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Apprehend the future by analyzing time by calculation

de Abdoul khoudouss Kamara ...

Abdoul Koudouss Kamara is a Mauritanian mining engineer, born in 1938, who lives in the United States. His research in the prediction of events by calendar periodicities dates back to the 1970s. Having lost his sight in 1990, his work was greatly slowed down.Abdoul K. Kamara is also a practitioner of esotericism. ... Leer más

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Abdoul Koudouss Kamara is a Mauritanian mining engineer, born in 1938, who lives in the United States. His research in the prediction of events by calendar periodicities dates back to the 1970s. Having lost his sight in 1990, his work was greatly slowed down.Abdoul K. Kamara is also a practitioner of esotericism.
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Charles Darwin: Textos esenciales

de Charles Darwin ...

Series series Textos esenciales
Charles Darwin sentó las bases para una interpretación nueva del reino animal y vegetal y su historia pasada, presente y futura, demostrando que todas las especies provienen de formas anteriores. Su óptica científica, fuertemente cuestionada en su tiempo, condujo a la comprensión de que nuestra propia especie no escapaba a la regla general y que el hombre, que pomposamente se denomina a sí mismo ... Leer más

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Charles Darwin sentó las bases para una interpretación nueva del reino animal y vegetal y su historia pasada, presente y futura, demostrando que todas las especies provienen de formas anteriores. Su óptica científica, fuertemente cuestionada en su tiempo, condujo a la comprensión de que nuestra propia especie no escapaba a la regla general y que el hombre, que pomposamente se denomina a sí mismo
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Primates in Anthropogenic Landscapes

Exploring Primate Behavioural Flexibility Across Human Contexts

Edición de Tracie McKinney, Siân Waters, Michelle A. Rodrigues ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The field of primatology has expanded substantially in the last twenty years, particularly with regard to studies of primates in human-altered landscapes. This text aims to review the recent literature on anthropogenic (of human origin) influences on non-human primates, bringing an overview of this important area of primatology together for students. Chapters are grouped into three sections, ... Leer más

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The field of primatology has expanded substantially in the last twenty years, particularly with regard to studies of primates in human-altered landscapes. This text aims to review the recent literature on anthropogenic (of human origin) influences on non-human primates, bringing an overview of this important area of primatology together for students. Chapters are grouped into three sections,
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 30, 1882

de Charles Darwin ...

Series series The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ... Leer más

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This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging
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The Evolution of Obesity

de Michael L. Power, Jay Schulkin ...

In this sweeping exploration of the relatively recent obesity epidemic, Michael L. Power and Jay Schulkin probe evolutionary biology, history, physiology, and medical science to uncover the causes of our growing girth. The unexpected answer? Our own evolutionary success.For most of the past few million years, our evolutionary ancestors' survival depended on being able to consume as much as ... Leer más

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In this sweeping exploration of the relatively recent obesity epidemic, Michael L. Power and Jay Schulkin probe evolutionary biology, history, physiology, and medical science to uncover the causes of our growing girth. The unexpected answer? Our own evolutionary success.For most of the past few million years, our evolutionary ancestors' survival depended on being able to consume as much as
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Vor oprindelse

de Johannes V. Jensen ...

"Vor oprindelse" er intet mindre end et værk om menneskehedens historie. Bogen er en del af Johannes V. Jensens serie om evolution, som han arbejdede på i perioden 1923 og frem til sin død i 1950. Fra urmennesket og huleboeren til agerdyrkelsen og bonden med ploven skildres menneskets og samfundets udvikling gennem de historiens faser og teknologiske stadier. Gennem arkæologiske studier, gamle ... Leer más

$10.69 USD

"Vor oprindelse" er intet mindre end et værk om menneskehedens historie. Bogen er en del af Johannes V. Jensens serie om evolution, som han arbejdede på i perioden 1923 og frem til sin død i 1950. Fra urmennesket og huleboeren til agerdyrkelsen og bonden med ploven skildres menneskets og samfundets udvikling gennem de historiens faser og teknologiske stadier. Gennem arkæologiske studier, gamle
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The Social Impulse

The Evolution and Neuroscience of What Brings Us Together

de Jaime A. Pineda, Ph.D. ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book is an exploration of the integration-differentiation dynamics that result in a drive, or impulse, toward human sociality, arguing that our need to connect with other people is as fundamental as our need for food and shelter. In The Social Impulse: The Evolution and Neuroscience of What Brings Us Together, Jaime Pineda presents the evidence that social cohesion is a complementary force to ... Leer más

