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  • The Fingerlings

    An Adoption

    by Robert McMahon ...
    The fingerlings are stories of what happens in the lives of finger puppets when they mix in the lives of children, many adventures occur which are of much interest to children that don't have puppets of their own. Each story is an area of interest in a child's life. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Evolutionary Linguistics

    by April McMahon, Robert McMahon ...
    Series series Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
    How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve? When, why and where did our ancestors become linguistic animals, and what has happened since? This book provides a clear, comprehensive but lively introduction to these interdisciplinary debates. Written in an approachable style, it cuts through the complex, sometimes contradictory and often obscure ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

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  • Survival of the Sickest

    The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity

    by Jonathan Prince, Sharon Moalem ...
    Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria.So why does disease exist? Moalem proposes that most common ailments—diabetes, ... Read more

    $7.49 USD

  • Survival of the Prettiest

    The Science of Beauty

    by Nancy Etcoff ...
    A provocative and thoroughly researched inquiry into what we find beautiful and why, skewering the myth that the pursuit of beauty is a learned behavior.In Survival of the Prettiest, Nancy Etcoff, a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and a practicing psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, argues that beauty is neither a cultural construction, an invention of the fashion industry, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Big Brain

    The Origins and Future of Human Intelligence

    by Gary Lynch, Richard Granger ...
    Series series MacSci
    Our big brains, our language ability, and our intelligence make us uniquely human.But barely 10,000 years ago (a mere blip in evolutionary time) human-like creatures called "Boskops" flourished in South Africa. They possessed extraordinary features: forebrains roughly 50% larger than ours, and estimated IQs to match--far surpassing our own. Many of these huge fossil skulls have been discovered ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Darwinian Agriculture

    How Understanding Evolution Can Improve Agriculture

    by R. Ford Denison ...
    Harnessing evolution for more sustainable agricultureAs human populations grow and resources are depleted, agriculture will need to use land, water, and other resources more efficiently and without sacrificing long-term sustainability. Darwinian Agriculture presents an entirely new approach to these challenges, one that draws on the principles of evolution and natural selection.R. Ford Denison ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Geological Observations on South America

    by Charles Darwin ...
    In Geological Observations on South America, Charles Darwin presents his geological findings from his explorations of the continent during his voyage on HMS Beagle. This work is part of Darwin's series of geological studies and focuses specifically on South America's landscapes, rock formations, and volcanic activity. Darwin examines the Andes mountain range, the Pampas plains, and other regions, ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Darwins Journal: Tierra del Fuego (Illustrated Edition)

    by Charles Darwin ...
    Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from a common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory with compelling evidence for evolution in his 1859 book On the Origin ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Historical Linguistics

    Toward a Twenty-First Century Reintegration

    by Don Ringe, Joseph F. Eska ...
    Bringing the advances of theoretical linguistics to the study of language change in a systematic way, this innovative textbook demonstrates the mutual relevance of historical linguistics and contemporary linguistics. Numerous case studies throughout the book show both that theoretical linguistics can be used to solve problems where traditional approaches to historical linguistics have failed to ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • 11 Explorations into Life on Earth

    Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution

    by Dr Helen Scales, Sir David Attenborough ...
    Series Book 2 - The RI Lectures
    The second in a series of books in association with the Royal Institution on their world-renowned Christmas Lectures, this time exploring the secrets of the natural world – with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough.Following on from the success of 13 Journeys Through Space and Time, which took us on a voyage of astronomical discovery through past Christmas Lectures given at the Royal Institution ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Behavioural Responses to a Changing World

    Mechanisms and Consequences

    Edited by Ulrika Candolin, Bob B.M. Wong ...
    Human-induced environmental change currently represents the single greatest threat to global biodiversity. Species are typically adapted to the local environmental conditions in which they have evolved. Changes in environmental conditions initially influence behaviour, which in turn affects species interactions, population dynamics, evolutionary processes and, ultimately, biodiversity. How animals ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • The Triumph of Evolution

    And the Failure of Creationism

    by Niles Eldredge ...
    Eldredge presents the most up-to-date examination of the creation-evolution confrontation available. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD