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Sexual Selection in Homo sapiens

Parental Control over Mating and the Opportunity Cost of Free Mate Choice

de Menelaos Apostolou ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The present book aims to examine how sexual selection works in the human species. Almost all scholarly effort focuses on sexual selection in non-human species and extrapolates the findings to the human one. However, human mating has a unique pattern not found in any other species, namely parental influence over mate choice. Across preindustrial societies, the typical pattern of long-term mating is ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

The present book aims to examine how sexual selection works in the human species. Almost all scholarly effort focuses on sexual selection in non-human species and extrapolates the findings to the human one. However, human mating has a unique pattern not found in any other species, namely parental influence over mate choice. Across preindustrial societies, the typical pattern of long-term mating is
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Stephen J. Gould: The Scientific Legacy

Edición de Gian Antonio Danieli, Alessandro Minelli, Telmo Pievani ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
Stephen J. Gould’s greatest contribution to science is a revised version of the theory of evolution which offers today a useful framework for understanding progress in many evolutionary fields. His intuitions about the conjunction of evolution and development, the role of ecological factors in speciation, the multi-level interpretation of the units of selection, and the interplay between ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

Stephen J. Gould’s greatest contribution to science is a revised version of the theory of evolution which offers today a useful framework for understanding progress in many evolutionary fields. His intuitions about the conjunction of evolution and development, the role of ecological factors in speciation, the multi-level interpretation of the units of selection, and the interplay between
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The Paleobiology of Australopithecus

Edición de John G Fleagle, Richard E Leakey, Kaye E. Reed ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Australopithecus species have been the topic of much debate in palaeoanthropology since Raymond Dart described the first species, Australopithecus africanus, in 1925. This volume synthesizes the geological and paleontological context of the species in East and South Africa; covers individual sites, such as Dikika, Hadar, Sterkfontein, and Malapa; debates the alpha taxonomy of some of the species; ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

Australopithecus species have been the topic of much debate in palaeoanthropology since Raymond Dart described the first species, Australopithecus africanus, in 1925. This volume synthesizes the geological and paleontological context of the species in East and South Africa; covers individual sites, such as Dikika, Hadar, Sterkfontein, and Malapa; debates the alpha taxonomy of some of the species;
... Leer más
Heads, Jaws, and Muscles

Anatomical, Functional, and Developmental Diversity in Chordate Evolution

Edición de Janine M. Ziermann, Raul E. Diaz Jr, Rui Diogo ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The vertebrate head is the most complex part of the animal body and its diversity in nature reflects a variety of life styles, feeding modes, and ecological adaptations. This book will take you on a journey to discover the origin and diversification of the head, which evolved from a seemingly headless chordate ancestor. Despite their structural diversity, heads develop in a highly conserved ... Leer más

$98.09 USD

The vertebrate head is the most complex part of the animal body and its diversity in nature reflects a variety of life styles, feeding modes, and ecological adaptations. This book will take you on a journey to discover the origin and diversification of the head, which evolved from a seemingly headless chordate ancestor. Despite their structural diversity, heads develop in a highly conserved
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Sex Differences in Fear Response

An Evolutionary Perspective

de Anne Campbell, Lee T Copping, Catharine P Cross ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book reviews the evolutionary forces behind sex differences in fear responses and, crucially, delves into the mechanisms through which sexual selection might have driven sex differences in connection with fear. Fear is an evolved mechanism that helps us stay alive, but is also an emotion experienced more intensely, more frequently, and longer in women than in men. This book therefore asks the ... Leer más

$49.49 USD

This book reviews the evolutionary forces behind sex differences in fear responses and, crucially, delves into the mechanisms through which sexual selection might have driven sex differences in connection with fear. Fear is an evolved mechanism that helps us stay alive, but is also an emotion experienced more intensely, more frequently, and longer in women than in men. This book therefore asks the
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Changing Climate, Changing Worlds

Local Knowledge and the Challenges of Social and Ecological Change

Edición de Meredith Welch-Devine, Anne Sourdril, Brian J. Burke ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book explores how individuals and communities perceive and understand climate change using their observations of change in the world around them. Because processes of climatic change operate at spatial and temporal scales that differ from those of everyday practice, the phenomenon can be difficult to understand. However, flora and fauna, which are important natural and cultural resources for ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

This book explores how individuals and communities perceive and understand climate change using their observations of change in the world around them. Because processes of climatic change operate at spatial and temporal scales that differ from those of everyday practice, the phenomenon can be difficult to understand. However, flora and fauna, which are important natural and cultural resources for
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Adam and Evolution

de Michael Pitman ...

