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Introduction to Plant Fossils

de Christopher J. Cleal, Barry A. Thomas ...

Plant remains can preserve a critical part of history of life on Earth. While telling the fascinating evolutionary story of plants and vegetation across the last 500 million years, this book also crucially offers non-specialists a practical guide to studying, dealing with and interpreting plant fossils. It shows how various techniques can be used to reveal the secrets of plant fossils and how to ... Leer más

$51.99 USD

Plant remains can preserve a critical part of history of life on Earth. While telling the fascinating evolutionary story of plants and vegetation across the last 500 million years, this book also crucially offers non-specialists a practical guide to studying, dealing with and interpreting plant fossils. It shows how various techniques can be used to reveal the secrets of plant fossils and how to
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Birds - Part III - The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S Beagle

Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy - During the Years 1832 to 1836

de Charles Darwin, John Gould ...

This volume presents the definitive ornithological record from Charles Darwin's historic five-year voyage aboard H.M.S. Beagle (1832-1836).Birds, Part III of the authoritative Zoology series provides a meticulous and foundational account of the avian life collected and studied across the globe, with a focus on South America and the Pacific islands, including the Galapagos archipelago.This volume ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This volume presents the definitive ornithological record from Charles Darwin's historic five-year voyage aboard H.M.S. Beagle (1832-1836).Birds, Part III of the authoritative Zoology series provides a meticulous and foundational account of the avian life collected and studied across the globe, with a focus on South America and the Pacific islands, including the Galapagos archipelago.This volume
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Nontarget Effects of Biological Control

Edición de 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 ... Leer más

$188.99 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
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The Gastro-Archeologist

Revealing the Mysteries of the Intestine and its Diseases

de Jeremy Woodward ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
In order to understand common conditions such as coeliac disease and Crohn’s disease, one must view the gut in its evolutionary context. This is the novel approach to the gut and its diseases that is adopted in this book. The first part tells the story of the evolution of the gut itself – why it came about and how it has influenced the evolution of animals ever since. The second part focuses on ... Leer más

$31.99 USD

In order to understand common conditions such as coeliac disease and Crohn’s disease, one must view the gut in its evolutionary context. This is the novel approach to the gut and its diseases that is adopted in this book. The first part tells the story of the evolution of the gut itself – why it came about and how it has influenced the evolution of animals ever since. The second part focuses on
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Zebrafish, Medaka, and Other Small Fishes

New Model Animals in Biology, Medicine, and Beyond

Edición de Hiromi Hirata, Atsuo Iida ...

This book provides cutting-edge studies and technologies using small fishes, including zebrafish, medaka, and other fishes as new model animals for molecular biology, developmental biology, and medicine. It also introduces eccentric fish models that are pioneering new frontiers of biology.Zebrafish and medaka have been developed as lower vertebrate model organisms because these small fish are easy ... Leer más

$170.99 USD

This book provides cutting-edge studies and technologies using small fishes, including zebrafish, medaka, and other fishes as new model animals for molecular biology, developmental biology, and medicine. It also introduces eccentric fish models that are pioneering new frontiers of biology.Zebrafish and medaka have been developed as lower vertebrate model organisms because these small fish are easy
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The Butterfly Hunter

The Life of Henry Walter Bates

de Dr Anthony Crawforth ...

This is the epic, true and long overdue story of the young explorer who put forward the first ever case for the creation of a new species, providing what Charles Darwin called the "beautiful proof" for Natural Selection.The major discovery of Batesian Mimicry was developed from Bates's fascinating 11-year journey and study of butterflies in the Amazon rainforest. He noted how certain animals adopt ... Leer más

$25.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This is the epic, true and long overdue story of the young explorer who put forward the first ever case for the creation of a new species, providing what Charles Darwin called the "beautiful proof" for Natural Selection.The major discovery of Batesian Mimicry was developed from Bates's fascinating 11-year journey and study of butterflies in the Amazon rainforest. He noted how certain animals adopt
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Das Mosaik der Menschwerdung

Vom aufrechten Gang zur Eroberung der Erde: Humanevolution im Überblick

de Dierk Suhr ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Humanevolution im Überblick: Das Mosaik der MenschwerdungBis vor wenigen Jahren schien die Entstehung des Menschen weitgehend geklärt, der menschliche Stammbaum vollständig darstellbar: Entstanden in Afrika, sollte sich unsere Gattung von Vor- und Frühmenschen in einer aufsteigenden Reihe zum modernen Homo sapiens entwickelt haben. Auslöser dieser Entwicklung sollten aufrechter Gang, ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