$170.09 USD

This book is an exploration of the integration-differentiation dynamics that result in a drive, or impulse, toward human sociality, arguing that our need to connect with other people is as fundamental as our need for food and shelter. In The Social Impulse: The Evolution and Neuroscience of What Brings Us Together, Jaime Pineda presents the evidence that social cohesion is a complementary force to
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Genetic Enhancement of Crops for Tolerance to Abiotic Stress: Mechanisms and Approaches, Vol. I

Edición de Vijay Rani Rajpal, Deepmala Sehgal, Avinash Kumar, S.N. Raina ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Abiotic stresses such as drought (water deficit), extreme temperatures (cold, frost and heat), salinity (sodicity) and mineral (metal and metalloid) toxicity limit productivity of crop plants worldwide and are big threats to global food security. With worsening climate change scenarios, these stresses will further increase in intensity and frequency. Improving tolerance to abiotic stresses, ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

Abiotic stresses such as drought (water deficit), extreme temperatures (cold, frost and heat), salinity (sodicity) and mineral (metal and metalloid) toxicity limit productivity of crop plants worldwide and are big threats to global food security. With worsening climate change scenarios, these stresses will further increase in intensity and frequency. Improving tolerance to abiotic stresses,
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Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950

de Marwa Elshakry ...

In Reading Darwin in Arabic, Marwa Elshakry questions current ideas about Islam, science, and secularism by exploring the ways in which Darwin was read in Arabic from the late 1860s to the mid-twentieth century. Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, she explores Darwin’s global appeal from the perspective of several ... Leer más

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In Reading Darwin in Arabic, Marwa Elshakry questions current ideas about Islam, science, and secularism by exploring the ways in which Darwin was read in Arabic from the late 1860s to the mid-twentieth century. Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, she explores Darwin’s global appeal from the perspective of several
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The Indispensable Excess of the Aesthetic

Evolution of Sensibility in Nature

de Katya Mandoki ...

TheIndispensable Excess of the Aesthetic: Evolution of Sensibility in Nature traces the evolution of sensibility from the most primal indications detectable at the level of cellular receptors and plant tendril sensitivity, animal creativity and play to cultural ramifications. Taking on Darwin’s insistence against Wallace that animals do have a sense of beauty, and on recent evolutionary ... Leer más

$105.29 USD

TheIndispensable Excess of the Aesthetic: Evolution of Sensibility in Nature traces the evolution of sensibility from the most primal indications detectable at the level of cellular receptors and plant tendril sensitivity, animal creativity and play to cultural ramifications. Taking on Darwin’s insistence against Wallace that animals do have a sense of beauty, and on recent evolutionary
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Evolutionary Biology

Edición de Michael T. Clegg, Ross J. MacIntyre, Max K. Hecht ...

Series Libro 31 - Evolutionary Biology
$143.09 USD
Personality and Temperament in Nonhuman Primates

Edición de Alexander Weiss, James E. King, Lindsay Murray ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Recently, there has been an increased interest in research on personality, temperament, and behavioral syndromes (henceforth to be referred to as personality) in nonhuman primates and other animals. This follows, in part, from a general interest in the subject matter and the realization that individual differences, once consigned to ‘error’ terms in statistical analyses, are potentially important ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

Recently, there has been an increased interest in research on personality, temperament, and behavioral syndromes (henceforth to be referred to as personality) in nonhuman primates and other animals. This follows, in part, from a general interest in the subject matter and the realization that individual differences, once consigned to ‘error’ terms in statistical analyses, are potentially important
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Homínidos en la sombra

de Rodrigo de la Barra ...

