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Virolution

by Frank Ryan ...

The extraordinary role of viruses in evolution and how this is revolutionising biology and medicine.Darwin's theory of evolution is still the greatest breakthrough in biological science. His explanation of the role of natural selection in driving the evolution of life on earth depended on steady variation of living things over time – but he was unable to explain how this variation occurred. In the ... Read more

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The extraordinary role of viruses in evolution and how this is revolutionising biology and medicine.Darwin's theory of evolution is still the greatest breakthrough in biological science. His explanation of the role of natural selection in driving the evolution of life on earth depended on steady variation of living things over time – but he was unable to explain how this variation occurred. In the
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The Secret Perfume of Birds

Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent

by Danielle J. Whittaker ...

The untold story of a stunning discovery: not only can birds smell, but their scents may be the secret to understanding their world.Winner of the PROSE Award for Best Book in Popular Science and MathematicsThe puzzling lack of evidence for the peculiar but widespread belief that birds have no sense of smell irked evolutionary biologist Danielle Whittaker. Exploring the science behind the myth led ... Read more

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The untold story of a stunning discovery: not only can birds smell, but their scents may be the secret to understanding their world.Winner of the PROSE Award for Best Book in Popular Science and MathematicsThe puzzling lack of evidence for the peculiar but widespread belief that birds have no sense of smell irked evolutionary biologist Danielle Whittaker. Exploring the science behind the myth led
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Signals

Evolution, Learning, and Information

by Brian Skyrms ...

Brian Skyrms presents a fascinating exploration of how fundamental signals are to our world. He uses a variety of tools -- theories of signaling games, information, evolution, and learning -- to investigate how meaning and communication develop. He shows how signaling games themselves evolve, and introduces a new model of learning with invention. The juxtaposition of atomic signals leads to ... Read more

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Brian Skyrms presents a fascinating exploration of how fundamental signals are to our world. He uses a variety of tools -- theories of signaling games, information, evolution, and learning -- to investigate how meaning and communication develop. He shows how signaling games themselves evolve, and introduces a new model of learning with invention. The juxtaposition of atomic signals leads to
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Animal Evolution

Genomes, Fossils, and Trees

by NATURAL SCIENCES and MATHEMATICS (500), ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCES (590) ...

Animal life, now and over the past half billion years, is incredibly diverse. Describing and understanding the evolution of this diversity of body plans - from vertebrates such as humans and fish to the numerous invertebrate groups including sponges, insects, molluscs, and the many groups of worms - is a major goal of evolutionary biology. In this book, a group of leading researchers adopt a ... Read more

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Animal life, now and over the past half billion years, is incredibly diverse. Describing and understanding the evolution of this diversity of body plans - from vertebrates such as humans and fish to the numerous invertebrate groups including sponges, insects, molluscs, and the many groups of worms - is a major goal of evolutionary biology. In this book, a group of leading researchers adopt a
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Orígenes

El universo, la vida, los humanos

by José María Bermúdez de Castro, Carlos Briones Llorente, Alberto Fernández Soto ...

Series series Drakontos
Esta obra aborda en profundidad tres de las preguntas más fascinantes que la ciencia actual tiene planteadas: el origen del universo, la emergencia de la vida y la aparición de nuestra especie. La investigación sobre estos tres orígenes no sólo alcanza las fronteras del conocimiento científico sino que lo trasciende e involucra a otros campos de la cultura y el pensamiento. En este libro, ... Read more

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Esta obra aborda en profundidad tres de las preguntas más fascinantes que la ciencia actual tiene planteadas: el origen del universo, la emergencia de la vida y la aparición de nuestra especie. La investigación sobre estos tres orígenes no sólo alcanza las fronteras del conocimiento científico sino que lo trasciende e involucra a otros campos de la cultura y el pensamiento. En este libro,
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Evolution and Contextual Behavioral Science

An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Predicting, and Influencing Human Behavior

Edited by David Sloan Wilson, PhD, Steven C. Hayes, PhD ...