Series series Cosmic Connections
This work is updated version of the original ground-breaking Adam and Evolution. It not only heavily criticises neo-Darwinian orthodoxy in all its various fields but also provides a logical, alternative perspective to the question of life's origin. Its premise is that matter (and therefore any biological vehicle) is a form of non-conscious energy but code is an expression of thought. Matter itself ... Leer más

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This work is updated version of the original ground-breaking Adam and Evolution. It not only heavily criticises neo-Darwinian orthodoxy in all its various fields but also provides a logical, alternative perspective to the question of life's origin. Its premise is that matter (and therefore any biological vehicle) is a form of non-conscious energy but code is an expression of thought. Matter itself
... Leer más
Bemisia: Bionomics and Management of a Global Pest

Edición de Philip A. Stansly, Steven E. Naranjo ...

Bemisia tabaci (Gennedius) has distinguished itself from the more than 1,000 whitefly species in the world by its adaptability, persistence and potential to damage a wide range of agricultural and horticultural crops in all six of the world’s inhabited continents. B. tabaci inflicts plant damage through direct feeding, inducement of plant disorders, vectoring of plant viruses and excretion of ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

Bemisia tabaci (Gennedius) has distinguished itself from the more than 1,000 whitefly species in the world by its adaptability, persistence and potential to damage a wide range of agricultural and horticultural crops in all six of the world’s inhabited continents. B. tabaci inflicts plant damage through direct feeding, inducement of plant disorders, vectoring of plant viruses and excretion of
... Leer más
Ecology and Evolution of Amazonian Fishes

Assembling the Most Diverse Continental Vertebrate Fauna

Edición de James S. Albert, Roberto E. Reis ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands of tropical America teem with fishes, in both abundance and variety. The thousands of species who inhabit these waterways exhibit a bewildering display of physiological, morphological, and behavioral specializations. Ecology and Evolution of Amazonian Fishes explains how the freshwater fishes of South America rose to become the most diverse continental ... Leer más

$125.09 USD

The rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands of tropical America teem with fishes, in both abundance and variety. The thousands of species who inhabit these waterways exhibit a bewildering display of physiological, morphological, and behavioral specializations. Ecology and Evolution of Amazonian Fishes explains how the freshwater fishes of South America rose to become the most diverse continental
... Leer más
Ichnoentomology

Insect Traces in Soils and Paleosols

de Jorge Fernando Genise ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book is devoted to the ichnology of insects, and associated trace fossils, in soils and paleosols. The traces described here, mostly nests and pupation chambers, include one of the most complex architectures produced by animals. Chapters explore the walls, shapes and fillings of trace fossils followed by their classifications and ichnotaxonomy. Detailed descriptions and interpretations for ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

This book is devoted to the ichnology of insects, and associated trace fossils, in soils and paleosols. The traces described here, mostly nests and pupation chambers, include one of the most complex architectures produced by animals. Chapters explore the walls, shapes and fillings of trace fossils followed by their classifications and ichnotaxonomy. Detailed descriptions and interpretations for
... Leer más
Nature's State

Imagining Alaska as the Last Frontier

de Susan Kollin ...

Series series Cultural Studies of the United States
An engaging blend of environmental theory and literary studies, Nature’s State looks behind the myth of Alaska as America’s “last frontier,” a pristine and wild place on the fringes of our geographical imagination. Susan Kollin traces how this seemingly marginal space in American culture has in fact functioned to alleviate larger social anxieties about nature, ethnicity, and national identity ... Leer más

$23.79 USD

An engaging blend of environmental theory and literary studies, Nature’s State looks behind the myth of Alaska as America’s “last frontier,” a pristine and wild place on the fringes of our geographical imagination. Susan Kollin traces how this seemingly marginal space in American culture has in fact functioned to alleviate larger social anxieties about nature, ethnicity, and national identity
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Nanobotany

Edición de Sumera Javad, Ayesha Butt ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This work synthesizes research and practical work, including various techniques and applications of botany and nanoparticles, including enzymology, pharmaceuticals, phenolics, antioxidants, metal particles, synthesis of nanoparticles by plants and microbes, and more. The text discusses the latest research as well as key sources of information condensed from other scholars across the globe, ... Leer más

$152.09 USD

This work synthesizes research and practical work, including various techniques and applications of botany and nanoparticles, including enzymology, pharmaceuticals, phenolics, antioxidants, metal particles, synthesis of nanoparticles by plants and microbes, and more. The text discusses the latest research as well as key sources of information condensed from other scholars across the globe,
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Sustainable Earth

de Hassan Rasheed ...

