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Book 1. From the Origin to the hominids

by Roland Maes ...

Series Book 1 - The Achievements and the Days
A Big Bang, i.e. a gigantic silent explosion occurred 13.5 billion years ago, with an unsustainable intensity of light and heat thrown in all directions. Light traveled during billions of years and cooled down, with the result that the Universe was getting cold, really cold. However, without cold, no galaxies, no stars and planets would form. A tiny planet formed 4.5 billion years ago, orbiting ... Read more

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A Big Bang, i.e. a gigantic silent explosion occurred 13.5 billion years ago, with an unsustainable intensity of light and heat thrown in all directions. Light traveled during billions of years and cooled down, with the result that the Universe was getting cold, really cold. However, without cold, no galaxies, no stars and planets would form. A tiny planet formed 4.5 billion years ago, orbiting
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The Evolution of Cultural Diversity

A Phylogenetic Approach

Edited by Ruth Mace, Clare J Holden, Stephen Shennan ...

Series series UCL Institute of Archaeology Publications
Virtually all aspects of human behavior show enormous variation both within and between cultural groups, including material culture, social organization and language. Thousands of distinct cultural groups exist: about 6,000 languages are spoken today, and it is thought that a far greater number of languages existed in the past but became extinct. Using a Darwinian approach, this book seeks to ... Read more

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Virtually all aspects of human behavior show enormous variation both within and between cultural groups, including material culture, social organization and language. Thousands of distinct cultural groups exist: about 6,000 languages are spoken today, and it is thought that a far greater number of languages existed in the past but became extinct. Using a Darwinian approach, this book seeks to
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Pragmatic Evolution

Applications of Evolutionary Theory

Edited by Aldo Poiani ...

Of what use is evolutionary science to society? Can evolutionary thinking provide us with the tools to better understand and even make positive changes to the world? Addressing key questions about the development of evolutionary thinking, this book explores the interaction between evolutionary theory and its practical applications. Featuring contributions from leading specialists, Pragmatic ... Read more

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Of what use is evolutionary science to society? Can evolutionary thinking provide us with the tools to better understand and even make positive changes to the world? Addressing key questions about the development of evolutionary thinking, this book explores the interaction between evolutionary theory and its practical applications. Featuring contributions from leading specialists, Pragmatic
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Development of the Vertebrate Retina

Edited by Dale R. Sengelaub, Barbara L. Finlay ...

Series series Perspectives in Vision Research
The vertebrate retina has a form that is closely and clearly linked to its func tion. Though its fundamental cellular architecture is conserved across verte brates, the retinas of individual species show variations that are also of clear and direct functional utility. Its accessibility, readily identifiable neuronal types, and specialized neuronal connectivity and morphology have made it a model ... Read more

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The vertebrate retina has a form that is closely and clearly linked to its func tion. Though its fundamental cellular architecture is conserved across verte brates, the retinas of individual species show variations that are also of clear and direct functional utility. Its accessibility, readily identifiable neuronal types, and specialized neuronal connectivity and morphology have made it a model
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Unconscious Memory

by Samuel Butler ...

Unconscious memory presents a philosophical examination of biological development through the idea that memory operates beneath awareness and guides living behavior. The work argues that habit, instinct, and inherited action are forms of memory passed forward, shaping growth and response without conscious thought. Rather than treating evolution as purely mechanical, the book suggests continuity ... Read more

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Unconscious memory presents a philosophical examination of biological development through the idea that memory operates beneath awareness and guides living behavior. The work argues that habit, instinct, and inherited action are forms of memory passed forward, shaping growth and response without conscious thought. Rather than treating evolution as purely mechanical, the book suggests continuity
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Мавпа в чудовому вбранні.

Від первісної крихкості до універсальної свідомості.

by Bruno Del Medico ...

Series Book 953 - UKR - PensareDiverso
Протягом тисячоліть ми розповідали про себе як про «голу мавпу»: тендітну тварину, раптово кинуту у світ без пазурів і броні, оточену незрозумілими природними силами та краще озброєними хижаками, яку прославив етолог і антрополог Десмонд Морріс завдяки своїй знаменитій книзі 1967 року під назвою «Гола мавпа». Перелякана істота, яка навчилася виживати, вигадуючи історії, символи, богів, ритуали. ... Read more

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Протягом тисячоліть ми розповідали про себе як про «голу мавпу»: тендітну тварину, раптово кинуту у світ без пазурів і броні, оточену незрозумілими природними силами та краще озброєними хижаками, яку прославив етолог і антрополог Десмонд Морріс завдяки своїй знаменитій книзі 1967 року під назвою «Гола мавпа». Перелякана істота, яка навчилася виживати, вигадуючи історії, символи, богів, ритуали.
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Introducción a la Terapia Energética para el Síndrome de Down

by Edenilson Brandl ...

