an inherent component of biology, essential to selection among alternatives during evolution. It is most often associated with genetic variation, or differences among the genes encoded in the DNA inherited from ancestors. Individual organisms receive their genomes from a clonal parent or from the union of gametes. All subsequent cells, tissues, and organs developed from a clone or ... Read more

$57.59 USD

Variation is an inherent component of biology, essential to selection among alternatives during evolution. It is most often associated with genetic variation, or differences among the genes encoded in the DNA inherited from ancestors. Individual organisms receive their genomes from a clonal parent or from the union of gametes. All subsequent cells, tissues, and organs developed from a clone or
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Degeneration: A Chapter in Darwinism

Enriched edition. Exploring Species Devolution in Evolutionary Theory

by Sir E. Ray Lankester, Megan Fawcett ...

In "Degeneration: A Chapter in Darwinism," Sir E. Ray Lankester explores the darker facets of evolutionary theory, particularly the phenomenon of degeneration as it pertains to species' adaptability. Lankester's prose marries scientific rigor with literary elegance, encapsulating complex ideas in an engaging manner. By situating degeneration within the broader framework of Darwinian thought, he ... Read more

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In "Degeneration: A Chapter in Darwinism," Sir E. Ray Lankester explores the darker facets of evolutionary theory, particularly the phenomenon of degeneration as it pertains to species' adaptability. Lankester's prose marries scientific rigor with literary elegance, encapsulating complex ideas in an engaging manner. By situating degeneration within the broader framework of Darwinian thought, he
... Read more
Introduzione alla Genetica - Libro 6

by Edenilson Brandl ...

La genetica è un campo affascinante e in continua evoluzione che gioca un ruolo chiave nella comprensione dei misteri della vita. Negli ultimi decenni, straordinari progressi nella ricerca genetica hanno rivoluzionato la nostra comprensione dell'ereditarietà, del funzionamento degli organismi viventi e delle basi genetiche delle malattie umane.Questo libro emerge come un tentativo di esplorare e ... Read more

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La genetica è un campo affascinante e in continua evoluzione che gioca un ruolo chiave nella comprensione dei misteri della vita. Negli ultimi decenni, straordinari progressi nella ricerca genetica hanno rivoluzionato la nostra comprensione dell'ereditarietà, del funzionamento degli organismi viventi e delle basi genetiche delle malattie umane.Questo libro emerge come un tentativo di esplorare e
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No More Monkey Business

Evolution In Crisis

by Kevin Simington ...

“No More Monkey Business” is a stunning, up-to-date exposé of a theory that is in deep crisis. It presents a comprehensive examination of the overwhelming scientific evidence that now directly contradicts the theory of evolution, and documents the complete abandonment of the theory by a growing number of the world’s leading scientists. Aimed at the intelligent layperson, written with wit, and ... Read more

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“No More Monkey Business” is a stunning, up-to-date exposé of a theory that is in deep crisis. It presents a comprehensive examination of the overwhelming scientific evidence that now directly contradicts the theory of evolution, and documents the complete abandonment of the theory by a growing number of the world’s leading scientists. Aimed at the intelligent layperson, written with wit, and
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The Gospel of Evolution

From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures

by Edward B. Aveling ...

In "The Gospel of Evolution," Edward B. Aveling presents a groundbreaking synthesis of evolutionary theory and its implications for morality, religion, and society. Aveling approaches the topic with a clear, persuasive prose style that resonates with the ethos of the late 19th century, a period marked by burgeoning scientific inquiry and social reform. He meticulously examines the intersection of ... Read more

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In "The Gospel of Evolution," Edward B. Aveling presents a groundbreaking synthesis of evolutionary theory and its implications for morality, religion, and society. Aveling approaches the topic with a clear, persuasive prose style that resonates with the ethos of the late 19th century, a period marked by burgeoning scientific inquiry and social reform. He meticulously examines the intersection of
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On Growth and Form

Exploring the Mathematical Beauty of Natural Forms

by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson ...