What do evolutionary science and contextual behavioral science have in common? Edited by David Sloan Wilson and Steven C. Hayes, this groundbreaking book offers a glimpse into the histories of these two schools of thought, and provides a sound rationale for their reintegration.Evolutionary science (ES) provides a unifying theoretical framework for the biological sciences, and is increasingly being ... Read more

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What do evolutionary science and contextual behavioral science have in common? Edited by David Sloan Wilson and Steven C. Hayes, this groundbreaking book offers a glimpse into the histories of these two schools of thought, and provides a sound rationale for their reintegration.Evolutionary science (ES) provides a unifying theoretical framework for the biological sciences, and is increasingly being
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我們身體裡的生命演化史：演化如何打造出身體，而身體的演化又如何構成新的物種？一部關於器官、組織、細胞、DNA長達40億年的故事

by 尼爾‧蘇賓 ...

Translated by 鄧子衿 ...

Series series 鷹之眼
「身體」是演化的最重要容器。身體的出現，打開了新的演化方式！它就像是個什麼都有的材料箱，演化出你想不到的生命形態！★ 超級暢銷書《我們的身體裡有一條魚》作者蘇賓進階之作達爾文當時無法回答的問題，蘇賓給出了解答！　　數億年來，古代的魚類演化到能在陸地上行走，爬行動物轉變成能夠飛行的鳥類，類似猿的靈長類動物轉變成雙腿步行、能說能寫的人類。一百多年來，古生物學家的足跡踏遍全球，尋找能夠指出這些改變如何發生的化石。　　現在我們處於一個非凡的時刻，史前時代的化石加上DNA技術，讓我們能夠回答關於人類存在的一些基本問題：演化如何打造出身體，而身體的演化又如何構成新的物種？演化中的重大改變是如何產生的？人類能在地球上出現只是因為剛好而已，還是是必然的結果？新的科學研究讓我們看到，演化當中充滿了曲折變化、競爭融合、嘗試錯誤，以及... ... Read more

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「身體」是演化的最重要容器。身體的出現，打開了新的演化方式！它就像是個什麼都有的材料箱，演化出你想不到的生命形態！★ 超級暢銷書《我們的身體裡有一條魚》作者蘇賓進階之作達爾文當時無法回答的問題，蘇賓給出了解答！　　數億年來，古代的魚類演化到能在陸地上行走，爬行動物轉變成能夠飛行的鳥類，類似猿的靈長類動物轉變成雙腿步行、能說能寫的人類。一百多年來，古生物學家的足跡踏遍全球，尋找能夠指出這些改變如何發生的化石。　　現在我們處於一個非凡的時刻，史前時代的化石加上DNA技術，讓我們能夠回答關於人類存在的一些基本問題：演化如何打造出身體，而身體的演化又如何構成新的物種？演化中的重大改變是如何產生的？人類能在地球上出現只是因為剛好而已，還是是必然的結果？新的科學研究讓我們看到，演化當中充滿了曲折變化、競爭融合、嘗試錯誤，以及...
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The Giant Leap

Why Space Is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of Life

by Caleb Scharf ...

A leading astrobiologist argues that space travel is an evolutionary event at least as important as life’s first journey from sea to land"The Giant Leap is a detailed and provocative exploration of what it means for life as we know it to escape the bounds of the only planet where it has ever been." —Sean Carroll, author of The Biggest Ideas in the UniverseThe story of life has always been one of ... Read more

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A leading astrobiologist argues that space travel is an evolutionary event at least as important as life’s first journey from sea to land"The Giant Leap is a detailed and provocative exploration of what it means for life as we know it to escape the bounds of the only planet where it has ever been." —Sean Carroll, author of The Biggest Ideas in the UniverseThe story of life has always been one of
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The Charles Darwin Collection

by Charles Darwin ...

Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button. All of our collections include a linked table of contents.Charles Darwin was an English scientist who became famous for his theory of evolution resulting from natural selection. This collection includes the following:WORKS:The ... Read more

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Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button. All of our collections include a linked table of contents.Charles Darwin was an English scientist who became famous for his theory of evolution resulting from natural selection. This collection includes the following:WORKS:The
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Bioluminescence

Living Lights, Lights for Living

by Thérèse Wilson, J. Woodland Hastings ...