Humanevolution im Überblick: Das Mosaik der MenschwerdungBis vor wenigen Jahren schien die Entstehung des Menschen weitgehend geklärt, der menschliche Stammbaum vollständig darstellbar: Entstanden in Afrika, sollte sich unsere Gattung von Vor- und Frühmenschen in einer aufsteigenden Reihe zum modernen Homo sapiens entwickelt haben. Auslöser dieser Entwicklung sollten aufrechter Gang,
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Prokaryotes and Evolution

Edición de Jean-Claude Bertrand, Philippe Normand, Bernard Ollivier, Télesphore Sime-Ngando ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The purpose of this book is to show the essential and indispensable role of prokaryotes in the evolution of aliving world. The evolutionary success of prokaryotes is explained together with their role in the evolution of the geosphere, the biosphere and its functioning, as well as their ability to colonize all biotopes, including the most extreme ones. We consider that all past and present living ... Leer más

$98.99 USD

The purpose of this book is to show the essential and indispensable role of prokaryotes in the evolution of aliving world. The evolutionary success of prokaryotes is explained together with their role in the evolution of the geosphere, the biosphere and its functioning, as well as their ability to colonize all biotopes, including the most extreme ones. We consider that all past and present living
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Solving the Evolutionary Puzzle of Human Cooperation

de Glenn Barenthin ...

Series series Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation
In this book, Glenn Barenthin provides a new solution to a key question in the cognitive and evolutionary study of religion: why do humans cooperate?What led humans, uniquely among animals, to have large-scale civilizations with unprecedented cooperation? One explanation, propagated by the Big God Proponents (BGP), argues that a moralizing God is the crucial motivator for the pro-social behaviour ... Leer más

$36.99 USD

In this book, Glenn Barenthin provides a new solution to a key question in the cognitive and evolutionary study of religion: why do humans cooperate?What led humans, uniquely among animals, to have large-scale civilizations with unprecedented cooperation? One explanation, propagated by the Big God Proponents (BGP), argues that a moralizing God is the crucial motivator for the pro-social behaviour
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Paleogenomics

Genome-Scale Analysis of Ancient DNA

Edición de Charlotte Lindqvist, Om P. Rajora ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Advances in genome-scale DNA sequencing technologies have revolutionized genetic research on ancient organisms, extinct species, and past environments. When it is recoverable after hundreds or thousands of years of unintended preservation, “ancient DNA” (or aDNA) is often highly degraded, necessitating specialized handling and analytical approaches. Paleogenomics defines the field of ... Leer más

$224.99 USD

Advances in genome-scale DNA sequencing technologies have revolutionized genetic research on ancient organisms, extinct species, and past environments. When it is recoverable after hundreds or thousands of years of unintended preservation, “ancient DNA” (or aDNA) is often highly degraded, necessitating specialized handling and analytical approaches. Paleogenomics defines the field of
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Bemisia: Bionomics and Management of a Global Pest

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

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

$188.99 USD

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

de Turing Editorial Team ...

This book is a Weekend Pocketbook on Everything You Should Know About the Biodiversity Crisis, the quiet unraveling of the living world we depend on more than we realize.What happens when nature does not disappear all at once, but thread by thread?Biodiversity is not just about beautiful animals or distant forests. What happens to food when pollinators vanish? What happens to medicine when ... Leer más

$1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

This book is a Weekend Pocketbook on Everything You Should Know About the Biodiversity Crisis, the quiet unraveling of the living world we depend on more than we realize.What happens when nature does not disappear all at once, but thread by thread?Biodiversity is not just about beautiful animals or distant forests. What happens to food when pollinators vanish? What happens to medicine when
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Beyond Sex Differences

Genes, Brains and Matrilineal Evolution

de Eric B. Keverne ...

Recent developments in behavioural neuroscience and genomics are providing exciting new tools for understanding mammalian evolution. Drawing on a range of disciplines including genomic reprogramming, immunology, genomic imprinting, placentation and brain development, this book examines the leading role played by the mother's genome and epigenome in the successful evolutionary progression of humans ... Leer más

$85.99 USD

Recent developments in behavioural neuroscience and genomics are providing exciting new tools for understanding mammalian evolution. Drawing on a range of disciplines including genomic reprogramming, immunology, genomic imprinting, placentation and brain development, this book examines the leading role played by the mother's genome and epigenome in the successful evolutionary progression of humans
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The Evolution of Human Wisdom

de Marcus Baynes-Rock, Dylan Belton, Ben Campbell, Stewart Clem, Julia Feder, Craig Iffland, Marc Kissel, Adam Willows, Agustín Fuentes0, Celia Deane-Drummond1 ...