En el presente, gran parte de las actitudes que poseen los seres humanos es el resultado de miles de años de evolución. Mecanismos tan sencillos a nuestra actual mirada, son vestigio del desarrollo evolutivo de cientos de antepasados que pulieron sus herramientas, homínidos que tuvieron el peso de la esquiva sobrevivencia sobre sus hombros, y que a pasos tambaleantes caminaron para construir el ... Leer más

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En el presente, gran parte de las actitudes que poseen los seres humanos es el resultado de miles de años de evolución. Mecanismos tan sencillos a nuestra actual mirada, son vestigio del desarrollo evolutivo de cientos de antepasados que pulieron sus herramientas, homínidos que tuvieron el peso de la esquiva sobrevivencia sobre sus hombros, y que a pasos tambaleantes caminaron para construir el
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Revisiting the Eclipse of Darwinism

A Historiographical and Philosophical Analysis

de Michał Jakub Wagner ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book focuses on a critical reexamination of two prominent categories used in modern historiography of biology – “the eclipse of Darwinism” and the “modern synthesis”. The main objective is to critically analyze the main existing interpretations of the “eclipse of Darwinism” and emergence of the “modern synthesis”, with particular emphasis on the philosophical assumptions adopted in these ... Leer más

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This book focuses on a critical reexamination of two prominent categories used in modern historiography of biology – “the eclipse of Darwinism” and the “modern synthesis”. The main objective is to critically analyze the main existing interpretations of the “eclipse of Darwinism” and emergence of the “modern synthesis”, with particular emphasis on the philosophical assumptions adopted in these
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Cosmology, Atomic Theory, Evolution

Classic Readings in the Literature of Science

Edición de William Dampier, Margaret Dampier ...

"Sir William Cecil Dampier's Readings in the Literature of Science has long been a classic. Unlike many other collections, it has the virtue of dealing thoroughly with three major subjects which are at the very heart of science: cosmogony, atomic theory and evolution. For each, the readings have been selected so as to give a continuous story, enabling the reader to share in the great excitement of ... Leer más

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"Sir William Cecil Dampier's Readings in the Literature of Science has long been a classic. Unlike many other collections, it has the virtue of dealing thoroughly with three major subjects which are at the very heart of science: cosmogony, atomic theory and evolution. For each, the readings have been selected so as to give a continuous story, enabling the reader to share in the great excitement of
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Evoluzione culturale

de Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Telmo Pievani ...

Series series Voci
Uno dei punti di forza del lavoro di Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, annoverato tra i più importanti genetisti a livello mondiale, è l'abbraccio multidisciplinare che ha innervato il suo approccio alla ricerca scientifica. Gli studi sull'evoluzione biologica di Homo sapiens e sulla genetica delle popolazioni, di cui è stato un pioniere, non avrebbero avuto la stessa dirompente carica innovativa se non ... Leer más

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Uno dei punti di forza del lavoro di Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, annoverato tra i più importanti genetisti a livello mondiale, è l'abbraccio multidisciplinare che ha innervato il suo approccio alla ricerca scientifica. Gli studi sull'evoluzione biologica di Homo sapiens e sulla genetica delle popolazioni, di cui è stato un pioniere, non avrebbero avuto la stessa dirompente carica innovativa se non
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Toba: When Humanity Nearly Went Extinct

de Heinrich Wilson ...

Seventy-five thousand years ago, something tore the sky open over Sumatra. By the time the ash settled, an estimated 10,000 humans were all that remained on Earth.We are the descendants of those few who didn't die. Every person alive today, regardless of nationality or culture, carries the genetic footprint of that tiny, desperate remnant of survivors who pushed through a decade of volcanic winter ... Leer más

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Seventy-five thousand years ago, something tore the sky open over Sumatra. By the time the ash settled, an estimated 10,000 humans were all that remained on Earth.We are the descendants of those few who didn't die. Every person alive today, regardless of nationality or culture, carries the genetic footprint of that tiny, desperate remnant of survivors who pushed through a decade of volcanic winter
... Leer más
Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis): An Environmentally Friendly Native Grass for Animals

Edición de Gongshe Liu, Xiaoxia Li, Qingfen Zhang ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book summarizes the latest research on sheepgrass, both in China and around the globe, as well as fundamental information on the topic. Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel) is a key species in the eastern part of the Eurasian steppe and widely distributed in northern China. It is highly adaptable and holds considerable value in terms of animal husbandry and ecology / the environment. ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

This book summarizes the latest research on sheepgrass, both in China and around the globe, as well as fundamental information on the topic. Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel) is a key species in the eastern part of the Eurasian steppe and widely distributed in northern China. It is highly adaptable and holds considerable value in terms of animal husbandry and ecology / the environment.
... Leer más
Origin and Evolution of Metazoan Cell Types

Edición de Sally Leys, Andreas Hejnol ...