Bioluminescence is everywhere on earth—most of all in the ocean, from angler fish in the depths to the flashing of dinoflagellates at the surface. Here, Thérèse Wilson and Woody Hastings explore the natural history, evolution, and biochemistry of the diverse array of organisms that emit light.While some bacteria, mushrooms, and invertebrates, as well as fish, are bioluminescent, other vertebrates ... Read more

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Bioluminescence is everywhere on earth—most of all in the ocean, from angler fish in the depths to the flashing of dinoflagellates at the surface. Here, Thérèse Wilson and Woody Hastings explore the natural history, evolution, and biochemistry of the diverse array of organisms that emit light.While some bacteria, mushrooms, and invertebrates, as well as fish, are bioluminescent, other vertebrates
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The Ascent of Birds

How Modern Science is Revealing their Story

by John Reilly ...

Series series Pelagic Monographs
When and where did the ancestors of modern birds evolve? What enabled them to survive the meteoric impact that wiped out the dinosaurs? How did these early birds spread across the globe and give rise to the 10,600-plus species we recognise today ― from the largest ratites to the smallest hummingbirds? Based on the latest scientific discoveries and enriched by personal observations, The Ascent of ... Read more

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When and where did the ancestors of modern birds evolve? What enabled them to survive the meteoric impact that wiped out the dinosaurs? How did these early birds spread across the globe and give rise to the 10,600-plus species we recognise today ― from the largest ratites to the smallest hummingbirds? Based on the latest scientific discoveries and enriched by personal observations, The Ascent of
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Evolution

Its nature, its evidence, and its relation to religious thought (Illustrations)

by Joseph le Conte ...

The subject of the following work may be expressed in three questions: What is evolution? Is it true? What then? Surely, there are no questions of the day more burning than these. Much has been written on each of them, addressed to different classes of minds: some to the scientific, some to the popular, and some to the religious and theological; but nothing has yet appeared which covers the whole ... Read more

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The subject of the following work may be expressed in three questions: What is evolution? Is it true? What then? Surely, there are no questions of the day more burning than these. Much has been written on each of them, addressed to different classes of minds: some to the scientific, some to the popular, and some to the religious and theological; but nothing has yet appeared which covers the whole
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On The Origin of the Human Mind

by Andrey Vyshedskiy ...

The origin of the human mind remains one of the greatest mysteries of all times. The last 150 years since Charles Darwin proposed that species evolve under the influence of natural selection have been marked by great discoveries. However, the discussion of the evolution of the human intellect and specific forces that shaped the underlying brain evolution is as vigorous today as it was in Darwin's ... Read more

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The origin of the human mind remains one of the greatest mysteries of all times. The last 150 years since Charles Darwin proposed that species evolve under the influence of natural selection have been marked by great discoveries. However, the discussion of the evolution of the human intellect and specific forces that shaped the underlying brain evolution is as vigorous today as it was in Darwin's
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Stone Age Code

From Monkey Business to AI

by Shane Neeley ...

Acclaim for Stone Age Code:“The book is simply brilliant and genuine, so friendly and stimulating!" - Emiliano Bruner, Ph.D., Hominid Paleoneurology Researcher, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (Spain)“A charming, informative, and thought-provoking read.” - Adam Cornford, poet, journalist, and a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin.“My overall impression as a lifelong ... Read more

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Acclaim for Stone Age Code:“The book is simply brilliant and genuine, so friendly and stimulating!" - Emiliano Bruner, Ph.D., Hominid Paleoneurology Researcher, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (Spain)“A charming, informative, and thought-provoking read.” - Adam Cornford, poet, journalist, and a great-great-grandson of Charles Darwin.“My overall impression as a lifelong
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解密雙螺旋：DNA結構發現者華生的告白

The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix

by 華生 James D. Watson ...

Translated by 黃靜雅 ...

世紀之書《雙螺旋》圖文註釋版自達爾文《物種起源》以來，最重大的生物學事件。半世紀不衰的超級科學經典★ 1968年出版後，盤據《紐約時報》暢銷榜十六週，翻譯成二十多種語言賣出一百多萬冊★ 美國國會圖書館選為“塑造美國之書”（《塑造美國的書籍“）★ 流量，紐約公共圖書館選為“世紀之書”（世紀圖書）★ 流量，科學。史的現場重建；界科學遠比你想的更“叢林”★ 流量，加入圖片，註解，讓讀者彷彿親臨科學界的頂尖對決★ 連作者都不知道的史料，統統在這本《解密雙螺旋》◎ 周成功教授審訂1950年代，英，美三組科學家競逐解開DNA的謎題。當時初出茅廬的華生與克里克，率先提出DNA的雙螺旋結構，並因此獲得諾貝爾生理學或醫學獎。1968年，華生所著的超級經典-《雙螺旋》... ... Read more

