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Spinal Evolution

Morphology, Function, and Pathology of the Spine in Hominoid Evolution

Edited by Ella Been, Asier Gómez-Olivencia, Patricia Ann Kramer ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The vertebral spine is a key element of the human anatomy. Its main role is to protect the spinal cord and the main blood vessels. The axial skeleton, with its muscles and joints, provides stability for the attachment of the head, tail and limbs and, at the same time, enables the mobility required for breathing and for locomotion. Despite its great importance, the vertebral spine is often over ... Read more

$107.09 USD

The vertebral spine is a key element of the human anatomy. Its main role is to protect the spinal cord and the main blood vessels. The axial skeleton, with its muscles and joints, provides stability for the attachment of the head, tail and limbs and, at the same time, enables the mobility required for breathing and for locomotion. Despite its great importance, the vertebral spine is often over
... Read more
Ontogeny and Phylogeny of the Vertebrate Heart

Edited by David Sedmera, Tobias Wang ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This collection of reviews will be of considerable interests to biologists and MDs working on any aspect of cardiovascular function. With state-of-the-art reviews written by competent experts in the field, the content is also of interest for MSc and PhD students in most fields of cardiovascular physiology. ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This collection of reviews will be of considerable interests to biologists and MDs working on any aspect of cardiovascular function. With state-of-the-art reviews written by competent experts in the field, the content is also of interest for MSc and PhD students in most fields of cardiovascular physiology.
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Au commencement était l'homme

De Toumaï à Cro-Magnon

by Pascal Picq ...

« Nous ne connaissons qu'une petite partie de l'arbre évolutif des hommes et des grands singes africains. Des pans entiers continuent à nous échapper et beaucoup reste à découvrir. Mais ce que nous commençons à percevoir bouleverse toutes les conceptions classiques de l'homme et de sa place dans l'histoire de la vie. Notre évolution n'est pas singulière mais mosaïque, plurielle, buissonnante. Elle ... Read more

$16.49 USD

« Nous ne connaissons qu'une petite partie de l'arbre évolutif des hommes et des grands singes africains. Des pans entiers continuent à nous échapper et beaucoup reste à découvrir. Mais ce que nous commençons à percevoir bouleverse toutes les conceptions classiques de l'homme et de sa place dans l'histoire de la vie. Notre évolution n'est pas singulière mais mosaïque, plurielle, buissonnante. Elle
... Read more
La vie secrète des gènes

by Evelyne Heyer ...

Deux mètres d’ADN, 46 chromosomes, 20 000 gènes… Tapis dans le minuscule noyau de nos cellules, nos gènes disent en quoi nous sommes à la fois uniques et semblables. Ils nous connectent aussi à la vaste saga de notre espèce, héritière de millions d’années d’évolution biologique et culturelle. Or, si les gènes sont aujourd’hui omniprésents, des tests récréatifs aux vaccins en passant par les séries ... Read more

$11.99 USD

Deux mètres d’ADN, 46 chromosomes, 20 000 gènes… Tapis dans le minuscule noyau de nos cellules, nos gènes disent en quoi nous sommes à la fois uniques et semblables. Ils nous connectent aussi à la vaste saga de notre espèce, héritière de millions d’années d’évolution biologique et culturelle. Or, si les gènes sont aujourd’hui omniprésents, des tests récréatifs aux vaccins en passant par les séries
... Read more
The Fly Room

The Story of the Scientists Who Discovered Genetics and Reinvented Evolution

by William deJong-Lambert ...

The story of the scientists who invented genetics and proved the theory of evolutionThe Fly Room tells the story of Nobel Prize-winning biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan’s laboratory at Columbia University where, in the early twentieth century, he presided over a handful of students and a roomful of fruit flies who taught him that everything he thought was true was wrong, and everything he thought was ... Read more

$25.19 USD

The story of the scientists who invented genetics and proved the theory of evolutionThe Fly Room tells the story of Nobel Prize-winning biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan’s laboratory at Columbia University where, in the early twentieth century, he presided over a handful of students and a roomful of fruit flies who taught him that everything he thought was true was wrong, and everything he thought was
... Read more
Évolution biologique, Évolution culturelle

by Luca Cavalli-Sforza ...