The world back then was a simple one guided by Nature and void of the amalgam of taboos and draconian rules that have only one purpose: to complicate and confuse the human condition. So, instead of simple desires and wants the human element has been amplified beyond what Earth can sustain. This is a guide to why and how to turn things around globally and personally. This is an exposition of the ... Leer más

$4.69 USD

The world back then was a simple one guided by Nature and void of the amalgam of taboos and draconian rules that have only one purpose: to complicate and confuse the human condition. So, instead of simple desires and wants the human element has been amplified beyond what Earth can sustain. This is a guide to why and how to turn things around globally and personally. This is an exposition of the
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Humanos: La evolución de nuestra especie (Humans)

de DK ...

¿Quiénes somos los humanos? ¿Cómo pueden nuestros dedos abrir este libro con tanta precisión, separando páginas más finas que un milímetro? ¿Cómo podemos comprender los símbolos que contienen?La combinación de ingenio, destreza y curiosidad del ser humano nos ha permitido explorar, inventar y transformar el mundo y sus entornos: desde la tundra ártica y los desiertos hasta los océanos.Este libro ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

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¿Quiénes somos los humanos? ¿Cómo pueden nuestros dedos abrir este libro con tanta precisión, separando páginas más finas que un milímetro? ¿Cómo podemos comprender los símbolos que contienen?La combinación de ingenio, destreza y curiosidad del ser humano nos ha permitido explorar, inventar y transformar el mundo y sus entornos: desde la tundra ártica y los desiertos hasta los océanos.Este libro
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Evolução

o sentido da biologia

de Charbel Niño El-Hani, Diogo Meyer ...

Series series Paradidáticos
Este livro mostra, numa linguagem clara, como a biologia evolutiva surge ao longo dos séculos XIX e XX e apresenta seus principais conceitos, o contexto cultural e social na qual está inserida e as fronteiras atuais da busca do conhecimento sobre a evolução e a diversidade da vida no nosso planeta. Apresenta como a compreensão da biologia evolutiva é importante para desvendar a origem da AIDS, ... Leer más

$3.23 USD

Este livro mostra, numa linguagem clara, como a biologia evolutiva surge ao longo dos séculos XIX e XX e apresenta seus principais conceitos, o contexto cultural e social na qual está inserida e as fronteiras atuais da busca do conhecimento sobre a evolução e a diversidade da vida no nosso planeta. Apresenta como a compreensão da biologia evolutiva é importante para desvendar a origem da AIDS,
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Genomics of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria

Edición de Ralph Bock, Volker Knoop ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The past decade has witnessed an explosion of our knowledge on the structure, coding capacity and evolution of the genomes of the two DNA-containing cell organelles in plants: chloroplasts (plastids) and mitochondria. Comparative genomics analyses have provided new insights into the origin of organelles by endosymbioses and uncovered an enormous evolutionary dynamics of organellar genomes. In ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

The past decade has witnessed an explosion of our knowledge on the structure, coding capacity and evolution of the genomes of the two DNA-containing cell organelles in plants: chloroplasts (plastids) and mitochondria. Comparative genomics analyses have provided new insights into the origin of organelles by endosymbioses and uncovered an enormous evolutionary dynamics of organellar genomes. In
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Origins of Sexuality and Homosexuality

de John Dececco, Phd, Michael Shively ...

This well-documented book highlights some of the theories of bisexual and homosexual identities and their conceptual bases in cultural history, moral philosophy, biology, and social psychology. Some of the most respected minds in the field of human sexuality challenge traditional views on homosexuality and question the moral principles implicit in many existing psychiatric and psychological ... Leer más

$91.99 USD

This well-documented book highlights some of the theories of bisexual and homosexual identities and their conceptual bases in cultural history, moral philosophy, biology, and social psychology. Some of the most respected minds in the field of human sexuality challenge traditional views on homosexuality and question the moral principles implicit in many existing psychiatric and psychological
... Leer más
Recombinant DNA and Genetic Experimentation

Proceedings of a Conference on Recombinant DNA, Jointly Organised by the Committee on Genetic Experimentation (COGENE) and the Royal Society of London, Held at Wye College, Kent, UK, 1-4 April, 1979

Edición de Joan Morgan, W. J. Whelan ...