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世紀之書《雙螺旋》圖文註釋版自達爾文《物種起源》以來，最重大的生物學事件。半世紀不衰的超級科學經典★ 1968年出版後，盤據《紐約時報》暢銷榜十六週，翻譯成二十多種語言賣出一百多萬冊★ 美國國會圖書館選為“塑造美國之書”（《塑造美國的書籍“）★ 流量，紐約公共圖書館選為“世紀之書”（世紀圖書）★ 流量，科學。史的現場重建；界科學遠比你想的更“叢林”★ 流量，加入圖片，註解，讓讀者彷彿親臨科學界的頂尖對決★ 連作者都不知道的史料，統統在這本《解密雙螺旋》◎ 周成功教授審訂1950年代，英，美三組科學家競逐解開DNA的謎題。當時初出茅廬的華生與克里克，率先提出DNA的雙螺旋結構，並因此獲得諾貝爾生理學或醫學獎。1968年，華生所著的超級經典-《雙螺旋》...
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Darwin Among The Machines

The Evolution Of Global Intelligence

by George B. Dyson ...

As timely now as it was when it was first published in 1997, Darwin Among the Machines tells the story of humankind's long journey into the digital age. Historian of technology George Dyson traces the course of the information revolution, illuminating the lives and work of visionaries -- from Thomas Hobbes to John von Neumann -- who foresaw the development of artificial intelligence, artificial ... Read more

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As timely now as it was when it was first published in 1997, Darwin Among the Machines tells the story of humankind's long journey into the digital age. Historian of technology George Dyson traces the course of the information revolution, illuminating the lives and work of visionaries -- from Thomas Hobbes to John von Neumann -- who foresaw the development of artificial intelligence, artificial
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Monarchs and Milkweed

A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution

by Anurag Agrawal ...

The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plantMonarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the monarch than its distinctive presence and mythic journeying. In Monarchs and Milkweed, Anurag ... Read more

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The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plantMonarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the monarch than its distinctive presence and mythic journeying. In Monarchs and Milkweed, Anurag
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Time and Change

by John Burroughs ...

"Time and Change" is a 1912 work on geology by American naturalist John Boroughs. Within it, Burroughs explores the beauty and science behind the history of the Earth in the masterful way for which he is famous. John Burroughs (1837 - 1921) was an American naturalist, essayist, and active member of the U.S. conservation movement. Burroughs' work was incredibly popular during his lifetime, and his ... Read more

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"Time and Change" is a 1912 work on geology by American naturalist John Boroughs. Within it, Burroughs explores the beauty and science behind the history of the Earth in the masterful way for which he is famous. John Burroughs (1837 - 1921) was an American naturalist, essayist, and active member of the U.S. conservation movement. Burroughs' work was incredibly popular during his lifetime, and his
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WTF, Evolution?!

A Theory of Unintelligible Design

by Mara Grunbaum ...

We all have our off days. Why should Evolution be any different? Maybe Evolution got carried away with an idea that was just a little too crazy—like having the Regal Horned Lizard defend itself by shooting three-foot streams of blood from its eyes. Or maybe Evolution ran out of steam (Memo to Evolution: The Irrawaddy Dolphin looks like a prototype that should have been left on the drawing board). ... Read more

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We all have our off days. Why should Evolution be any different? Maybe Evolution got carried away with an idea that was just a little too crazy—like having the Regal Horned Lizard defend itself by shooting three-foot streams of blood from its eyes. Or maybe Evolution ran out of steam (Memo to Evolution: The Irrawaddy Dolphin looks like a prototype that should have been left on the drawing board).
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The Rebirth of Nature

The Greening of Science and God

by Rupert Sheldrake ...

Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's preeminent biologists, has revolutionized scientific thinking with his vision of a living, developing universe--one with its own inherent memory. In The Rebirth of Nature, Sheldrake urges us to move beyond the centuries-old mechanistic view of nature, explaining why we can no longer regard the world as inanimate and purposeless. Sheldrake shows how recent ... Read more

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Rupert Sheldrake, one of the world's preeminent biologists, has revolutionized scientific thinking with his vision of a living, developing universe--one with its own inherent memory. In The Rebirth of Nature, Sheldrake urges us to move beyond the centuries-old mechanistic view of nature, explaining why we can no longer regard the world as inanimate and purposeless. Sheldrake shows how recent
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Bütünsel Bakışla Canlılık-I

"Madde ve Enerji, Beden ve Ruh İlişkisi"

by Yunus İlik ...

Series Book 1 - Canlılık ve Evrim
CANLILIK Nedir?Bilinç nedir?Zamanla bağlantılı olduklarını görebilir miyiz?Duyguların ne olduğunu söyleyebilir miyiz?Beden ve Ruh ayrı mı yanılgı mıdır?Beden ve ruh, madde ve enerji gibi midir?Einstein'ın ünlü E=M.C2 formülüyle, madde ve enerjinin temelde aynı şeyler olduğunu ve birbirlerine dönüşebildiklerini, maddenin yoğunlaşmış uzay-enerji alanı olduğunu göstermiştir.Madde ile enerji ... Read more

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CANLILIK Nedir?Bilinç nedir?Zamanla bağlantılı olduklarını görebilir miyiz?Duyguların ne olduğunu söyleyebilir miyiz?Beden ve Ruh ayrı mı yanılgı mıdır?Beden ve ruh, madde ve enerji gibi midir?Einstein'ın ünlü E=M.C2 formülüyle, madde ve enerjinin temelde aynı şeyler olduğunu ve birbirlerine dönüşebildiklerini, maddenin yoğunlaşmış uzay-enerji alanı olduğunu göstermiştir.Madde ile enerji
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Darwin's Sandcastle

Evolution's Failure in the Light of Scripture and the Scientific Evidence

by Gordon Wilson ...

It's about time Darwinism is seen for what it is.Why are brilliant and logical scientists not reasonable on the question of the ultimate cause of the unity, diversity, and complexity of life on Earth? We wrongly think that an accurate view of life's origins can be deduced by science and logic alone apart from faith and humble submission to God's Word. Without the light of God's Word, unbelievers ... Read more

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It's about time Darwinism is seen for what it is.Why are brilliant and logical scientists not reasonable on the question of the ultimate cause of the unity, diversity, and complexity of life on Earth? We wrongly think that an accurate view of life's origins can be deduced by science and logic alone apart from faith and humble submission to God's Word. Without the light of God's Word, unbelievers
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The Effects Of Cross And Self Fertilisation In The Vegetable Kingdom (Mobi Classics)

by Charles Darwin ...

The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom is a book on evolution in plants by Charles Darwin, first published in 1876. In this book Darwin provides experimental evidence for a hypothesis stated in his famed book of 1859, Origin of Species, that "... in none [i.e. plant] [...]can self-fertilisation go on for perpetuity" (Origin p101). He reports on experiments conducted ... Read more

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The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom is a book on evolution in plants by Charles Darwin, first published in 1876. In this book Darwin provides experimental evidence for a hypothesis stated in his famed book of 1859, Origin of Species, that "... in none [i.e. plant] [...]can self-fertilisation go on for perpetuity" (Origin p101). He reports on experiments conducted
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50 Maddede Evrim Teorisinin Çöküşü

by Harun Yahya ...

Bilimsel bir gerçek gibi sunulmaya çalışılan evrim teorisi çürük temellere dayanmaktadır. Evrimcilerin ortaya attıkları her iddia, bilim tarafından yalanlanmıştır. Evrimciler ise propaganda, demagoji gibi yöntemlerle bu teoriyi ayakta tutmaya çalışıyorlar. Bu kitapçıkta, evrim teorisinin temel iddiaları bilimsel delillerle çürütülmektedir. ... Read more

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Bilimsel bir gerçek gibi sunulmaya çalışılan evrim teorisi çürük temellere dayanmaktadır. Evrimcilerin ortaya attıkları her iddia, bilim tarafından yalanlanmıştır. Evrimciler ise propaganda, demagoji gibi yöntemlerle bu teoriyi ayakta tutmaya çalışıyorlar. Bu kitapçıkta, evrim teorisinin temel iddiaları bilimsel delillerle çürütülmektedir.
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