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Dinosaurs Come Alive

de Ronnie Gregory ...

Brent Robenston was a seasoned Helicopter pilot in Viet Nam. During his last mission, which took him and his crew beyond the borders of Cambodia, they rescued a delirious Vietnamese man with an unbelievable story. Attempting to return to his life at home, Brent could not get the man's story out of his head. It was inevitable, he had to return to Cambodia to see with his own eyes If what the man ... Leer más

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Brent Robenston was a seasoned Helicopter pilot in Viet Nam. During his last mission, which took him and his crew beyond the borders of Cambodia, they rescued a delirious Vietnamese man with an unbelievable story. Attempting to return to his life at home, Brent could not get the man's story out of his head. It was inevitable, he had to return to Cambodia to see with his own eyes If what the man
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Father Time

How Nurturing Is Natural for Men

de Sarah Blaffer Hrdy ...

A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babiesIt has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and men do other things. Hasn’t it always been so? When evolutionary science came along, it rubber-stamped this venerable division of labor: mammalian males evolved to compete for status and mates, while females were ... Leer más

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A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babiesIt has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and men do other things. Hasn’t it always been so? When evolutionary science came along, it rubber-stamped this venerable division of labor: mammalian males evolved to compete for status and mates, while females were
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The Artful Species

Aesthetics, Art, and Evolution

de Stephen Davies ...

The Artful Species explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic sensibilities hundreds of thousands of years ago and the art standing of prehistoric cave paintings is virtually uncontested. In Part One, Stephen Davies analyses the key concepts of the aesthetic, art, and evolution, and ... Leer más

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The Artful Species explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic sensibilities hundreds of thousands of years ago and the art standing of prehistoric cave paintings is virtually uncontested. In Part One, Stephen Davies analyses the key concepts of the aesthetic, art, and evolution, and
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The Origin and Evolution of Cultures

de Robert Boyd, Peter J. Richerson ...

Series series Evolution and Cognition
Oxford presents, in one convenient and coherently organized volume, 20 influential but until now relatively inaccessible articles that form the backbone of Boyd and Richerson's path-breaking work on evolution and culture. Their interdisciplinary research is based on two notions. First, that culture is crucial for understanding human behavior; unlike other organisms, socially transmitted beliefs, ... Leer más

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Oxford presents, in one convenient and coherently organized volume, 20 influential but until now relatively inaccessible articles that form the backbone of Boyd and Richerson's path-breaking work on evolution and culture. Their interdisciplinary research is based on two notions. First, that culture is crucial for understanding human behavior; unlike other organisms, socially transmitted beliefs,
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Once We All Had Gills

Growing Up Evolutionist in an Evolving World

de Rudolf A. Raff ...

In this book, Rudolf A. Raff reaches out to the scientifically queasy, using his life story and his growth as a scientist to illustrate why science matters, especially at a time when many Americans are both suspicious of science and hostile to scientific ways of thinking. Noting that science has too often been the object of controversy in school curriculums and debates on public policy issues ... Leer más

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In this book, Rudolf A. Raff reaches out to the scientifically queasy, using his life story and his growth as a scientist to illustrate why science matters, especially at a time when many Americans are both suspicious of science and hostile to scientific ways of thinking. Noting that science has too often been the object of controversy in school curriculums and debates on public policy issues
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This Fleeting World (Ketabe Donya dar Gozar)

de David Christian, Amir Kolini (translator) ...

Donya Dar Gozar (This Fleeting World) tells the story of the universe and history of humanity in only 100 pages. Prize-winning historian David Christian covers it all in this inspiring guide to the history of everything, from stars and empires to cities, the World Wide Web, capitalism, and globalization. The translator, Dr Amir Kolini, was born in Iran and now lives in California. He saw ... Leer más

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Donya Dar Gozar (This Fleeting World) tells the story of the universe and history of humanity in only 100 pages. Prize-winning historian David Christian covers it all in this inspiring guide to the history of everything, from stars and empires to cities, the World Wide Web, capitalism, and globalization. The translator, Dr Amir Kolini, was born in Iran and now lives in California. He saw
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The Implications of Evolution for Metaphysics

Theism, Idealism, and Naturalism

de David H. Gordon ...

After the nineteenth-century “turn from idealism,” when idealist philosophies were largely abandoned for materialist ones, many analytic philosophers have adhered to scientific naturalism as the new orthodoxy, largely due to the success of scientific advancements. The New Atheists, such as Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins, claim it is Darwin who deserves much of the credit for repudiating the ... Leer más

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After the nineteenth-century “turn from idealism,” when idealist philosophies were largely abandoned for materialist ones, many analytic philosophers have adhered to scientific naturalism as the new orthodoxy, largely due to the success of scientific advancements. The New Atheists, such as Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins, claim it is Darwin who deserves much of the credit for repudiating the
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The Notochord

Development, Evolution and contributions to the vertebral column

de P. Eckhard Witten, Brian K. Hall ...