Bienvenidos a "Introducción a la Terapia Energética para el Síndrome de Down". Este libro es un viaje que combina la comprensión del Síndrome de Down con la exploración de diversas terapias energéticas que pueden ofrecer apoyo y bienestar a las personas que viven con esta condición y a sus familias. A lo largo de estas páginas, exploraremos las distintas terapias y cómo pueden abordar problemas ... Read more

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Bienvenidos a "Introducción a la Terapia Energética para el Síndrome de Down". Este libro es un viaje que combina la comprensión del Síndrome de Down con la exploración de diversas terapias energéticas que pueden ofrecer apoyo y bienestar a las personas que viven con esta condición y a sus familias. A lo largo de estas páginas, exploraremos las distintas terapias y cómo pueden abordar problemas
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Die Entstehung der Arten durch Naturauslese

oder die Erhaltung der begünstigten Rassen im Kampf ums Dasein (Premium Ebook)

by Charles Darwin ...

**** PREMIUM EBOOK (fürs digitale Lesen optimiert) ****Während ich als Naturforscher an Bord von Ihrer Majestät Schiff »Spürhund« war, wurde ich durch gewisse Vorkommnisse in der Verteilung des organischen Lebens in Südamerika und in den geologischen Beziehungen der gegenwärtigen Bewohnerschaft dieses Erdteils zu der vergangenen sehr in Erstaunen gesetzt. Ich hatte den Eindruck, als ob diese ... Read more

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**** PREMIUM EBOOK (fürs digitale Lesen optimiert) ****Während ich als Naturforscher an Bord von Ihrer Majestät Schiff »Spürhund« war, wurde ich durch gewisse Vorkommnisse in der Verteilung des organischen Lebens in Südamerika und in den geologischen Beziehungen der gegenwärtigen Bewohnerschaft dieses Erdteils zu der vergangenen sehr in Erstaunen gesetzt. Ich hatte den Eindruck, als ob diese
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A Fossil History of Southern African Land Mammals

by D. Margaret Avery ...

This reference provides comprehensive information on the taxonomy and distribution in time and space of all currently recognized southern African fossil mammals. After an introductory background chapter on southern Africa, mammals, sites and dating, the following chapters are presented by epoch, covering the Eocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene. Individual maps provide information ... Read more

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This reference provides comprehensive information on the taxonomy and distribution in time and space of all currently recognized southern African fossil mammals. After an introductory background chapter on southern Africa, mammals, sites and dating, the following chapters are presented by epoch, covering the Eocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene. Individual maps provide information
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Recent Advancement in White Biotechnology Through Fungi

Volume 3: Perspective for Sustainable Environments

Edited by Ajar Nath Yadav, Sangram Singh, Shashank Mishra, Arti Gupta ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Over the last decade considerable progress has been made in white biotechnology research and further major scientific and technological breakthroughs are expected in the future. The first large-scale industrial applications of modern biotechnology have been in the areas of food and animal feed production (agricultural/green biotechnology) and in pharmaceuticals (medical/red biotechnology). In ... Read more

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Over the last decade considerable progress has been made in white biotechnology research and further major scientific and technological breakthroughs are expected in the future. The first large-scale industrial applications of modern biotechnology have been in the areas of food and animal feed production (agricultural/green biotechnology) and in pharmaceuticals (medical/red biotechnology). In
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The Evolution of Consciousness

Implications for Mental Health and Quality of Life

by Bjørn Grinde ...

Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
This book gives the reader an understanding of what consciousness is about, and of how to make conscious experiences more pleasant. It expands on a new theory that describes the evolutionary trajectory leading to conscious life forms. In short, the evidence suggests that consciousness first evolved some 300 million years ago as a consequence of the introduction of feelings. Feelings offer a ... Read more

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This book gives the reader an understanding of what consciousness is about, and of how to make conscious experiences more pleasant. It expands on a new theory that describes the evolutionary trajectory leading to conscious life forms. In short, the evidence suggests that consciousness first evolved some 300 million years ago as a consequence of the introduction of feelings. Feelings offer a
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Ethnobiology of Mountain Communities in Asia

Edited by Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Rainer W. Bussmann ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Natural resources and associated biological diversity provide the basis of livelihood for human population, particularly in the rural areas and mountain regions across the globe. Asia is home to the world's highest mountain regions including the Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindukush. These regions are renowned around the globe because of their unique beauty, climate, and biocultural diversity. ... Read more

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Natural resources and associated biological diversity provide the basis of livelihood for human population, particularly in the rural areas and mountain regions across the globe. Asia is home to the world's highest mountain regions including the Himalayas, Karakorum and Hindukush. These regions are renowned around the globe because of their unique beauty, climate, and biocultural diversity.
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Foundations of Metacognition

Edited by Michael J. Beran, Johannes Brandl, Josef Perner, JoÃ«lle Proust ...

