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Human Biological Diversity

by Daniel E. Brown ...

Human Biological Diversity is an introductory textbook designed to cover the key contemporary topics in the study of human variation and human biology within the field of physical anthropology.Easily accessible for students with no background in anthropology or biology, this second edition includes two new chapters, one on human variation in the skeleton and dentition and the other on tracing ... Read more

$126.99 USD

Human Biological Diversity is an introductory textbook designed to cover the key contemporary topics in the study of human variation and human biology within the field of physical anthropology.Easily accessible for students with no background in anthropology or biology, this second edition includes two new chapters, one on human variation in the skeleton and dentition and the other on tracing
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Genetics and the Extinction of Species

DNA and the Conservation of Biodiversity

Edited by Laura Landweber, Andrew P. Dobson ...

Darwin's Origin of Species and Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species have been the cornerstones of modern evolutionary and population genetic theory for the past hundred years, but in the twenty-first century, biologists will face graver problems of extinction. In this collection, a team of leading biologists demonstrates why the burgeoning field of conservation biology must continue to ... Read more

$70.59 USD

Darwin's Origin of Species and Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species have been the cornerstones of modern evolutionary and population genetic theory for the past hundred years, but in the twenty-first century, biologists will face graver problems of extinction. In this collection, a team of leading biologists demonstrates why the burgeoning field of conservation biology must continue to
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The Impact of Climate Change on Fungal Diseases

Edited by María Guadalupe Frías-De-León, Carolina Brunner-Mendoza, María del Rocío Reyes-Montes, Esperanza Duarte-Escalante ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The shift of weather patterns has affected the incidence and prevalence of infectious diseases, including mycoses. Mycoses have remained neglected due to a lack of training and recognition within the medical community. Nonetheless, these diseases remain common worldwide while frequently being underdiagnosed.Climate change affects the distribution of fungal communities, provoking outbreaks in ... Read more

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The shift of weather patterns has affected the incidence and prevalence of infectious diseases, including mycoses. Mycoses have remained neglected due to a lack of training and recognition within the medical community. Nonetheless, these diseases remain common worldwide while frequently being underdiagnosed.Climate change affects the distribution of fungal communities, provoking outbreaks in
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When Many Become One

by Victor Stone ...

Embark on a journey through the frontiers of science, nature, and the cosmos with Victor Stone's groundbreaking exploration, "When Many Become One." In this thought-provoking and visionary book, Stone delves into the intriguing world of hybridization, transcending the boundaries between animals, plants, and technology, while daring to imagine the extraordinary possibilities of hybrid encounters ... Read more

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Embark on a journey through the frontiers of science, nature, and the cosmos with Victor Stone's groundbreaking exploration, "When Many Become One." In this thought-provoking and visionary book, Stone delves into the intriguing world of hybridization, transcending the boundaries between animals, plants, and technology, while daring to imagine the extraordinary possibilities of hybrid encounters
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The Social Amoebae

The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds

by John Tyler Bonner ...

Noted biologist and author John Tyler Bonner has experimented with cellular slime molds for more than sixty years, and he has done more than anyone else to raise these peculiar collections of amoebae from a minor biological curiosity to a major model organism--one that is widely studied for clues to the development and evolution of all living things. Now, five decades after he published his first ... Read more

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Noted biologist and author John Tyler Bonner has experimented with cellular slime molds for more than sixty years, and he has done more than anyone else to raise these peculiar collections of amoebae from a minor biological curiosity to a major model organism--one that is widely studied for clues to the development and evolution of all living things. Now, five decades after he published his first
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IMMORTALITY

The Science of Forbidden Fruit

by Michael A Tewell ...

IS IMMORTALITY HIDDEN WITHIN OUR DNA?Lawyer-researcher Michael A. Tewell says "YES!"Our bodies die, but the law of information conservation states that information cannot be created or destroyed. If true, then is not our individuality the very expression of information we attain during our lifetime? How would evolution respond to a natural law that forbids the destruction of any information? Is ... Read more

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IS IMMORTALITY HIDDEN WITHIN OUR DNA?Lawyer-researcher Michael A. Tewell says "YES!"Our bodies die, but the law of information conservation states that information cannot be created or destroyed. If true, then is not our individuality the very expression of information we attain during our lifetime? How would evolution respond to a natural law that forbids the destruction of any information? Is
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Spatial Fleming-Viot Models with Selection and Mutation

by Andreas Greven, Donald A. Dawson ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book constructs a rigorous framework for analysing selected phenomena in evolutionary theory of populations arising due to the combined effects of migration, selection and mutation in a spatial stochastic population model, namely the evolution towards fitter and fitter types through punctuated equilibria. The discussion is based on a number of new methods, in particular multiple scale ... Read more

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This book constructs a rigorous framework for analysing selected phenomena in evolutionary theory of populations arising due to the combined effects of migration, selection and mutation in a spatial stochastic population model, namely the evolution towards fitter and fitter types through punctuated equilibria. The discussion is based on a number of new methods, in particular multiple scale
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The Symbiotic Habit

by Angela E. Douglas ...