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's seminal work, "On Growth and Form," intricately examines the interplay between biological form and the physical principles that govern growth. Published in 1917, this groundbreaking text marries scientific observation with literary elegance, employing a rich narrative style that elucidates complex mathematical and biological concepts. Thompson's unique approach draws ... Read more

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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's seminal work, "On Growth and Form," intricately examines the interplay between biological form and the physical principles that govern growth. Published in 1917, this groundbreaking text marries scientific observation with literary elegance, employing a rich narrative style that elucidates complex mathematical and biological concepts. Thompson's unique approach draws
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On the Reception of the 'Origin of Species'

Unveiling Controversies: Evolution Theory and Victorian Society

by Thomas Henry Huxley ...

In "On the Reception of the 'Origin of Species'," Thomas Henry Huxley explores the profound impact that Charles Darwin'Äôs groundbreaking work had on both scientific thought and public perception in the 19th century. Huxley employs a clear and incisive literary style, combining rigorous scientific analysis with a compelling narrative that situates Darwin'Äôs theories within the broader context of ... Read more

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In "On the Reception of the 'Origin of Species'," Thomas Henry Huxley explores the profound impact that Charles Darwin'Äôs groundbreaking work had on both scientific thought and public perception in the 19th century. Huxley employs a clear and incisive literary style, combining rigorous scientific analysis with a compelling narrative that situates Darwin'Äôs theories within the broader context of
... Read more
The Next Species

The Future of Evolution in the Aftermath of Man

by Michael Tennesen ...

“Simultaneously sobering and exhilarating, Michael Tennesen’s wide-ranging survey of disasters highlights both life’s fragility and its metamorphosing persistence” (Booklist) and describes what life on earth could look like after the next mass extinction.A growing number of scientists agree we are headed toward a mass extinction, perhaps in as little as 300 years. Already there have been five mass ... Read more

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“Simultaneously sobering and exhilarating, Michael Tennesen’s wide-ranging survey of disasters highlights both life’s fragility and its metamorphosing persistence” (Booklist) and describes what life on earth could look like after the next mass extinction.A growing number of scientists agree we are headed toward a mass extinction, perhaps in as little as 300 years. Already there have been five mass
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Agents and Goals in Evolution

by Samir Okasha ...

Samir Okasha approaches evolutionary biology from a philosophical perspective in Agents and Goals in Evolution, analysing a mode of thinking in biology called agential thinking. He considers how the paradigm case involves treating an evolved organism as if it were an agent pursuing a goal, such as survival or reproduction, and seeing its phenotypic traits as strategies for achieving that goal or ... Read more

$28.49 USD

Samir Okasha approaches evolutionary biology from a philosophical perspective in Agents and Goals in Evolution, analysing a mode of thinking in biology called agential thinking. He considers how the paradigm case involves treating an evolved organism as if it were an agent pursuing a goal, such as survival or reproduction, and seeing its phenotypic traits as strategies for achieving that goal or
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Sanaben

by Lorenzo Bonanni ...

La intención del libro es facilitar nuestra existencia haciéndonos entender quiénes somos y de dónde venimos y qué instintos nos mueven. En términos simples y, a veces, goliárdicos, el libro explica los motivos de nuestros deseos: el culo de las mujeres, el poder, el pelo rubio, el dinero. Explica por qué el amor, la vida, la familia, la religión y la muerte realmente están fuera de la historia y ... Read more

$7.00 USD

La intención del libro es facilitar nuestra existencia haciéndonos entender quiénes somos y de dónde venimos y qué instintos nos mueven. En términos simples y, a veces, goliárdicos, el libro explica los motivos de nuestros deseos: el culo de las mujeres, el poder, el pelo rubio, el dinero. Explica por qué el amor, la vida, la familia, la religión y la muerte realmente están fuera de la historia y
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Entstehung des Evolutionsgedankens

Geschichtlicher Rückbllick

by Tashina Werner ...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Biologie - Evolution, Note: 11,28, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Seminararbeit gibt einen historischen Rückblick über die Entstehung des Evolutionsgedankens, von den Anfängen in der Antike bis hin zur modernen Evolutionsforschung. ... Read more

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Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Biologie - Evolution, Note: 11,28, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Seminararbeit gibt einen historischen Rückblick über die Entstehung des Evolutionsgedankens, von den Anfängen in der Antike bis hin zur modernen Evolutionsforschung.
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Current Ornithology Volume 17

Edited by Charles F. Thompson ...