Series series Evolutionary Cell Biology
Although it is the defining organ of the Chordata, the notochord and its cells are one of the least understood vertebrate organs. This may be because large parts of the notochord are often replaced with cartilaginous or bony vertebral bodies. The presence of cartilage in the notochord raises questions about the evolutionary relationships between notochord cells and cartilage cells. This book ... Leer más

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Although it is the defining organ of the Chordata, the notochord and its cells are one of the least understood vertebrate organs. This may be because large parts of the notochord are often replaced with cartilaginous or bony vertebral bodies. The presence of cartilage in the notochord raises questions about the evolutionary relationships between notochord cells and cartilage cells. This book
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How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes

de Will Cuppy ...

A survey of life on earth, in all its variety and pagentry, by a very annoyed humorist.From early man, the Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, to irascible observations on mankind and the animal kingdom today (including “Birds I Could Do Without”), Will Cuppy, a perennially perturbed hermit, is your guide in these are very funny essays.For eight years, from 1921 to 1929, Will Cuppy lived alone on Jones ... Leer más

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A survey of life on earth, in all its variety and pagentry, by a very annoyed humorist.From early man, the Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon, to irascible observations on mankind and the animal kingdom today (including “Birds I Could Do Without”), Will Cuppy, a perennially perturbed hermit, is your guide in these are very funny essays.For eight years, from 1921 to 1929, Will Cuppy lived alone on Jones
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Geological Observations On South America (Mobi Classics)

de Charles Darwin ...

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display. ... Leer más

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This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.
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Xenopus

From Basic Biology to Disease Models in the Genomic Era

Edición de Abraham Fainsod, Sally A. Moody ...

This book focuses on the amphibian, Xenopus, one of the most commonly used model animals in the biological sciences. Over the past 50 years, the use of Xenopus has made possible many fundamental contributions to our knowledge in cell biology, developmental biology, molecular biology, and neurobiology. In recent years, with the completion of the genome sequence of the main two species and the ... Leer más

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This book focuses on the amphibian, Xenopus, one of the most commonly used model animals in the biological sciences. Over the past 50 years, the use of Xenopus has made possible many fundamental contributions to our knowledge in cell biology, developmental biology, molecular biology, and neurobiology. In recent years, with the completion of the genome sequence of the main two species and the
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The Parrot in the Mirror

How evolving to be like birds made us human

de Antone Martinho-Truswell ...

How similar are your choices, behaviours, and lifestyle to those of a parrot? We humans are not like other mammals. We look like them, but we don't act like them. In fact, many of our defining human traits: our longevity, intelligence, monogamy and childrearing, and learning and language, all deep parts of what it means to be human, are far more similar to birds than to our fellow mammals. These ... Leer más

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How similar are your choices, behaviours, and lifestyle to those of a parrot? We humans are not like other mammals. We look like them, but we don't act like them. In fact, many of our defining human traits: our longevity, intelligence, monogamy and childrearing, and learning and language, all deep parts of what it means to be human, are far more similar to birds than to our fellow mammals. These
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The Evolution of Language

de W. Tecumseh Fitch ...

Series series Approaches to the Evolution of Language
Language, more than anything else, is what makes us human. It appears that no communication system of equivalent power exists elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Any normal human child will learn a language based on rather sparse data in the surrounding world, while even the brightest chimpanzee, exposed to the same environment, will not. Why not? How, and why, did language evolve in our species and ... Leer más

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Language, more than anything else, is what makes us human. It appears that no communication system of equivalent power exists elsewhere in the animal kingdom. Any normal human child will learn a language based on rather sparse data in the surrounding world, while even the brightest chimpanzee, exposed to the same environment, will not. Why not? How, and why, did language evolve in our species and
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Essential Personalities, and why humans found love, adapted to monogamy and became better parents

de Andrew Kennedy ...

A tour de force connecting the evolution of the human personality structure and the formation of parenting bonds with the passage of the sun through the year. The author builds a case for the realistic prediction of human type fundamentals from a birth date, and includes descriptions of the sixty four basic human types. The author writes convincingly about the hows and whys of making relationships ... Leer más

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A tour de force connecting the evolution of the human personality structure and the formation of parenting bonds with the passage of the sun through the year. The author builds a case for the realistic prediction of human type fundamentals from a birth date, and includes descriptions of the sixty four basic human types. The author writes convincingly about the hows and whys of making relationships
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Unreal Giants

Science vs. the MonsterVerse

de R. V. Cross ...

