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Language, Mind, and Evolution

by Derek Bickerton ...

The human mind is an unlikely evolutionary adaptation. How did humans acquire cognitive capacities far more powerful than anything a hunting-and-gathering primate needed to survive? Alfred Russel Wallace, co-founder with Darwin of evolutionary theory, saw humans as "divine exceptions" to natural selection. Darwin thought use of language might have shaped our sophisticated brains, but his ... Read more

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The human mind is an unlikely evolutionary adaptation. How did humans acquire cognitive capacities far more powerful than anything a hunting-and-gathering primate needed to survive? Alfred Russel Wallace, co-founder with Darwin of evolutionary theory, saw humans as "divine exceptions" to natural selection. Darwin thought use of language might have shaped our sophisticated brains, but his
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Cain's Wife, Lilith's Daughter

Learning Ancient Secrets, #9

by Walter Parks ...

Series Book 9 - Learning Ancient Secrets
The enduring question has been: "Where did Cain get his wife?"The churches have not given an acceptable answer to this question. Their inability to answer this question creates great doubt as to the accuracy of the Bible. More and more Christians are giving up on defending the Bible.It is vitally important for Christians to be able to answer this question because it relates to defending the fact ... Read more

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The enduring question has been: "Where did Cain get his wife?"The churches have not given an acceptable answer to this question. Their inability to answer this question creates great doubt as to the accuracy of the Bible. More and more Christians are giving up on defending the Bible.It is vitally important for Christians to be able to answer this question because it relates to defending the fact
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Chimpanzees, War, and History

Are Men Born to Kill?

by R. Brian Ferguson ...

The question of whether men are predisposed to war runs hot in contemporary scholarship and online discussion. Within this debate, chimpanzee behavior is often cited to explain humans' propensity for violence; the claim is that male chimpanzees kill outsiders because they are evolutionarily inclined, suggesting to some that people are too. The longstanding critique that killing is instead due to ... Read more

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The question of whether men are predisposed to war runs hot in contemporary scholarship and online discussion. Within this debate, chimpanzee behavior is often cited to explain humans' propensity for violence; the claim is that male chimpanzees kill outsiders because they are evolutionarily inclined, suggesting to some that people are too. The longstanding critique that killing is instead due to
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Synthetic Biology, Genetics and Advanced Topics

by Edenilson Brandl ...

Synthetic Biology is a scientific discipline that has the potential to revolutionize the way we understand and manipulate life. Combining knowledge from biology, genetics, engineering and computing, Synthetic Biology opens up new possibilities for creating personalized biological systems, with applications ranging from regenerative medicine to the production of biofuels.In this book, we will ... Read more

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Synthetic Biology is a scientific discipline that has the potential to revolutionize the way we understand and manipulate life. Combining knowledge from biology, genetics, engineering and computing, Synthetic Biology opens up new possibilities for creating personalized biological systems, with applications ranging from regenerative medicine to the production of biofuels.In this book, we will
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Missing Links

In Search of Human Origins

by John Reader ...

This is the story of the search for human origins - from the Middle Ages, when questions of the earth's antiquity first began to arise, through to the latest genetic discoveries that show the interrelatedness of all living creatures. Central to the story is the part played by fossils - first, in establishing the age of the Earth; then, following Darwin, in the pursuit of possible 'Missing Links' ... Read more

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This is the story of the search for human origins - from the Middle Ages, when questions of the earth's antiquity first began to arise, through to the latest genetic discoveries that show the interrelatedness of all living creatures. Central to the story is the part played by fossils - first, in establishing the age of the Earth; then, following Darwin, in the pursuit of possible 'Missing Links'
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Epic of Evolution

Seven Ages of the Cosmos

by Eric Chaisson ...

How did everything around us-the air, the land, the sea, and the stars-originate? What is the source of order, form, and structure characterizing all material things? These are just some of the grand scientific questions Eric J. Chaisson, author of the classic work Cosmic Dawn, explores in his enthralling and illuminating history of the universe. Explaining new discoveries and a range of cutting ... Read more

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How did everything around us-the air, the land, the sea, and the stars-originate? What is the source of order, form, and structure characterizing all material things? These are just some of the grand scientific questions Eric J. Chaisson, author of the classic work Cosmic Dawn, explores in his enthralling and illuminating history of the universe. Explaining new discoveries and a range of cutting
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Among the Cannibals

Adventures on the Trail of Man’s Darkest Ritual

by Paul Raffaele ...