Comment une culture se conserve-t-elle et se transmet-elle ? Des différences génétiques ne pèsent-elles pas sur la culture ? Comment expliquer la stabilité des cultures ou au contraire leurs différences et la nouveauté ? Ce livre ose un parallèle entre évolution biologique et évolution culturelle. Certains mécanismes et facteurs évolutifs comme la mutation, la sélection, la migration seraient ... Read more

$24.49 USD

Comment une culture se conserve-t-elle et se transmet-elle ? Des différences génétiques ne pèsent-elles pas sur la culture ? Comment expliquer la stabilité des cultures ou au contraire leurs différences et la nouveauté ? Ce livre ose un parallèle entre évolution biologique et évolution culturelle. Certains mécanismes et facteurs évolutifs comme la mutation, la sélection, la migration seraient
... Read more
Inside Nature’s Giants

by David Dugan ...

With a foreword by Richard Dawkins, and based on the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 TV series, Inside Nature’s Giants gets under the skin of the largest animals on the planet. See them as you've never seen them before – from the inside out.Inside Nature’s Giants explores the anatomy of the largest animals on the planet to reveal how these amazing creatures really work. Rather than simply telling ... Read more

$0.99 USD

With a foreword by Richard Dawkins, and based on the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 TV series, Inside Nature’s Giants gets under the skin of the largest animals on the planet. See them as you've never seen them before – from the inside out.Inside Nature’s Giants explores the anatomy of the largest animals on the planet to reveal how these amazing creatures really work. Rather than simply telling
... Read more
Come costruire un alieno

Ipotesi di biologia extraterrestre

by Marco Ferrari ...

Quali forme di vita potremmo trovare su altri pianeti? Obbediranno a leggi e regole che conosciamo, o la loro biologia sarà del tutto differente? Chi, o cosa, accoglierà i primi esploratori terrestri, ad anni luce di distanza, dipende da quello che troverete in Costruire un alieno, il nuovo libro di Marco Ferrari. Ci sono pochi dubbi che le leggi della fisica e della chimica siano valide sulla ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Quali forme di vita potremmo trovare su altri pianeti? Obbediranno a leggi e regole che conosciamo, o la loro biologia sarà del tutto differente? Chi, o cosa, accoglierà i primi esploratori terrestri, ad anni luce di distanza, dipende da quello che troverete in Costruire un alieno, il nuovo libro di Marco Ferrari. Ci sono pochi dubbi che le leggi della fisica e della chimica siano valide sulla
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Voetstuk

De bescheiden oorsprong van de mens

by Mark Nelissen ...

Mensen beschouwen zichzelf als superieur. We plaatsen onszelf op een voetstuk, verheven boven de rest van de levende wereld. Daardoor nemen we het vaak niet zo nauw met dierenwelzijn en het milieu. Nochtans wordt ons gedrag sterk verklaard door onze evolutie en hebben we dezelfde achtergrond als alle andere dieren. Een beter begrip daarvan kan ons nederiger maken, schrijft Mark Nelissen. In ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Mensen beschouwen zichzelf als superieur. We plaatsen onszelf op een voetstuk, verheven boven de rest van de levende wereld. Daardoor nemen we het vaak niet zo nauw met dierenwelzijn en het milieu. Nochtans wordt ons gedrag sterk verklaard door onze evolutie en hebben we dezelfde achtergrond als alle andere dieren. Een beter begrip daarvan kan ons nederiger maken, schrijft Mark Nelissen. In
... Read more
人從哪裡來：人類六百萬年的演化史

by 賴瑞和 ...