Series Book 17 - Current Ornithology
Current Ornithology publishes authoritative, up-to-date, scholarly reviews of topics selected from the full range of current research in avian biology. Topics cover the spectrum from the molecular level of organization to population biology and community ecology. The series seeks especially to review (1) fields in which an abundant recent literature will benefit from synthesis and organization, or ... Read more

$143.99 USD

Current Ornithology publishes authoritative, up-to-date, scholarly reviews of topics selected from the full range of current research in avian biology. Topics cover the spectrum from the molecular level of organization to population biology and community ecology. The series seeks especially to review (1) fields in which an abundant recent literature will benefit from synthesis and organization, or
... Read more
Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality

Theoretical and Empirical Contributions from the Biological and Behavioral Sciences

Edited by David C. Rowe, Warren B. Miller, Joseph Lee Rodgers ...

Recent work in quantitative biology has shown theoretically why Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection does not preclude genetic influences on fertility, sexuality, and related processes. Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality takes the next step, and presents a number of successful empirical searches for such genetic influence on a broad range of processes, such as puberty ... Read more

$188.99 USD

Recent work in quantitative biology has shown theoretically why Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection does not preclude genetic influences on fertility, sexuality, and related processes. Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality takes the next step, and presents a number of successful empirical searches for such genetic influence on a broad range of processes, such as puberty
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Save Our Selves and Protect Planet Earth

by Peter A.J. Holst, Peter A.J. Holst MD PhD ...

For half a century, the Earth has given man dominion over his own reproduction and the reproduction of all animals and plants on Earth. We are therefore indebted to repair the damage we cause. Meat and eggs for consumption are now exclusively produced by artificial insemination and with breeding and incubators.Coronavirus, African swine fever, annual Influenza viruses are the result of diseases in ... Read more

$4.00 USD

For half a century, the Earth has given man dominion over his own reproduction and the reproduction of all animals and plants on Earth. We are therefore indebted to repair the damage we cause. Meat and eggs for consumption are now exclusively produced by artificial insemination and with breeding and incubators.Coronavirus, African swine fever, annual Influenza viruses are the result of diseases in
... Read more
Darwin's Walk and The Last Wave

Disappearing Landscapes, Declining Species

by Richard Krooth ...

This book describes the reasons humankind may be facing its last moments on Planet Earth. Darwin marked the path of species evolution, modification, and extinction. Following Darwin’s trajectory of evolution, the author reveals how human-made technologies have had a devastating impact on Earth’s biosphere, signaling the continuing disappearance of landscapes and the decline of species life. ... Read more

$105.99 USD

This book describes the reasons humankind may be facing its last moments on Planet Earth. Darwin marked the path of species evolution, modification, and extinction. Following Darwin’s trajectory of evolution, the author reveals how human-made technologies have had a devastating impact on Earth’s biosphere, signaling the continuing disappearance of landscapes and the decline of species life.
... Read more
Reincarnation: The Scientific Theory

by Michael Tewell ...

Ever wondered why you have those strange "waking dreams" just before you wake up in the morning? Those weird dreams that are just too vivid, too graphic, too "real" to be just ordinary dreams. They are the dreams that that take you back in time to a much different place than where you are now. They make you relive events that could not have possibly happened to you in THIS life. Still, the dreams ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Ever wondered why you have those strange "waking dreams" just before you wake up in the morning? Those weird dreams that are just too vivid, too graphic, too "real" to be just ordinary dreams. They are the dreams that that take you back in time to a much different place than where you are now. They make you relive events that could not have possibly happened to you in THIS life. Still, the dreams
... Read more
The Ascent of Man

by Henry Drummond ...