It's the stuff of nightmares, the dark inspiration for literature and film. But astonishingly, cannibalism does exist, and in Among the Cannibals travel writer Paul Raffaele journeys to the far corners of the globe to discover participants in this mysterious and disturbing practice. From an obscure New Guinea river village, where Raffaele went in search of one of the last practicing cannibal ... Read more

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It's the stuff of nightmares, the dark inspiration for literature and film. But astonishingly, cannibalism does exist, and in Among the Cannibals travel writer Paul Raffaele journeys to the far corners of the globe to discover participants in this mysterious and disturbing practice. From an obscure New Guinea river village, where Raffaele went in search of one of the last practicing cannibal
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Supervivir. Vuelve al origen y recupera tu salud

Reconecta con la naturaleza y aleja la enfermedad

by 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 ... Read more

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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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Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods

Early Humans and the Origins of Religion

by E. Fuller Torrey ...

Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods ... Read more

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Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods
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Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine

From Research to Policy and Practice

Edited by Alexandra Alvergne, Crispin Jenkinson, Charlotte Faurie ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
The aim of this edited book is to provide health professionals, across a wide variety of specialisms, with a targeted access to evolutionary medicine. Throughout the book, the views of both medical and evolutionary scientists on the latest relevant research is presented with a focus on practical implications. The inclusion of boxes explaining the theoretical background as well as both a glossary ... Read more

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The aim of this edited book is to provide health professionals, across a wide variety of specialisms, with a targeted access to evolutionary medicine. Throughout the book, the views of both medical and evolutionary scientists on the latest relevant research is presented with a focus on practical implications. The inclusion of boxes explaining the theoretical background as well as both a glossary
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A Place like No Other

Discovering the Secrets of Serengeti

by Anthony R. E. Sinclair ...

From famed zoologist Anthony Sinclair, an account of his decades-long quest to understand one of Earth's most spectacular ecosystemsWith its rich biodiversity, astounding wildlife, and breathtaking animal migrations, Serengeti is like no other ecosystem on the planet. A Place like No Other is Anthony Sinclair's firsthand account of how he and other scientists discovered the biological principles ... Read more

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From famed zoologist Anthony Sinclair, an account of his decades-long quest to understand one of Earth's most spectacular ecosystemsWith its rich biodiversity, astounding wildlife, and breathtaking animal migrations, Serengeti is like no other ecosystem on the planet. A Place like No Other is Anthony Sinclair's firsthand account of how he and other scientists discovered the biological principles
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Woman

An Intimate Geography

by Natalie Angier ...

National Book Award finalistA New York Times notable book“One knows early on one is reading a classic—a text so necessary and abundant and true that all efforts of its kind, for decades before and after it, will be measured by it.”—Thomas Lynch, Los Angeles TimesAfter fifteen years in print, Woman remains an essential guide to everything from organs to orgasms and hormones to hysterectomies. With ... Read more

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National Book Award finalistA New York Times notable book“One knows early on one is reading a classic—a text so necessary and abundant and true that all efforts of its kind, for decades before and after it, will be measured by it.”—Thomas Lynch, Los Angeles TimesAfter fifteen years in print, Woman remains an essential guide to everything from organs to orgasms and hormones to hysterectomies. With
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The Allies of Humanity Book Three

by Marshall Vian Summers ...

The Allies of Humanity Book Three presents the third set of Briefings from an off-planet source whose stated purpose is to prepare the human family for the realities of life in our local universe and to alert us to an alien Intervention now taking place on Earth.The Allies of Humanity claim to represent a group of "free worlds" in our local region of space who do not pursue intervention or ... Read more

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The Allies of Humanity Book Three presents the third set of Briefings from an off-planet source whose stated purpose is to prepare the human family for the realities of life in our local universe and to alert us to an alien Intervention now taking place on Earth.The Allies of Humanity claim to represent a group of "free worlds" in our local region of space who do not pursue intervention or
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物種源始（達爾文二一二歲誕辰紀念版，完整重現寫給所有人的演化論）

On the Origin of Species

by 達爾文(Charles Darwin) ...

Series series 貓頭鷹書房
160年來歷久彌新的經典理論完整重現演化論精髓，了解達爾文最真實的思想◎程延年（台灣演化生物學權威）專文推薦版本特色：→首度完整翻譯自原書第二版，呈現最純粹的理論經典→特別收錄三版後的物種理論簡史，向演化學說發展致敬十九世紀以降最重要的思想鉅著1831年，達爾文踏上小獵犬號，展開一段為期五年，後續卻影響世界深遠的航行。回國後，達爾文開始潛心研究旅途中生物與環境間的複雜關係。1859年，他出版了十九世紀最重要的思想鉅著《物種源始》。《物種源始》甫一出版便飽受關注與批評，然而在接下來的兩百年間，這本書和達爾文的思想被不斷地引用、延伸甚至濫用，比如史賓塞以達爾文理論為基礎發展出的「社會達爾文主義」，助長了優生學、民族主義等思想。而如「適者生存」的延伸解讀甚至間接導致了第一次世界大戰，至今仍影響深遠。儘管在過去飽受誤解與批評，達爾文的演化論在現代對古生物學、分類學 ... Read more