專為中文讀者撰寫的演化故事書，一窺人類演化的奧祕在文明出現之前，人類長什麼樣子？過怎樣的生活？又是怎麼演化成我們現在的樣子？本書將帶領讀者橫跨百萬年，探究人類在地球上生活的軌跡，解開人類演化的謎團。人從哪裡來？關於人類起源的大哉問不少，一個習以為常的說法是「猴子是人類的祖先」，但這個說法大錯特錯！本書以歷史敘事的方式，敘寫人類演化史上最關鍵的課題，諸如：人是怎麼出現在這地球上，從什麼生物演化而來？人的身體是怎樣從「像猿」慢慢變成「像人」？人以雙足行走是為了節省熱量？人在非洲大陸演化成直立人之後，又怎樣走向全世界？而人類演化到今天，只剩下「智人」（Homo Sapiens），但在數十萬年前，曾經有多種不同的人生活在地球上：如直立人、尼安德塔人和丹尼索瓦人等，這些人之間的差異可不同於現代的黑人、白人或亞洲人；他們之間差異大到會將彼此視為不一樣的生物！本書將描繪這些「人族成員」的生活樣貌 ... Read more

$7.76 USD

專為中文讀者撰寫的演化故事書，一窺人類演化的奧祕在文明出現之前，人類長什麼樣子？過怎樣的生活？又是怎麼演化成我們現在的樣子？本書將帶領讀者橫跨百萬年，探究人類在地球上生活的軌跡，解開人類演化的謎團。人從哪裡來？關於人類起源的大哉問不少，一個習以為常的說法是「猴子是人類的祖先」，但這個說法大錯特錯！本書以歷史敘事的方式，敘寫人類演化史上最關鍵的課題，諸如：人是怎麼出現在這地球上，從什麼生物演化而來？人的身體是怎樣從「像猿」慢慢變成「像人」？人以雙足行走是為了節省熱量？人在非洲大陸演化成直立人之後，又怎樣走向全世界？而人類演化到今天，只剩下「智人」（Homo Sapiens），但在數十萬年前，曾經有多種不同的人生活在地球上：如直立人、尼安德塔人和丹尼索瓦人等，這些人之間的差異可不同於現代的黑人、白人或亞洲人；他們之間差異大到會將彼此視為不一樣的生物！本書將描繪這些「人族成員」的生活樣貌
... Read more
In het spoor van de mens

Een evolutionaire zoektocht naar onze voorouders

by Dominique Adriaens ...

Niets is geweldiger dan de mens. Geen enkele andere diersoort is intelligent genoeg om een ruimtetuig te bouwen dat onze planeet kan verlaten en heeft tegelijk de kracht om zijn eigen leefwereld domweg te vernietigen. Toch zijn we biologisch gezien simpelweg mensapen. Hoe zijn we geworden wie we zijn? Welke belangrijke stappen gaven onze hersenen de ruimte om zich verder te ontwikkelen? En waarom ... Read more

$15.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Niets is geweldiger dan de mens. Geen enkele andere diersoort is intelligent genoeg om een ruimtetuig te bouwen dat onze planeet kan verlaten en heeft tegelijk de kracht om zijn eigen leefwereld domweg te vernietigen. Toch zijn we biologisch gezien simpelweg mensapen. Hoe zijn we geworden wie we zijn? Welke belangrijke stappen gaven onze hersenen de ruimte om zich verder te ontwikkelen? En waarom
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Toen wij nog Neanderthaler waren

en andere verhalen over de menselijke evolutie

by Sang-Hee Lee, Shin-Young Yoon ...

Translated by René van Veen ...

Wanneer en waar verschenen onze vroegste voorouders voor het eerst? Wanneer liepen we voor het eerst rechtop? Hoe zijn wij vleeseters geworden? En wat hebben wij gemeen met de neanderthalers? Paleoantropoloog Sang-Hee Lee neemt ons mee op een bijzonder aanstekelijke ontdekkingsreis langs de grootste evolutionaire vraagstukken en belicht ze vanuit verrassende en onverwachte invalshoeken. Zo legt ze ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Wanneer en waar verschenen onze vroegste voorouders voor het eerst? Wanneer liepen we voor het eerst rechtop? Hoe zijn wij vleeseters geworden? En wat hebben wij gemeen met de neanderthalers? Paleoantropoloog Sang-Hee Lee neemt ons mee op een bijzonder aanstekelijke ontdekkingsreis langs de grootste evolutionaire vraagstukken en belicht ze vanuit verrassende en onverwachte invalshoeken. Zo legt ze
... Read more
Los van God

Atheïsme voor iedereen

by Richard Dawkins ...