What happens when movie monsters meet the rules of real science? Unreal Giants: Science vs. the MonsterVerse dives into that collision where physics, biology, and imagination collide on screen. From Godzilla’s radioactive breath to Kong’s impossible anatomy, it explores how filmmakers bend reality just enough to make the unbelievable feel true and why audiences keep coming back for more.Inside the ... Leer más

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What happens when movie monsters meet the rules of real science? Unreal Giants: Science vs. the MonsterVerse dives into that collision where physics, biology, and imagination collide on screen. From Godzilla’s radioactive breath to Kong’s impossible anatomy, it explores how filmmakers bend reality just enough to make the unbelievable feel true and why audiences keep coming back for more.Inside the
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ADVANCED TREATMENT FOR CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE: APOMETRY, NLP, REGRESSION AND HYPNOSIS

de Edenilson Brandl, Thor Otto Alexsander ...

I wrote this book to share my knowledge and experience with apometry, a technique that I believe has the potential to help people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT).CMT is a complex and challenging condition, and there is no cure. However, there are many things that can be done to manage the symptoms and improve quality of life.Apometry is a complementary therapy that can be used in ... Leer más

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I wrote this book to share my knowledge and experience with apometry, a technique that I believe has the potential to help people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT).CMT is a complex and challenging condition, and there is no cure. However, there are many things that can be done to manage the symptoms and improve quality of life.Apometry is a complementary therapy that can be used in
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Humans

Perspectives on Our Evolution from World Experts

de Sergio Almécija ...

How did humanity evolve? And what does our evolutionary history tell us about what it means to be human? These questions are fundamental to our identity as individuals and as a species and to our relationship with the world. But there are almost as many answers to them as there are scientists who study these topics.This book brings together more than one hundred top experts, who share their ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

How did humanity evolve? And what does our evolutionary history tell us about what it means to be human? These questions are fundamental to our identity as individuals and as a species and to our relationship with the world. But there are almost as many answers to them as there are scientists who study these topics.This book brings together more than one hundred top experts, who share their
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The Descent of Man

Selection in Relation to Sex

de Charles Darwin ...

Applying his controversial theory of evolution to the origins of the human species, Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man was the culmination of his life's work. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by James Moore and Adrian Desmond.In The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin refused to discuss human evolution, believing the subject too 'surrounded with prejudices'. He had been ... Leer más

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Applying his controversial theory of evolution to the origins of the human species, Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man was the culmination of his life's work. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by James Moore and Adrian Desmond.In The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin refused to discuss human evolution, believing the subject too 'surrounded with prejudices'. He had been
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Supervivir. Vuelve al origen y recupera tu salud

Reconecta con la naturaleza y aleja la enfermedad

de Carlos Stro, Ricardo Stro ...

El ser humano antiguo sobrevivía. El ser humano moderno subsiste. A nuestro alcance tenemos la capacidad de supervivir. Aquí te mostraremos cómo.Las especies vivas llevan poblando la Tierra unos 3.500 millones de años. Durante todo este tiempo, astronómicamente imposible de comprender por la mente humana, la vida siempre estuvo conectada a la naturaleza. Nunca fue necesario explicarle a ningún ser ... Leer más

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El ser humano antiguo sobrevivía. El ser humano moderno subsiste. A nuestro alcance tenemos la capacidad de supervivir. Aquí te mostraremos cómo.Las especies vivas llevan poblando la Tierra unos 3.500 millones de años. Durante todo este tiempo, astronómicamente imposible de comprender por la mente humana, la vida siempre estuvo conectada a la naturaleza. Nunca fue necesario explicarle a ningún ser
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The Science of Love

de Robin Dunbar ...

A scientific exploration of some of humanity's most puzzling questions: What is love? Why do we fall in (and out) of love? And why would we have evolved to feel something so weird, with so many downsides?Whether you live for Valentine's Day or are the type to forget your wedding anniversary, love is, quite simply, part of being human. In The Science of Love, renowned evolutionary anthropologist ... Leer más

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A scientific exploration of some of humanity's most puzzling questions: What is love? Why do we fall in (and out) of love? And why would we have evolved to feel something so weird, with so many downsides?Whether you live for Valentine's Day or are the type to forget your wedding anniversary, love is, quite simply, part of being human. In The Science of Love, renowned evolutionary anthropologist
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How Birds Evolve

What Science Reveals about Their Origin, Lives, and Diversity

de Douglas J. Futuyma ...