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160年來歷久彌新的經典理論完整重現演化論精髓，了解達爾文最真實的思想◎程延年（台灣演化生物學權威）專文推薦版本特色：→首度完整翻譯自原書第二版，呈現最純粹的理論經典→特別收錄三版後的物種理論簡史，向演化學說發展致敬十九世紀以降最重要的思想鉅著1831年，達爾文踏上小獵犬號，展開一段為期五年，後續卻影響世界深遠的航行。回國後，達爾文開始潛心研究旅途中生物與環境間的複雜關係。1859年，他出版了十九世紀最重要的思想鉅著《物種源始》。《物種源始》甫一出版便飽受關注與批評，然而在接下來的兩百年間，這本書和達爾文的思想被不斷地引用、延伸甚至濫用，比如史賓塞以達爾文理論為基礎發展出的「社會達爾文主義」，助長了優生學、民族主義等思想。而如「適者生存」的延伸解讀甚至間接導致了第一次世界大戰，至今仍影響深遠。儘管在過去飽受誤解與批評，達爾文的演化論在現代對古生物學、分類學
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Ancestors in Our Genome

The New Science of Human Evolution

by Eugene E. Harris ...

The complete DNA molecules comprising the human genome were deciphered two decades ago. With this discovery began a remarkable genomic voyage back in time yielding a new science of human evolution. We are just beginning to unravel our full genomic history and answering age-old questions about how and when we evolved. For the first time, we are finding our ancestors in our genome and gleaning ... Read more

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The complete DNA molecules comprising the human genome were deciphered two decades ago. With this discovery began a remarkable genomic voyage back in time yielding a new science of human evolution. We are just beginning to unravel our full genomic history and answering age-old questions about how and when we evolved. For the first time, we are finding our ancestors in our genome and gleaning
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Sleeping Beauties

The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture

by Andreas Wagner ...

Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species – but there’s a catch.A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2023'Hopeful and fascinating.' THE TIMESMany animals and plants eke out seemingly unremarkable lives. Passive, constrained, modest, threatened. Then, in a blink of evolutionary time, they flourish spectacularly. Once we start to look, these ‘sleeping beauties’ crop up eve... ... Read more

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Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species – but there’s a catch.A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2023'Hopeful and fascinating.' THE TIMESMany animals and plants eke out seemingly unremarkable lives. Passive, constrained, modest, threatened. Then, in a blink of evolutionary time, they flourish spectacularly. Once we start to look, these ‘sleeping beauties’ crop up eve...
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The Demise of Darwinism

by H. Clay Gorton ...

For over 150 years, Darwin's theory of evolution has been presented as the unshakable foundation of modern science—a framework through which the origins of life, the diversity of species, and the ascent of humankind are explained. But what if that foundation is crumbling?The Demise of Darwinism is a groundbreaking examination of the evidence that dismantles the myth of unguided evolution. Drawing ... Read more

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For over 150 years, Darwin's theory of evolution has been presented as the unshakable foundation of modern science—a framework through which the origins of life, the diversity of species, and the ascent of humankind are explained. But what if that foundation is crumbling?The Demise of Darwinism is a groundbreaking examination of the evidence that dismantles the myth of unguided evolution. Drawing
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On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection

by Alfred Russel Wallace ...

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1858 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties' is a landmark article on Wallace's ideas of natural selection in relation to evolutionary theory. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. ... Read more

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This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1858 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties' is a landmark article on Wallace's ideas of natural selection in relation to evolutionary theory. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales.
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Adaptation and Natural Selection

A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought

by George Christopher Williams ...

Series series Princeton Science Library
Biological evolution is a fact—but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in 1966, it struck a powerful blow against those who argued for the concept of group selection—the idea that evolution acts to select entire species rather than individuals. Williams’s famous work in favor of simple Darwinism over ... Read more

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Biological evolution is a fact—but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in 1966, it struck a powerful blow against those who argued for the concept of group selection—the idea that evolution acts to select entire species rather than individuals. Williams’s famous work in favor of simple Darwinism over
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The Cradle of Humanity

How the changing landscape of Africa made us so smart

by Mark Maslin ...

Humans are rather weak when compared with many other animals. We are not particular fast and have no natural weapons. Yet Homo sapiens currently number nearly 7.5 billion and are set to rise to nearly 10 billion by the middle of this century. We have influenced almost every part of the Earth system and as a consequence are changing the global environmental and evolutionary trajectory of the Earth. ... Read more

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Humans are rather weak when compared with many other animals. We are not particular fast and have no natural weapons. Yet Homo sapiens currently number nearly 7.5 billion and are set to rise to nearly 10 billion by the middle of this century. We have influenced almost every part of the Earth system and as a consequence are changing the global environmental and evolutionary trajectory of the Earth.
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生殖系統改良的複製熊人「大逃亡」與演化藍圖—沙漠生物種特色的肉種子製造與排泄器官

1, #1

by 庫爾特‧施耐德 ...