Metacognition refers to the awareness an individual has of their own mental processes (also referred to as ' thinking about thinking'). In the past thirty years metacognition research has become a rapidly growing field of interdisciplinary research within the cognitive sciences. Just recently, there have been major changes in this field, stimulated by the controversial issues of metacognition in ... Read more

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Metacognition refers to the awareness an individual has of their own mental processes (also referred to as ' thinking about thinking'). In the past thirty years metacognition research has become a rapidly growing field of interdisciplinary research within the cognitive sciences. Just recently, there have been major changes in this field, stimulated by the controversial issues of metacognition in
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Martinus, Darwin and Intelligent Design - A new Theory of Evolution

by OIe Therkelsen ...

Darwin takes as his starting point a gradual evolution on the basis of mutations and natural selection. Intelligent Design attempts to show in a purely scientific way that a supreme intelligence exists behind all of creation. As against these two theories, Ole Therkelsen, public speaker and former lecturer in chemistry and biology, presents a third explanatory model of the complex organisms in ... Read more

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Darwin takes as his starting point a gradual evolution on the basis of mutations and natural selection. Intelligent Design attempts to show in a purely scientific way that a supreme intelligence exists behind all of creation. As against these two theories, Ole Therkelsen, public speaker and former lecturer in chemistry and biology, presents a third explanatory model of the complex organisms in
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Organism and Environment

Ecological Development, Niche Construction, and Adaptation

by Sonia E. Sultan ...

Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems interacting with their environments. This innovative book synthesizes a wealth of recent research findings to examine how environments influence phenotypic expression in individual organisms (ecological development or 'eco-devo'), ... Read more

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Over the past decade, advances in both molecular developmental biology and evolutionary ecology have made possible a new understanding of organisms as dynamic systems interacting with their environments. This innovative book synthesizes a wealth of recent research findings to examine how environments influence phenotypic expression in individual organisms (ecological development or 'eco-devo'),
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The Choanoflagellates

Evolution, Biology and Ecology

by Barry S. C. Leadbeater ...

Choanoflagellates have three distinctive claims to fame: they are the closest, living, unicellular relatives of animals; they are a major component of aquatic microbial foodwebs; and one group is remarkable for its siliceous basket-like coverings. This landmark book offers a unique synthesis of over forty years of choanoflagellates research. Key areas are covered, from the phylogenetic evidence ... Read more

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Choanoflagellates have three distinctive claims to fame: they are the closest, living, unicellular relatives of animals; they are a major component of aquatic microbial foodwebs; and one group is remarkable for its siliceous basket-like coverings. This landmark book offers a unique synthesis of over forty years of choanoflagellates research. Key areas are covered, from the phylogenetic evidence
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Darwin the Writer

by George Levine ...

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, arguably the most important book written in English in the nineteenth century, transformed the way we looked at the world. It is usually assumed that this is because the idea of evolution was so staggeringly powerful. Prize-winning author George Levine suggests that much of its influence was due, in fact, to its artistry; to the way it was written. Alive ... Read more

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Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, arguably the most important book written in English in the nineteenth century, transformed the way we looked at the world. It is usually assumed that this is because the idea of evolution was so staggeringly powerful. Prize-winning author George Levine suggests that much of its influence was due, in fact, to its artistry; to the way it was written. Alive
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Towards a Theory of Development

Edited by Alessandro Minelli, Thomas Pradeu ...

Is it possible to explain and predict the development of living things? What is development? Articulate answers to these seemingly innocuous questions are far from straightforward. To date, no systematic, targeted effort has been made to construct a unifying theory of development. This novel work offers a unique exploration of the foundations of ontogeny by asking how the development of living ... Read more

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Is it possible to explain and predict the development of living things? What is development? Articulate answers to these seemingly innocuous questions are far from straightforward. To date, no systematic, targeted effort has been made to construct a unifying theory of development. This novel work offers a unique exploration of the foundations of ontogeny by asking how the development of living
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Himmler's Island

by Richard G. Buchanan, Ph.D. ...