Throughout the natural world, organisms have responded to predators, inadequate resources, or inclement conditions by forming ongoing mutually beneficial partnerships--or symbioses--with different species. Symbiosis is the foundation for major evolutionary events, such as the emergence of eukaryotes and plant eating among vertebrates, and is also a crucial factor in shaping many ecological ... Read more

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Throughout the natural world, organisms have responded to predators, inadequate resources, or inclement conditions by forming ongoing mutually beneficial partnerships--or symbioses--with different species. Symbiosis is the foundation for major evolutionary events, such as the emergence of eukaryotes and plant eating among vertebrates, and is also a crucial factor in shaping many ecological
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THE ORIGIN OF EVIL

MANKIND, SLAVE OF YAHWEH

by Roy Snelling ...

What is evil? Were did it come from. This is a fundamental negative aspect of the Human condition that has engaged theologians, mystics and philosophers for centuries. And more recently, psychologists. The whole evolutionary process of life entails the use of free will, in an existential sense, making mistakes, correcting such, learning, and then moving on. But evil is like taking hold of a hiking ... Read more

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What is evil? Were did it come from. This is a fundamental negative aspect of the Human condition that has engaged theologians, mystics and philosophers for centuries. And more recently, psychologists. The whole evolutionary process of life entails the use of free will, in an existential sense, making mistakes, correcting such, learning, and then moving on. But evil is like taking hold of a hiking
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Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems

Edited by Münir Öztürk, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, I. Faridah-Hanum, Recep Efe ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book covers studies on the systematics of plant taxa and will include general vegetational aspects and ecological characteristics of plant life at altitudes above 1000 m. from different parts of the world. This volume also addresses how upcoming climate change scenarios will impact high altitude plant life. It presents case studies from the most important mountainous areas like the Himalayas, ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This book covers studies on the systematics of plant taxa and will include general vegetational aspects and ecological characteristics of plant life at altitudes above 1000 m. from different parts of the world. This volume also addresses how upcoming climate change scenarios will impact high altitude plant life. It presents case studies from the most important mountainous areas like the Himalayas,
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La scimmia che ha capito l'universo

Come la mente e la cultura si evolvono

by Steve Stewart-Williams, Maurizio Mori ...

Series series Visioni della scienza
Come vedrebbe la nostra specie uno scienziato alieno? La scimmia che ha capito l'universo è l'affascinante storia del più strano animale del mondo: l'uomo. E comincia con una domanda: come vedrebbe la nostra specie uno scienziato alieno? Come giudicherebbe le nostre differenze di genere, il nostro comportamento sessuale, i nostri modelli educativi, i nostri codici morali, le religioni, i linguaggi ... Read more

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Come vedrebbe la nostra specie uno scienziato alieno? La scimmia che ha capito l'universo è l'affascinante storia del più strano animale del mondo: l'uomo. E comincia con una domanda: come vedrebbe la nostra specie uno scienziato alieno? Come giudicherebbe le nostre differenze di genere, il nostro comportamento sessuale, i nostri modelli educativi, i nostri codici morali, le religioni, i linguaggi
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Mutants. À quoi ressemblerons-nous demain ?

by Jean-François Bouvet ...

Au secours, les mutants sont parmi nous ! Saviez-vous que la taille moyenne des Français a augmenté de près de 5 cm en 30 ans, et qu’il y a désormais 15 % d’obèses parmi les adultes ? Qu’une petite fille afro-américaine sur quatre commence sa puberté vers 7 ans ? Qu’à l’échelle de la planète la concentration spermatique a baissé de près de 40 % en un demi-siècle ? L’être humain est manifestement ... Read more

$16.99 USD

Au secours, les mutants sont parmi nous ! Saviez-vous que la taille moyenne des Français a augmenté de près de 5 cm en 30 ans, et qu’il y a désormais 15 % d’obèses parmi les adultes ? Qu’une petite fille afro-américaine sur quatre commence sa puberté vers 7 ans ? Qu’à l’échelle de la planète la concentration spermatique a baissé de près de 40 % en un demi-siècle ? L’être humain est manifestement
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Evolutionary Neuropsychology

An Introduction to the Structures and Functions of the Human Brain

by Frederick L. Coolidge ...