Recombinant DNA and Genetic Experimentation contains papers from the Proceedings of a Conference on Recombinant DNA held in London on April 1-4, 1979. This books reviews recombinant DNA research and discusses advances in the application of recombinant DNA research and the regulations affecting such research. Part 1 of the book deals with recombinant DNA techniques that are useful in the biological ... Leer más

$65.69 USD

Recombinant DNA and Genetic Experimentation contains papers from the Proceedings of a Conference on Recombinant DNA held in London on April 1-4, 1979. This books reviews recombinant DNA research and discusses advances in the application of recombinant DNA research and the regulations affecting such research. Part 1 of the book deals with recombinant DNA techniques that are useful in the biological
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Animal Anomalies

What Abnormal Anatomies Reveal about Normal Development

de Lewis I. Held, Jr ...

Among the offspring of humans and other animals are occasional individuals that are malformed in whole or in part. The most grossly abnormal of these have been referred to from ancient times as monsters, because their birth was thought to foretell doom; the less severely affected are usually known as anomalies. This volume digs deeply into the cellular and molecular processes of embryonic ... Leer más

$43.49 USD

Among the offspring of humans and other animals are occasional individuals that are malformed in whole or in part. The most grossly abnormal of these have been referred to from ancient times as monsters, because their birth was thought to foretell doom; the less severely affected are usually known as anomalies. This volume digs deeply into the cellular and molecular processes of embryonic
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Handbook of Muscle Variations and Anomalies in Humans

A Compendium for Medical Education, Physicians, Surgeons, Anthropologists, Anatomists, and Biologists

de Eve K. Boyle, Vondel S. E. Mahon, Rui Diogo ...

Most textbooks and atlases of human anatomy chronicle only a few cases of muscle variations in the "normal" human population, or of muscle anomalies within congenital malformations. Consequently, there is a misconception of what is considered "normal" human anatomy and what that looks like. Each person within the "normal" population has at least a few muscle variations, and there are millions of ... Leer más

$82.99 USD

Most textbooks and atlases of human anatomy chronicle only a few cases of muscle variations in the "normal" human population, or of muscle anomalies within congenital malformations. Consequently, there is a misconception of what is considered "normal" human anatomy and what that looks like. Each person within the "normal" population has at least a few muscle variations, and there are millions of
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The Evolving World

Evolution in Everyday Life

de David P. Mindell ...

In the 150 years since Darwin, evolutionary biology has proven as essential as it is controversial, a critical concept for answering questions about everything from the genetic code and the structure of cells to the reproduction, development, and migration of animal and plant life. But today, as David P. Mindell makes undeniably clear in The Evolving World, evolutionary biology is much more than ... Leer más

$26.29 USD

In the 150 years since Darwin, evolutionary biology has proven as essential as it is controversial, a critical concept for answering questions about everything from the genetic code and the structure of cells to the reproduction, development, and migration of animal and plant life. But today, as David P. Mindell makes undeniably clear in The Evolving World, evolutionary biology is much more than
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Development Strategies and Biodiversity

Darwinian Fitness and Evolution in the Anthropocene

Edición de David Costantini, Valeria Marasco ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Development is a complex and highly dynamic process involving the cross talk among genes, maternal effects and environmental circumstances. Widespread evidence from plant to animal species show that variation in developmental conditions can modulate life history trajectories and influence key traits, such as growth, reproduction, and senescence. These effects are not limited to a single generation ... Leer más

$107.09 USD

Development is a complex and highly dynamic process involving the cross talk among genes, maternal effects and environmental circumstances. Widespread evidence from plant to animal species show that variation in developmental conditions can modulate life history trajectories and influence key traits, such as growth, reproduction, and senescence. These effects are not limited to a single generation
... Leer más
Sika Deer: Life History Plasticity and Management

Edición de Koichi Kaji, Hiroyuki Uno, Hayato Iijima ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides complete and up-to-date information on sika deer biology and its management, focusing on their life history with an integrated approach of population dynamics, morphology, genetics, and evolution.The expanding distribution of sika and its increase in population in Japan and other countries are causing damage to agriculture and forestry, impacting ecosystems and affecting other ... Leer más

$251.09 USD

This book provides complete and up-to-date information on sika deer biology and its management, focusing on their life history with an integrated approach of population dynamics, morphology, genetics, and evolution.The expanding distribution of sika and its increase in population in Japan and other countries are causing damage to agriculture and forestry, impacting ecosystems and affecting other
... Leer más
The Origin of Hominoids

de Burton Martel ...

The very beginnings of hominoids are most shrouded in archeological dust. There are few if any theories today, for how hominoids came to exist.This work explores those earliest origins of mankind, putting new ideas of what may have occurred over ten million years ago. ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

The very beginnings of hominoids are most shrouded in archeological dust. There are few if any theories today, for how hominoids came to exist.This work explores those earliest origins of mankind, putting new ideas of what may have occurred over ten million years ago.
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