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The Voyage of the Beagle

de Charles Darwin ...

102 black-and-white illustrations. According to Wikipedia: "The Voyage of the Beagle is a title commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, bringing him considerable fame and respect. The title refers to the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle, which set sail from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 under the command of Captain ... Leer más

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102 black-and-white illustrations. According to Wikipedia: "The Voyage of the Beagle is a title commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, bringing him considerable fame and respect. The title refers to the second survey expedition of the ship HMS Beagle, which set sail from Plymouth Sound on 27 December 1831 under the command of Captain
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An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation"

With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges

de S. Laing ...

In "An Expository Outline of the 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation,'" S. Laing delves into the intricate arguments presented in the seminal work by Robert Chambers. This book serves as a critical examination of Chambers' attempt to reconcile science and religion by presenting an evolutionary perspective that predates Darwin. Laing employs a meticulous literary style, characterized by ... Leer más

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In "An Expository Outline of the 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation,'" S. Laing delves into the intricate arguments presented in the seminal work by Robert Chambers. This book serves as a critical examination of Chambers' attempt to reconcile science and religion by presenting an evolutionary perspective that predates Darwin. Laing employs a meticulous literary style, characterized by
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Biologie Synthétique, Génétique et Sujets Avancés

de Edenilson Brandl ...

La biologie synthétique est une discipline scientifique qui a le potentiel de révolutionner la façon dont nous comprenons et manipulons la vie. Combinant des connaissances issues de la biologie, de la génétique, de l'ingénierie et de l'informatique, la biologie synthétique ouvre de nouvelles possibilités pour créer des systèmes biologiques personnalisés, avec des applications allant de la médecine ... Leer más

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La biologie synthétique est une discipline scientifique qui a le potentiel de révolutionner la façon dont nous comprenons et manipulons la vie. Combinant des connaissances issues de la biologie, de la génétique, de l'ingénierie et de l'informatique, la biologie synthétique ouvre de nouvelles possibilités pour créer des systèmes biologiques personnalisés, avec des applications allant de la médecine
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Ethnobotany of Mexico

Interactions of People and Plants in Mesoamerica

Edición de Rafael Lira, Alejandro Casas, José Blancas ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book reviews the history, current state of knowledge, and different research approaches and techniques of studies on interactions between humans and plants in an important area of agriculture and ongoing plant domestication: Mesoamerica. Leading scholars and key research groups in Mexico discuss essential topics as well as contributions from international research groups that have conducted ... Leer más

$296.09 USD

This book reviews the history, current state of knowledge, and different research approaches and techniques of studies on interactions between humans and plants in an important area of agriculture and ongoing plant domestication: Mesoamerica. Leading scholars and key research groups in Mexico discuss essential topics as well as contributions from international research groups that have conducted
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Evolutionary Biogeography of the Andean Region

de Juan J. Morrone ...

Series series CRC Biogeography Series
Key features:The first reference book to provide a comprehensive treatment of the biogreography of the Andean regionIncludes lists of the synonyms for each area and examples of the plant and animal taxa characterizing them. An extensive reference section serves as an entry point for more in-depth research on individual subjectsDiscusses the relationships between the areas, formulating hypotheses ... Leer más

$70.99 USD

Key features:The first reference book to provide a comprehensive treatment of the biogreography of the Andean regionIncludes lists of the synonyms for each area and examples of the plant and animal taxa characterizing them. An extensive reference section serves as an entry point for more in-depth research on individual subjectsDiscusses the relationships between the areas, formulating hypotheses
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Evolution of the Human Genome I

The Genome and Genes

Edición de Naruya Saitou ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book reviews the human genome from an evolutionary perspective. No such book has ever been published before, although there are many books on human genomes. There are two parts in this book: Overview of the Human Genome (Part I) and The Human Genome Viewed through Genes (Part II). In Part I, after a brief review of human evolution and the human genome (by Naruya Saitou), chapters on rubbish ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

This book reviews the human genome from an evolutionary perspective. No such book has ever been published before, although there are many books on human genomes. There are two parts in this book: Overview of the Human Genome (Part I) and The Human Genome Viewed through Genes (Part II). In Part I, after a brief review of human evolution and the human genome (by Naruya Saitou), chapters on rubbish
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L'origine dell'uomo e la scelta in rapporto col sesso

de Charles Darwin ...

Traducido por Michele Lessona ...

L’origine dell’uomo e la selezione sessuale (titolo originale The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex) è il volume pubblicato da Charles Darwin nel 1871, elaborato in seguito alla formulazione della teoria della selezione naturale. A differenza del suo volume più noto, L’origine delle specie per mezzo della selezione naturale (On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection), l ... Leer más

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L’origine dell’uomo e la selezione sessuale (titolo originale The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex) è il volume pubblicato da Charles Darwin nel 1871, elaborato in seguito alla formulazione della teoria della selezione naturale. A differenza del suo volume più noto, L’origine delle specie per mezzo della selezione naturale (On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection), l
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Ecology and Conservation of Pinnipeds in Latin America

Edición de Gisela Heckel, Yolanda Schramm ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Pinnipeds are marine mammals that include eared seals, true seals, and walruses. This book presents detailed reviews on the ecology and conservation of 10 pinniped species along the coasts and islands in Latin America, from Mexico to Chile and Argentina. Topics covered include their population dynamics, trophic ecology, reproduction, and behavior. In addition, the book addresses major conservation ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

Pinnipeds are marine mammals that include eared seals, true seals, and walruses. This book presents detailed reviews on the ecology and conservation of 10 pinniped species along the coasts and islands in Latin America, from Mexico to Chile and Argentina. Topics covered include their population dynamics, trophic ecology, reproduction, and behavior. In addition, the book addresses major conservation
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The Human Evolutionary Transition

From Animal Intelligence to Culture

de Magnus Enquist, Stefano Ghirlanda, Johan Lind ...

A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other speciesThe Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, presenting a bold and provocative new account of how animals and humans have followed two powerful yet very different evolutionary paths to intelligence. This incisive book shows how animals rely on robust associative mechanisms that ... Leer más

$30.29 USD

A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other speciesThe Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, presenting a bold and provocative new account of how animals and humans have followed two powerful yet very different evolutionary paths to intelligence. This incisive book shows how animals rely on robust associative mechanisms that
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Human Biological Diversity

de 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 ... Leer más

$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

Edición de 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 ... Leer más

$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

Edición de 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 ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

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

de 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 ... Leer más

$3.99 USD

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

de 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 ... Leer más

$26.69 USD

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

de 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 ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

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

de 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 ... Leer más

$49.49 USD

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

de 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 ... Leer más

$23.79 USD

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

de 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 ... Leer más

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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

Edición de 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, ... Leer más

$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

de 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 ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

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 ?

de 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 ... Leer más

$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

de 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, ... Leer más

$53.99 USD

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

de 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 ... Leer más

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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

de 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 ... Leer más

$26.59 USD

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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