In Evolutionary Neuropsychology, Frederick L. Coolidge examines the evolutionary origins of the human brain's present structures and functions, and traces these origins from the first life forms, through the development of consciousness, to modern human thinking. A new multidisciplinary science, evolutionary neuropsychology embraces and uses empirical findings from the fields of evolution, ... Read more

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In Evolutionary Neuropsychology, Frederick L. Coolidge examines the evolutionary origins of the human brain's present structures and functions, and traces these origins from the first life forms, through the development of consciousness, to modern human thinking. A new multidisciplinary science, evolutionary neuropsychology embraces and uses empirical findings from the fields of evolution,
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Pleistocene Pocket Gophers From San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Exploring the Prehistoric World of Mexican Pocket Gophers

by Robert J. Russell ...

In "Pleistocene Pocket Gophers From San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico," Robert J. Russell presents a meticulous examination of pocket gopher specimens excavated from the rich stratigraphic layers of the San Josecito Cave. This work merges paleontological fieldwork with detailed morphological analysis, offering insights into the adaptive strategies of these rodents over a significant geological ... Read more

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In "Pleistocene Pocket Gophers From San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico," Robert J. Russell presents a meticulous examination of pocket gopher specimens excavated from the rich stratigraphic layers of the San Josecito Cave. This work merges paleontological fieldwork with detailed morphological analysis, offering insights into the adaptive strategies of these rodents over a significant geological
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Nature's Oracle

The Life and Work of W.D.Hamilton

by Ullica Segerstrale ...

W.D.Hamilton (1936-2000) was responsible for a revolution in thinking about evolutionary biology - a revolution that changed our understanding of life itself. He played a central role in the realization that what matters in evolution is not the survival of the individual but of the survival of its genes. This provided the solution to the long standing problem of animal altruism that vexed even ... Read more

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W.D.Hamilton (1936-2000) was responsible for a revolution in thinking about evolutionary biology - a revolution that changed our understanding of life itself. He played a central role in the realization that what matters in evolution is not the survival of the individual but of the survival of its genes. This provided the solution to the long standing problem of animal altruism that vexed even
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Why Humans Cooperate

A Cultural and Evolutionary Explanation

by Joseph Henrich, Natalie Henrich ...

Series series Evolution and Cognition
Cooperation among humans is one of the keys to our great evolutionary success. Natalie and Joseph Henrich examine this phenomena with a unique fusion of theoretical work on the evolution of cooperation, ethnographic descriptions of social behavior, and a range of other experimental results. Their experimental and ethnographic data come from a small, insular group of middle-class Iraqi Christians ... Read more

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Cooperation among humans is one of the keys to our great evolutionary success. Natalie and Joseph Henrich examine this phenomena with a unique fusion of theoretical work on the evolution of cooperation, ethnographic descriptions of social behavior, and a range of other experimental results. Their experimental and ethnographic data come from a small, insular group of middle-class Iraqi Christians
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The Monkey's Voyage

How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life

by Alan de Queiroz ...

Throughout the world, closely related species are found on landmasses separated by wide stretches of ocean. What explains these far-flung distributions? Why are such species found where they are across the Earth?Since the discovery of plate tectonics, scientists have conjectured that plants and animals were scattered over the globe by riding pieces of ancient supercontinents as they broke up. In ... Read more

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Throughout the world, closely related species are found on landmasses separated by wide stretches of ocean. What explains these far-flung distributions? Why are such species found where they are across the Earth?Since the discovery of plate tectonics, scientists have conjectured that plants and animals were scattered over the globe by riding pieces of ancient supercontinents as they broke up. In
... Read more
Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays

by Thomas Henry Huxley ...

In "Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays," Thomas Henry Huxley intricately examines humanity's biological and evolutionary significance through a series of compelling essays. Huxley employs a clear, yet sophisticated style, balancing scientific rigor with engaging prose that appeals to both researchers and lay readers. The essays situate human existence within the broader context of natural ... Read more

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In "Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays," Thomas Henry Huxley intricately examines humanity's biological and evolutionary significance through a series of compelling essays. Huxley employs a clear, yet sophisticated style, balancing scientific rigor with engaging prose that appeals to both researchers and lay readers. The essays situate human existence within the broader context of natural
... Read more
The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society

Enriched edition. A Poem, with Philosophical Notes

by Erasmus Darwin, Alicia Stevens ...

Erasmus Darwin's 'The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society' is a visionary work that intricately weaves together themes of natural philosophy, evolutionary theory, and social commentary. Written in poetic verse, the book reflects the Enlightenment's intellectual climate, with its focus on reason and empirical evidence. Darwin employs rich, metaphoric language to explore the interplay ... Read more

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Erasmus Darwin's 'The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society' is a visionary work that intricately weaves together themes of natural philosophy, evolutionary theory, and social commentary. Written in poetic verse, the book reflects the Enlightenment's intellectual climate, with its focus on reason and empirical evidence. Darwin employs rich, metaphoric language to explore the interplay
... Read more
Restless Creatures

The Story of Life in Ten Movements

by Matt Wilkinson ...

From flying pterodactyls to walking primates, the story of life as told through the evolution of locomotion.Most of us never think about how we get from one place to another. For most people, putting one foot in front of the other requires no thought at all. Yet the fact that we and other species are able to do so is one of the great triumphs of evolution. To truly understand how life evolved on ... Read more

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From flying pterodactyls to walking primates, the story of life as told through the evolution of locomotion.Most of us never think about how we get from one place to another. For most people, putting one foot in front of the other requires no thought at all. Yet the fact that we and other species are able to do so is one of the great triumphs of evolution. To truly understand how life evolved on
... Read more
Eurypterids of the Devonian Holland Quarry Shale of Ohio

Enriched edition. Unveiling the Devonian Eurypterids in Ohio's Shale

by Erik Norman Kjellesvig-Waering, Ariana Howard ...

In "Eurypterids of the Devonian Holland Quarry Shale of Ohio," Erik Norman Kjellesvig-Waering presents a meticulous exploration of a pivotal period in paleontological history, focusing on the fascinating group of extinct arthropods known as eurypterids. This scholarly work combines detailed morphological analysis and systematic descriptions with vivid illustrations, shedding light on both the ... Read more

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In "Eurypterids of the Devonian Holland Quarry Shale of Ohio," Erik Norman Kjellesvig-Waering presents a meticulous exploration of a pivotal period in paleontological history, focusing on the fascinating group of extinct arthropods known as eurypterids. This scholarly work combines detailed morphological analysis and systematic descriptions with vivid illustrations, shedding light on both the
... Read more
The case against evolution

Enriched edition. A Critical Examination of Darwin's Legacy and its Philosophical Implications

by George Barry O'Toole, Lauren Pearce ...

In "The Case Against Evolution," George Barry O'Toole meticulously articulates a critical examination of the evolutionary paradigm, advocating for an alternative perspective grounded in intelligent design principles. The book navigates through scientific, philosophical, and theological domains, presenting a compelling critique of mainstream evolutionary theory while utilizing a clear and didactic ... Read more

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In "The Case Against Evolution," George Barry O'Toole meticulously articulates a critical examination of the evolutionary paradigm, advocating for an alternative perspective grounded in intelligent design principles. The book navigates through scientific, philosophical, and theological domains, presenting a compelling critique of mainstream evolutionary theory while utilizing a clear and didactic
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The Antiquity of Man

Enriched edition. Exploring Deep Time: Unraveling Humanity's Origins Through Geological Evidence

by Charles Sir Lyell, Penelope Hightower ...

In "The Antiquity of Man," Charles Lyell combines the principles of geology with emerging anthropological thought to explore human existence from a scientific perspective. The work is marked by meticulous research and a compelling argument for the deep time of humanity, presenting evidence that challenges contemporary understandings of human history. Lyell's literary style is characterized by ... Read more

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In "The Antiquity of Man," Charles Lyell combines the principles of geology with emerging anthropological thought to explore human existence from a scientific perspective. The work is marked by meticulous research and a compelling argument for the deep time of humanity, presenting evidence that challenges contemporary understandings of human history. Lyell's literary style is characterized by
... Read more
El Origen del Hombre

Edición enriquecida. La selección natural y la sexual

by Charles Darwin, Vega Santana ...

En "El Origen del Hombre", Charles Darwin expone su teoría sobre la evolución humana, fundamentada en la selección natural y la variabilidad de las especies. Publicado en 1871, el texto combina un estilo riguroso y científico con una prosa accesible, reflexionando sobre la relación entre humanos y otros primates. Darwin aborda cuestiones sobre el desarrollo del pensamiento, la moral y la ... Read more

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En "El Origen del Hombre", Charles Darwin expone su teoría sobre la evolución humana, fundamentada en la selección natural y la variabilidad de las especies. Publicado en 1871, el texto combina un estilo riguroso y científico con una prosa accesible, reflexionando sobre la relación entre humanos y otros primates. Darwin aborda cuestiones sobre el desarrollo del pensamiento, la moral y la
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