Series series Evolutionary Cell Biology
The evolution of animal diversity is strongly affected by the origin of novel cell and tissue types and their interactions with each other. Understanding the evolution of cell types will shed light on the evolution of novel structures, and in turn highlight how animals diversified. Several cell types may also have been lost as animals simplified – for example did sponges have nerves and lose them? ... Leer más

$68.99 USD

The evolution of animal diversity is strongly affected by the origin of novel cell and tissue types and their interactions with each other. Understanding the evolution of cell types will shed light on the evolution of novel structures, and in turn highlight how animals diversified. Several cell types may also have been lost as animals simplified – for example did sponges have nerves and lose them?
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Soy amado, luego existo. Darwinismo, diseño inteligente y fe cristiana

de Daniel Iglesias Grèzes ...

La alianza entre el ateísmo y el darwinismo es una de las fuerzas que han caracterizado el pensamiento de los últimos ciento cincuenta años. Esta alianza, que va más allá de la ciencia y se adentra, a menudo sin reconocerlo, en el campo de la metafísica, ha sido utilizada por el ateísmo para dar un barniz científico a la negación de Dios y presentar al ser humano como un mero animal producto del ... Leer más

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La alianza entre el ateísmo y el darwinismo es una de las fuerzas que han caracterizado el pensamiento de los últimos ciento cincuenta años. Esta alianza, que va más allá de la ciencia y se adentra, a menudo sin reconocerlo, en el campo de la metafísica, ha sido utilizada por el ateísmo para dar un barniz científico a la negación de Dios y presentar al ser humano como un mero animal producto del
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Niche Construction

How Life Contributes to Its Own Evolution

de John Odling-Smee ...

How niche construction theory extends evolutionary theory beyond natural selection to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments.In Niche Construction, John Odling-Smee, the leading authority on niche construction theory, extends evolutionary theory from an explanation of how populations of organisms respond to natural selection pressures in their environments ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

How niche construction theory extends evolutionary theory beyond natural selection to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments.In Niche Construction, John Odling-Smee, the leading authority on niche construction theory, extends evolutionary theory from an explanation of how populations of organisms respond to natural selection pressures in their environments
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Lamarckism and the Emergence of 'Scientific' Social Sciences in Nineteenth-Century Britain and France

de Snait B. Gissis ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
The book presents an original synthesizing framework on the relations between ‘the biological’ and ‘the social’. Within these relations, the late nineteenth-century emergence of social sciences aspiring to be constituted as autonomous, as 'scientific' disciplines, is described, analyzed and explained. Through this framework, the author points to conceptual and constructive commonalities conjoining ... Leer más

$107.09 USD

The book presents an original synthesizing framework on the relations between ‘the biological’ and ‘the social’. Within these relations, the late nineteenth-century emergence of social sciences aspiring to be constituted as autonomous, as 'scientific' disciplines, is described, analyzed and explained. Through this framework, the author points to conceptual and constructive commonalities conjoining
... Leer más
The Fossil Chronicles

How Two Controversial Discoveries Changed Our View of Human Evolution

de Dean Falk ...

Two discoveries of early human relatives, one in 1924 and one in 2003, radically changed scientific thinking about our origins. Dean Falk, a pioneer in the field of human brain evolution, offers this fast-paced insider’s account of these discoveries, the behind-the-scenes politics embroiling the scientists who found and analyzed them, and the academic and religious controversies they generated. ... Leer más

$25.69 USD

Two discoveries of early human relatives, one in 1924 and one in 2003, radically changed scientific thinking about our origins. Dean Falk, a pioneer in the field of human brain evolution, offers this fast-paced insider’s account of these discoveries, the behind-the-scenes politics embroiling the scientists who found and analyzed them, and the academic and religious controversies they generated.
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History of Terrestrial Mammals in South America

How South American Mammalian Fauna Changed from the Mesozoic to Recent Times

de Thomas Defler ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book takes a non-technical approach in covering the evolution of South American mammalian fauna throughout geological history, and discusses how South America has changed due to mammalian invasions. Unlike other works on the subject, this book attempts to answer several crucial questions that often go unmentioned together in one cohesive monograph. What was the fauna like before the American ... Leer más

$134.09 USD

This book takes a non-technical approach in covering the evolution of South American mammalian fauna throughout geological history, and discusses how South America has changed due to mammalian invasions. Unlike other works on the subject, this book attempts to answer several crucial questions that often go unmentioned together in one cohesive monograph. What was the fauna like before the American
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