This volume addresses key questions about the puzzle of human origins by focusing on a topic that is largely unexplored thus far, namely, the evolution of human wisdom. How can we best understand the human capacity for wisdom, where did it come from, and how did it emerge? It explores lines of convergence and divergence between Christian theology and evolutionary anthropology in its search to ... Leer más

$105.99 USD

This volume addresses key questions about the puzzle of human origins by focusing on a topic that is largely unexplored thus far, namely, the evolution of human wisdom. How can we best understand the human capacity for wisdom, where did it come from, and how did it emerge? It explores lines of convergence and divergence between Christian theology and evolutionary anthropology in its search to
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Behavior of Lizards

Evolutionary and Mechanistic Perspectives

Edición de Vincent Bels, Anthony Russell ...

Key features:Presents a contemporary snapshot of the mechanisms underlying the evolution and adaptation of behaviorExplores how genetics, epigenetics, development, and environment shape behaviorDiscusses a broad range of behavioral repertoires and responses, including those related to thermoregulatory, foraging, predatory, displaying, social and escape strategies.Examines physiological and sensory ... Leer más

$115.99 USD

Key features:Presents a contemporary snapshot of the mechanisms underlying the evolution and adaptation of behaviorExplores how genetics, epigenetics, development, and environment shape behaviorDiscusses a broad range of behavioral repertoires and responses, including those related to thermoregulatory, foraging, predatory, displaying, social and escape strategies.Examines physiological and sensory
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Orchid Biology: Recent Trends & Challenges

Edición de Shaik Mahammad Khasim, Sadanand Nagesh Hegde, María Teresa González-Arnao, Kanchit Thammasiri ...

This book on “Orchid Biology: Recent Trends & Challenges” reviews the latest strategies for the preservation and conservation of orchid diversity and orchid germplasm. It is an outcome of the Proceedings of the International Symposium on “Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants & Orchids: Emerging Trends and Challenges” held on 9-11 February 2018 at Acharya Nagarjuna University, India. In addition, ... Leer más

$260.99 USD

This book on “Orchid Biology: Recent Trends & Challenges” reviews the latest strategies for the preservation and conservation of orchid diversity and orchid germplasm. It is an outcome of the Proceedings of the International Symposium on “Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants & Orchids: Emerging Trends and Challenges” held on 9-11 February 2018 at Acharya Nagarjuna University, India. In addition,
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Animal Anomalies

What Abnormal Anatomies Reveal about Normal Development

de Lewis I. Held, Jr ...

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

$43.99 USD

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

Edición de Mario Melletti, Erik Meijaard ...

Wild pigs inhabit vast areas in Europe, Southern Asia and Africa, and have been introduced in North and South America, while feral pigs are widespread in Australia and New Zealand. Many wild pig species are threatened with extinction, but Eurasian wild boar populations, however, are increasing in many regions. Covering all wild pig and peccary species, the Suidae and Tayassuidae families, this ... Leer más

$164.99 USD

Wild pigs inhabit vast areas in Europe, Southern Asia and Africa, and have been introduced in North and South America, while feral pigs are widespread in Australia and New Zealand. Many wild pig species are threatened with extinction, but Eurasian wild boar populations, however, are increasing in many regions. Covering all wild pig and peccary species, the Suidae and Tayassuidae families, this
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Perspectives on the Marine Animal Forests of the World

Edición de Sergio Rossi, Lorenzo Bramanti ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Marine Animal Forests (MAFs) are spread all over the world. Composed by suspension feeding organisms (e.g. corals, gorgonians, sponges, bryozoans, bivalves, etc.), MAFs constitute a vast number of marine ecosystems such as coral reefs, cold water corals, sponge grounds, bivalve beds, etc. The surface covered by these systems is prominent (at the scale of the oceans of the planet), though poorly ... Leer más

$215.99 USD

Marine Animal Forests (MAFs) are spread all over the world. Composed by suspension feeding organisms (e.g. corals, gorgonians, sponges, bryozoans, bivalves, etc.), MAFs constitute a vast number of marine ecosystems such as coral reefs, cold water corals, sponge grounds, bivalve beds, etc. The surface covered by these systems is prominent (at the scale of the oceans of the planet), though poorly
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Mammalian Sexuality

The Act of Mating and the Evolution of Reproduction

de Alan F. Dixson ...