Henry Drummond was a Scottish evangelist, writer and lecturer. It had been his intention to reserve these lectures for mature revision, but an attempted piracy compelled him to hasten their publication, and they appeared in 1894 under the title of The Ascent of Man. Their object was to vindicate for altruism, or the disinterested care and compassion of animals for each other, an important part in ... Read more

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Henry Drummond was a Scottish evangelist, writer and lecturer. It had been his intention to reserve these lectures for mature revision, but an attempted piracy compelled him to hasten their publication, and they appeared in 1894 under the title of The Ascent of Man. Their object was to vindicate for altruism, or the disinterested care and compassion of animals for each other, an important part in
... Read more
Lateral Asymmetry in Animals

Predator-Prey Interactions, Dynamics, and Evolution

Edited by Michio Hori, Satoshi Takahashi ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book presents the latest research findings on the laterality of fish and other animals. It describes all aspects of lateral asymmetry, including ecology, morphology, behaviour, dynamics of lefty and righty morphs, genetics and evolution, through field observations, experiments and modeling.Lateral asymmetry in scale-eating cichlids gives a simple and beautiful example of negative frequency ... Read more

$170.99 USD

This book presents the latest research findings on the laterality of fish and other animals. It describes all aspects of lateral asymmetry, including ecology, morphology, behaviour, dynamics of lefty and righty morphs, genetics and evolution, through field observations, experiments and modeling.Lateral asymmetry in scale-eating cichlids gives a simple and beautiful example of negative frequency
... Read more
Eternal Ephemera

Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century Through Punctuated Equilibria and Beyond

by Niles Eldredge ...

All organisms and species are transitory, yet life endures. The origin, extinction, and evolution of species—interconnected in the web of life as "eternal ephemera"—are the concern of evolutionary biology. In this riveting work, renowned paleontologist Niles Eldredge follows leading thinkers as they have wrestled for more than two hundred years with the eternal skein of life composed of ephemeral ... Read more

$35.99 USD

All organisms and species are transitory, yet life endures. The origin, extinction, and evolution of species—interconnected in the web of life as "eternal ephemera"—are the concern of evolutionary biology. In this riveting work, renowned paleontologist Niles Eldredge follows leading thinkers as they have wrestled for more than two hundred years with the eternal skein of life composed of ephemeral
... Read more
Mound Centers and Seed Security

A Comparative Analysis of Botanical Assemblages from Middle Woodland Sites in the Lower Illinois Valley

by Natalie G. Mueller ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
At Middle Woodland sites in the eastern United States, excavations have uncovered naturalistic art worked on exotic materials from points as distant Wyoming, Ontario, and the Gulf Coast, revealing a network of ritual exchange referred to as the Hopewell phenomenon. Simultaneously, Middle Woodland societies developed the earliest agricultural system in eastern North American using now-extinct ... Read more

$49.99 USD

At Middle Woodland sites in the eastern United States, excavations have uncovered naturalistic art worked on exotic materials from points as distant Wyoming, Ontario, and the Gulf Coast, revealing a network of ritual exchange referred to as the Hopewell phenomenon. Simultaneously, Middle Woodland societies developed the earliest agricultural system in eastern North American using now-extinct
... Read more
The Hypothetical Species

Variables of Human Evolution

by Michael Charles Tobias, Jane Gray Morrison ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book is a provocative and invigorating real-time exploration of the future of human evolution by two of the world’s leading interdisciplinary ecologists – Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison. Steeped in a rich multitude of the sciences and humanities, the book enshrines an elegant narrative that is highly empathetic, personal, scientifically wide-ranging and original. It focuses on ... Read more

$31.99 USD

This book is a provocative and invigorating real-time exploration of the future of human evolution by two of the world’s leading interdisciplinary ecologists – Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison. Steeped in a rich multitude of the sciences and humanities, the book enshrines an elegant narrative that is highly empathetic, personal, scientifically wide-ranging and original. It focuses on
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