Series Book 1 - 1
在未來時代，人類的生物科技實驗室培養出了一批生殖系統改良的複製「熊人」，此為複製熊與人類生出的後代雜交種。某一天科學家們開會決議在指定日子將這一批生殖系統改良的複製「熊人」撲殺，日期到了的這一天，這些複製熊人集體「大逃亡」，他們逃往沙漠地區。本文提出沙漠地區的複製「熊人」之演化藍圖，其演化出沙漠適應生物種的沙漠特色複製熊人。演化特色為增加肉種子製造與排泄器官。由「肉種子巢」製造出「肉種子」，肉種子通過「肉種子輸管」進入「肉種子果肉成型器官」。肉種子在「肉種子果肉成型器官」成長出肉體器官發育。當肉體器官發育至短軸直徑約2cm的橢圓形球體時，此時稱呼為「肉實」。肉實會刺激「肉實排泄器官」蠕動以排泄出肉實。排泄出來的肉實是放在植物上飼養，此時稱為「肉胞」。成長好的肉胞為直徑約40公分的半球體。「肉胞」提供複製熊人於沙漠地區之自給自足肉類食品供應來源。複製熊人大約每天排泄一顆肉實 ... Read more

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在未來時代，人類的生物科技實驗室培養出了一批生殖系統改良的複製「熊人」，此為複製熊與人類生出的後代雜交種。某一天科學家們開會決議在指定日子將這一批生殖系統改良的複製「熊人」撲殺，日期到了的這一天，這些複製熊人集體「大逃亡」，他們逃往沙漠地區。本文提出沙漠地區的複製「熊人」之演化藍圖，其演化出沙漠適應生物種的沙漠特色複製熊人。演化特色為增加肉種子製造與排泄器官。由「肉種子巢」製造出「肉種子」，肉種子通過「肉種子輸管」進入「肉種子果肉成型器官」。肉種子在「肉種子果肉成型器官」成長出肉體器官發育。當肉體器官發育至短軸直徑約2cm的橢圓形球體時，此時稱呼為「肉實」。肉實會刺激「肉實排泄器官」蠕動以排泄出肉實。排泄出來的肉實是放在植物上飼養，此時稱為「肉胞」。成長好的肉胞為直徑約40公分的半球體。「肉胞」提供複製熊人於沙漠地區之自給自足肉類食品供應來源。複製熊人大約每天排泄一顆肉實
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Deer of the World

Ecology, Conservation and Management

Edited by Mario Melletti, Stefano Focardi ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book is the first comprehensive reference work ever published on the systematics, ecology, conservation status, and management of all the world's deer species.Covering all 53 deer species worldwide, this volume brings together the contributions of 160 international deer experts and provides:A comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on the evolution, phylogeny, taxonomy, and ... Read more

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This book is the first comprehensive reference work ever published on the systematics, ecology, conservation status, and management of all the world's deer species.Covering all 53 deer species worldwide, this volume brings together the contributions of 160 international deer experts and provides:A comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on the evolution, phylogeny, taxonomy, and
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Apes and Human Evolution

by Russell H. Tuttle ...

In this masterwork, Russell H. Tuttle synthesizes a vast research literature in primate evolution and behavior to explain how apes and humans evolved in relation to one another, and why humans became a bipedal, tool-making, culture-inventing species distinct from other hominoids. Along the way, he refutes the influential theory that men are essentially killer apes—sophisticated but instinctively ... Read more

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In this masterwork, Russell H. Tuttle synthesizes a vast research literature in primate evolution and behavior to explain how apes and humans evolved in relation to one another, and why humans became a bipedal, tool-making, culture-inventing species distinct from other hominoids. Along the way, he refutes the influential theory that men are essentially killer apes—sophisticated but instinctively
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In Search of the Double Helix

by John Gribbin ...

UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF LIFE ON EARTHThe search began with Darwin's historic voyage on the Beagle and it continues today in the laboratories of the genetic engineers. How did life on earth begin? What is the key to evolution that insures only the fittest survive? How do we differ from other species? And how might tomorrow's scientists read—and alter—the biological blueprint to eliminate disease, ... Read more

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UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF LIFE ON EARTHThe search began with Darwin's historic voyage on the Beagle and it continues today in the laboratories of the genetic engineers. How did life on earth begin? What is the key to evolution that insures only the fittest survive? How do we differ from other species? And how might tomorrow's scientists read—and alter—the biological blueprint to eliminate disease,
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