Translated by Hans E. van Riemsdijk ...

Diep onder de indruk van de schoonheid en complexiteit van de levende natuur dacht de jonge Richard Dawkins dat er achter al die wonderbaarlijke perfectie wel een Schepper móést schuilgaan. Op vijftienjarige leeftijd, toen hij meer over de evolutie te weten was gekomen, was het gedaan met zijn geloof in God.Dawkins zet op losse schroeven wat in de Bijbel, Koran of andere religieuze geschriften ... Read more

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Diep onder de indruk van de schoonheid en complexiteit van de levende natuur dacht de jonge Richard Dawkins dat er achter al die wonderbaarlijke perfectie wel een Schepper móést schuilgaan. Op vijftienjarige leeftijd, toen hij meer over de evolutie te weten was gekomen, was het gedaan met zijn geloof in God.Dawkins zet op losse schroeven wat in de Bijbel, Koran of andere religieuze geschriften
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Atomic Universe

One Atom’s Journey from the Big Bang to Now

by Paul M. Sutter, David Kelly ...

From the creator of the YouTube sensation “History of the Universe” comes a story billions of years in the making—the cosmic journey of a single atom from the present moment all the way back to the Big BangAll matter originated, as far as we can tell, 13.7 billion years ago in the Big Bang. The very same atoms that make up the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the eyes we use to read were ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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From the creator of the YouTube sensation “History of the Universe” comes a story billions of years in the making—the cosmic journey of a single atom from the present moment all the way back to the Big BangAll matter originated, as far as we can tell, 13.7 billion years ago in the Big Bang. The very same atoms that make up the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the eyes we use to read were
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Meaningful Information

The Bridge Between Biology, Brain, and Behavior

by Anthony Reading ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The book introduces a radically new way of thinking about information and the important role it plays in living systems. It opens up new avenues for exploring how cells and organisms change and adapt, since the ability to detect and respond to meaningful information is the key that enables them to receive their genetic heritage, regulate their internal milieu, and respond to changes in their ... Read more

$49.49 USD

The book introduces a radically new way of thinking about information and the important role it plays in living systems. It opens up new avenues for exploring how cells and organisms change and adapt, since the ability to detect and respond to meaningful information is the key that enables them to receive their genetic heritage, regulate their internal milieu, and respond to changes in their
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Im Fokus: Paläontologie

Spurensuche in der Urzeit

by Nadja Podbregar, Dieter Lohmann ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Warum gibt es keine Mammuts mehr? Wen jagte der Tyrannosaurus rex? Und war der Neandertaler wirklich eine Sackgasse der Evolution? Um diese Fragen zu beantworten, müsste man eigentlich zurück in die Urzeit reisen können. Doch den Paläontologen gelingt es heute dank modernster Methoden auch ohne Zeitmaschine, aus fossilen Knochen, Pflanzenrelikten, aber auch Resten urzeitlicher DNA faszinierende ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Warum gibt es keine Mammuts mehr? Wen jagte der Tyrannosaurus rex? Und war der Neandertaler wirklich eine Sackgasse der Evolution? Um diese Fragen zu beantworten, müsste man eigentlich zurück in die Urzeit reisen können. Doch den Paläontologen gelingt es heute dank modernster Methoden auch ohne Zeitmaschine, aus fossilen Knochen, Pflanzenrelikten, aber auch Resten urzeitlicher DNA faszinierende
... Read more
Tooth Development in Human Evolution and Bioarchaeology

by Simon Hillson ...

Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had any effect upon it? Addressing these and other key questions in palaeoanthropology and bioarchaeology, Simon Hillson examines the unique role of teeth in preserving detailed microscopic records of development throughout childhood ... Read more

$67.29 USD

Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had any effect upon it? Addressing these and other key questions in palaeoanthropology and bioarchaeology, Simon Hillson examines the unique role of teeth in preserving detailed microscopic records of development throughout childhood
... Read more
The Hunt for FOXP5