A mysterious secretive Foundation, perhaps middle European, has funded a project in a luxurious resort on a Caribbean Island where highly intelligent couples have been lured to come to begin the breeding of more intelligent offspring in a Eugenics program hoping to have a generation that has a statistically significant greater intelligence. Word has leaked out about the project leading to the ... Read more

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A mysterious secretive Foundation, perhaps middle European, has funded a project in a luxurious resort on a Caribbean Island where highly intelligent couples have been lured to come to begin the breeding of more intelligent offspring in a Eugenics program hoping to have a generation that has a statistically significant greater intelligence. Word has leaked out about the project leading to the
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Moonstruck

How lunar cycles affect life

by Ernest Naylor ...

Throughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has featured in folklore and myths. Yet it has become increasingly apparent that many organisms really are influenced indirectly, and in some cases directly, by the lunar cycle. Breeding behaviour among some marine animals has been demonstrated to be controlled by internal circalunar biological clocks, to the point where ... Read more

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Throughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has featured in folklore and myths. Yet it has become increasingly apparent that many organisms really are influenced indirectly, and in some cases directly, by the lunar cycle. Breeding behaviour among some marine animals has been demonstrated to be controlled by internal circalunar biological clocks, to the point where
... Read more
THE UNUPGRADED MIND

Humanity commands god-like technology with a Stone-Age brain

by Benjamin Katz ...

This is not another book about understanding humanity. It is a confrontation with its failure. We live in an age of deafening noise, inflated identities, and endless self-importance—yet beneath the surface, something far more dangerous unfolds: a species equipped with immense power, but governed by an unupgraded mind. The result is not progress, but a slow, intelligent drift toward regression. In ... Read more

$3.99 USD

This is not another book about understanding humanity. It is a confrontation with its failure. We live in an age of deafening noise, inflated identities, and endless self-importance—yet beneath the surface, something far more dangerous unfolds: a species equipped with immense power, but governed by an unupgraded mind. The result is not progress, but a slow, intelligent drift toward regression. In
... Read more
Living Lights a Popular account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables

by Charles Frederick Holder ...

Living Lights: A Popular Account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables by Charles Frederick Holder is a mesmerizing journey into the wonders of bioluminescence, led by one of the 19th century’s most passionate naturalists.As the audiobook unfolds, Holder’s vivid storytelling immerses the listener in a world where life literally glows—from the radiant jellyfish and fireflies to astonishing ... Read more

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Living Lights: A Popular Account of Phosphorescent Animals and Vegetables by Charles Frederick Holder is a mesmerizing journey into the wonders of bioluminescence, led by one of the 19th century’s most passionate naturalists.As the audiobook unfolds, Holder’s vivid storytelling immerses the listener in a world where life literally glows—from the radiant jellyfish and fireflies to astonishing
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Parasites and the Behavior of Animals

by Janice Moore ...

Series series Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
When a parasite invades an ant, does the ant behave like other ants? Maybe not-and if it doesn't, who, if anyone, benefits from the altered behaviors? The parasite? The ant? Parasites and the Behavior of Animals shows that parasite-induced behavioral alterations are more common than we might realize, and it places these alterations in an evolutionary and ecological context. Emphasizing eukaryotic ... Read more

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When a parasite invades an ant, does the ant behave like other ants? Maybe not-and if it doesn't, who, if anyone, benefits from the altered behaviors? The parasite? The ant? Parasites and the Behavior of Animals shows that parasite-induced behavioral alterations are more common than we might realize, and it places these alterations in an evolutionary and ecological context. Emphasizing eukaryotic
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Functional Dissection of Calcium Homeostasis and Transport Machinery in Plants

by Girdhar K. Pandey, Sibaji K. Sanyal ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book focuses on the significance and implications of Calcium (Ca2+) transport machinery in the plant cell in generating alternating Ca2+ levels and impacting the cell’s physiological, biochemical and developmental processes. In the following sections, the concept of Ca2+ homeostasis, Ca2+ signature, various Ca2+ transport protein families and conductance systems would be discussed in detail- ... Read more

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This book focuses on the significance and implications of Calcium (Ca2+) transport machinery in the plant cell in generating alternating Ca2+ levels and impacting the cell’s physiological, biochemical and developmental processes. In the following sections, the concept of Ca2+ homeostasis, Ca2+ signature, various Ca2+ transport protein families and conductance systems would be discussed in detail-
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