There are more than 6000 species belonging to twenty-seven orders in the Class Mammalia. Comparative studies of this diverse and magnificent array of extant species provide valuable opportunities to formulate and test hypotheses concerning the evolution of reproduction. This is the first book to explore, in depth and breadth, the complex interrelationships that exist between patterns of mating ... Leer más

$72.99 USD

There are more than 6000 species belonging to twenty-seven orders in the Class Mammalia. Comparative studies of this diverse and magnificent array of extant species provide valuable opportunities to formulate and test hypotheses concerning the evolution of reproduction. This is the first book to explore, in depth and breadth, the complex interrelationships that exist between patterns of mating
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Evolution and Christian Faith

Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist

de Joan Roughgarden ...

Click here to visit evolutionandchristianfaith.org"I'm an evolutionary biologist and a Christian," states Stanford professor Joan Roughgarden at the outset of her groundbreaking new book, Evolution and Christian Faith: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist. From that perspective, she offers an elegant, deeply satisfying reconciliation of the theory of evolution and the wisdom of the Bible ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

Click here to visit evolutionandchristianfaith.org"I'm an evolutionary biologist and a Christian," states Stanford professor Joan Roughgarden at the outset of her groundbreaking new book, Evolution and Christian Faith: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist. From that perspective, she offers an elegant, deeply satisfying reconciliation of the theory of evolution and the wisdom of the Bible
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Fossil Behavior Compendium

de Arthur J. Boucot, Jr. Poinar ...

In this complete and thorough update of Arthur Boucot's seminal work, Evolutionary Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution, Boucot is joined by George Poinar, who provides additional expertise and knowledge on protozoans and bacteria as applied to disease. Together, they make the Fossil Behavior Compendium wider in scope, covering all relevant ani ... Leer más

$94.99 USD

In this complete and thorough update of Arthur Boucot's seminal work, Evolutionary Paleobiology of Behavior and Coevolution, Boucot is joined by George Poinar, who provides additional expertise and knowledge on protozoans and bacteria as applied to disease. Together, they make the Fossil Behavior Compendium wider in scope, covering all relevant ani
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The 3 Percepts Origin of the Ego & How Civilization Wil be Conquered

de Burton Martel ...

There are only three ways to percieve reality for all creatures, based on physiology.You will be taken on a never before seen path of psychopath evolution from fifty thousand years ago, to the modern empath of today.Choosing to realize percept control is new strategy, a technique to mechanically self induce joy and an extreme competitive edge towards all action. ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

There are only three ways to percieve reality for all creatures, based on physiology.You will be taken on a never before seen path of psychopath evolution from fifty thousand years ago, to the modern empath of today.Choosing to realize percept control is new strategy, a technique to mechanically self induce joy and an extreme competitive edge towards all action.
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Uwanja wa Ufahamu. Kuelekea akili ya ulimwengu iliyoshirikiwa

Nadharia mpya ya nyanja hubadilisha ufahamu wa mtu binafsi kuwa uhalisia wa kimwili wa ulimwengu.

de Bruno Del Medico ...

Series Libro 956 - SWA - PensareDiverso
Kwa muda mrefu, tuliamini kwamba ufahamu ulikuwa suala la faragha, lililohifadhiwa ndani ya kichwa cha kila mtu. Aina ya chumba kilichofungwa, mwali wa mtu binafsi ulioangaza tu ulimwengu wetu wa ndani. Hata hivyo, leo, kitu kinabadilika. Utafiti wa kisayansi kuhusu tabia ya pamoja, uvumbuzi katika sayansi ya neva ya kijamii, nadharia za kisasa za akili iliyosambazwa, na hata maarifa fulani kutoka ... Leer más

$7.96 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Kwa muda mrefu, tuliamini kwamba ufahamu ulikuwa suala la faragha, lililohifadhiwa ndani ya kichwa cha kila mtu. Aina ya chumba kilichofungwa, mwali wa mtu binafsi ulioangaza tu ulimwengu wetu wa ndani. Hata hivyo, leo, kitu kinabadilika. Utafiti wa kisayansi kuhusu tabia ya pamoja, uvumbuzi katika sayansi ya neva ya kijamii, nadharia za kisasa za akili iliyosambazwa, na hata maarifa fulani kutoka
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