A Genomic Mystery Novel

by Wallace Kaufman, David Deamer ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Genetics professor Michelle Murphy loses her husband under mysterious circumstances and without warning, while their brilliant eight year old daughter Avalon, adopted in Kazakhstan, stubbornly believes she is a mutant.As if this were not enough she soon finds herself thrown into the middle of a quickly thickening plot, where the legacy of Genghis Khan meets the hunt for FOXP5, a genetic ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Genetics professor Michelle Murphy loses her husband under mysterious circumstances and without warning, while their brilliant eight year old daughter Avalon, adopted in Kazakhstan, stubbornly believes she is a mutant.As if this were not enough she soon finds herself thrown into the middle of a quickly thickening plot, where the legacy of Genghis Khan meets the hunt for FOXP5, a genetic
... Read more
The History of Creation (Vol.1&2)

Complete Edition

by Ernst Haeckel ...

Translated by E. Ray Lankester ...

Ernst Haeckel's seminal work, "The History of Creation" (Vol. 1 & 2), explores the intricate narrative of life's evolution from primordial origins to complex forms. Written in the late 19th century, Haeckel employs a richly descriptive style, blending scientific inquiry with philosophical reflections. His text is grounded in the burgeoning field of evolutionary biology, integrating ideas from ... Read more

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Ernst Haeckel's seminal work, "The History of Creation" (Vol. 1 & 2), explores the intricate narrative of life's evolution from primordial origins to complex forms. Written in the late 19th century, Haeckel employs a richly descriptive style, blending scientific inquiry with philosophical reflections. His text is grounded in the burgeoning field of evolutionary biology, integrating ideas from
... Read more
Species Problems and Beyond

Contemporary Issues in Philosophy and Practice

Edited by John S. Wilkins, Frank E. Zachos, Igor Ya. Pavlinov ...

Series series Species and Systematics
Species Problems and Beyond offers a collection of up-to-date essays discussing from an interdisciplinary perspective the many ramifications of the ‘Species Problem.’ The authors represent experts in the philosophy of biology, in species-level evolutionary investigations, and in biodiversity studies and conservation. Some of the topics addressed concern the context sensitivity of the term ‘species ... Read more

$76.99 USD

Species Problems and Beyond offers a collection of up-to-date essays discussing from an interdisciplinary perspective the many ramifications of the ‘Species Problem.’ The authors represent experts in the philosophy of biology, in species-level evolutionary investigations, and in biodiversity studies and conservation. Some of the topics addressed concern the context sensitivity of the term ‘species
... Read more
Nontarget Effects of Biological Control

Edited by Jian J. Duan, Peter A. Follett ...

Nontarget Effects of Biological Control is the first book of its kind. The environmental safety of biological control has come under scrutiny due to several areas of concerns: the irreversibility of alien introductions, the prevalence of host switching to innocuous native or beneficial species, dispersal of the biocontrol agent to new habitats away from croplands, and the lack of research on the ... Read more

$188.09 USD

Nontarget Effects of Biological Control is the first book of its kind. The environmental safety of biological control has come under scrutiny due to several areas of concerns: the irreversibility of alien introductions, the prevalence of host switching to innocuous native or beneficial species, dispersal of the biocontrol agent to new habitats away from croplands, and the lack of research on the
... Read more
The Bahía Blanca Estuary

Ecology and Biodiversity

Edited by Sandra M. Fiori, Paula D. Pratolongo ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The Bahía Blanca Estuary is one of the largest coastal systems in Atlantic South America. This mesotidal estuary, situated in a sharp transition between humid subtropical and semiarid climates, has a unique combination of large interannual climatic variations. The estuarine area encompasses roughly 2300 square kilometers and is composed of wide expanses of intertidal flats, salt marshes, and ... Read more

$152.09 USD

The Bahía Blanca Estuary is one of the largest coastal systems in Atlantic South America. This mesotidal estuary, situated in a sharp transition between humid subtropical and semiarid climates, has a unique combination of large interannual climatic variations. The estuarine area encompasses roughly 2300 square kilometers and is composed of wide expanses of intertidal flats, salt marshes, and
... Read more
Sexual Selection in Homo sapiens

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

by 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 ... Read more

$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
... Read more
Stephen J. Gould: The Scientific Legacy

Edited by 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 ... Read more

$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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