A marvelous journey into the world of bird evolutionHow Birds Evolve explores how evolution has shaped the distinctive characteristics and behaviors we observe in birds today. Douglas Futuyma describes how evolutionary science illuminates the wonders of birds, ranging over topics such as the meaning and origin of species, the evolutionary history of bird diversity, and the evolution of avian ... Leer más

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A marvelous journey into the world of bird evolutionHow Birds Evolve explores how evolution has shaped the distinctive characteristics and behaviors we observe in birds today. Douglas Futuyma describes how evolutionary science illuminates the wonders of birds, ranging over topics such as the meaning and origin of species, the evolutionary history of bird diversity, and the evolution of avian
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Us

The New Story of Human Evolution

de Jeremy DeSilva ...

“The best book on human evolution this century." —Agustín Fuentes, author of The Creative SparkThe award-winning author of First Steps returns with a revelatory tour of the latest scientific discoveries in paleontology and archaeology to challenge the idea of human exceptionalism, presenting a more complex—and fascinating—portrait of "us."As our knowledge and understanding of the past has deepened ... Leer más

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PEDIDO ANTICIPADO

“The best book on human evolution this century." —Agustín Fuentes, author of The Creative SparkThe award-winning author of First Steps returns with a revelatory tour of the latest scientific discoveries in paleontology and archaeology to challenge the idea of human exceptionalism, presenting a more complex—and fascinating—portrait of "us."As our knowledge and understanding of the past has deepened
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King Solomon's Ring

New Light on Animal Ways

de Konrad Z. Lorenz ...

Like Solomon with his magic ring, famed Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz was a gifted student of the animal world. King Solomon's Ring, the book which brought him worldwide recognition, is a delightful collection of observations and insights into the lives of our furry and feathered friends, from the familiar cats and dogs to jackdaws. A must read for any animal lover. ... Leer más

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Like Solomon with his magic ring, famed Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz was a gifted student of the animal world. King Solomon's Ring, the book which brought him worldwide recognition, is a delightful collection of observations and insights into the lives of our furry and feathered friends, from the familiar cats and dogs to jackdaws. A must read for any animal lover.
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我們身體裡的生命演化史：演化如何打造出身體，而身體的演化又如何構成新的物種？一部關於器官、組織、細胞、DNA長達40億年的故事

de 尼爾‧蘇賓 ...

Traducido por 鄧子衿 ...

Series series 鷹之眼
「身體」是演化的最重要容器。身體的出現，打開了新的演化方式！它就像是個什麼都有的材料箱，演化出你想不到的生命形態！★ 超級暢銷書《我們的身體裡有一條魚》作者蘇賓進階之作達爾文當時無法回答的問題，蘇賓給出了解答！　　數億年來，古代的魚類演化到能在陸地上行走，爬行動物轉變成能夠飛行的鳥類，類似猿的靈長類動物轉變成雙腿步行、能說能寫的人類。一百多年來，古生物學家的足跡踏遍全球，尋找能夠指出這些改變如何發生的化石。　　現在我們處於一個非凡的時刻，史前時代的化石加上DNA技術，讓我們能夠回答關於人類存在的一些基本問題：演化如何打造出身體，而身體的演化又如何構成新的物種？演化中的重大改變是如何產生的？人類能在地球上出現只是因為剛好而已，還是是必然的結果？新的科學研究讓我們看到，演化當中充滿了曲折變化、競爭融合、嘗試錯誤，以及... ... Leer más

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「身體」是演化的最重要容器。身體的出現，打開了新的演化方式！它就像是個什麼都有的材料箱，演化出你想不到的生命形態！★ 超級暢銷書《我們的身體裡有一條魚》作者蘇賓進階之作達爾文當時無法回答的問題，蘇賓給出了解答！　　數億年來，古代的魚類演化到能在陸地上行走，爬行動物轉變成能夠飛行的鳥類，類似猿的靈長類動物轉變成雙腿步行、能說能寫的人類。一百多年來，古生物學家的足跡踏遍全球，尋找能夠指出這些改變如何發生的化石。　　現在我們處於一個非凡的時刻，史前時代的化石加上DNA技術，讓我們能夠回答關於人類存在的一些基本問題：演化如何打造出身體，而身體的演化又如何構成新的物種？演化中的重大改變是如何產生的？人類能在地球上出現只是因為剛好而已，還是是必然的結果？新的科學研究讓我們看到，演化當中充滿了曲折變化、競爭融合、嘗試錯誤，以及...
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