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The Greatest Story NEVER Told

The Assured Triumph of Human Inevitability and Superiority

by Elvis Newman ...

“What we call imagination is actually the universal library of what’s real. You couldn’t imagine it if it weren’t real somewhere, sometime.” Terence MckennaScientific theories that were once considered right and mighty were later proven wrong. This is the case even with the best and most thorough scrutiny and investigation. There is no knowing when a better scientific theory will come to replace ... Read more

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“What we call imagination is actually the universal library of what’s real. You couldn’t imagine it if it weren’t real somewhere, sometime.” Terence MckennaScientific theories that were once considered right and mighty were later proven wrong. This is the case even with the best and most thorough scrutiny and investigation. There is no knowing when a better scientific theory will come to replace
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How Evolution Explains Everything About Life

From Darwin's brilliant idea to today's epic theory

by New Scientist ...

Series series New Scientist Instant Expert
How did we get here?All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of evolution on the first simple life form and its descendants.We now know that it has taken 3.8 billions of years of work by the forces of evolution to turn what was once a lump of barren rock into the ... Read more

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How did we get here?All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of evolution on the first simple life form and its descendants.We now know that it has taken 3.8 billions of years of work by the forces of evolution to turn what was once a lump of barren rock into the
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Evolutionary Biology: Self/Nonself Evolution, Species and Complex Traits Evolution, Methods and Concepts

Edited by Pierre Pontarotti ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book presents 19 selected contributions to the 20th Evolutionary Biology Meeting in Marseille, which took place in September 2016. They are grouped under the following major themes:· Self/Nonself Evolution· Species Evolution and Evolution of Complex Traits· Methods and ConceptsThe aims of the annual meetings in Marseille – which bring together leading evolutionary biologists and other ... Read more

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This book presents 19 selected contributions to the 20th Evolutionary Biology Meeting in Marseille, which took place in September 2016. They are grouped under the following major themes:· Self/Nonself Evolution· Species Evolution and Evolution of Complex Traits· Methods and ConceptsThe aims of the annual meetings in Marseille – which bring together leading evolutionary biologists and other
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Darwin: A Very Short Introduction

A Very Short Introduction

by Jonathan Howard ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory, and scepticism about the value of Darwin's contribution to knowledge is widespread. In this analysis of Darwin's major insights and arguments, Jonathan Howard reasserts the ... Read more

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Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory, and scepticism about the value of Darwin's contribution to knowledge is widespread. In this analysis of Darwin's major insights and arguments, Jonathan Howard reasserts the
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The Talking Ape

How Language Evolved

by Robbins Burling ...

Series series Oxford Studies in the Evolution of Language
In this fascinating, mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convincing account of the origins of language ever published. He sheds new light on how language affects the way we think, behave, and relate to each other; and he gives us a deeper understanding of the nature of language itself. The author traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears ... Read more

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In this fascinating, mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convincing account of the origins of language ever published. He sheds new light on how language affects the way we think, behave, and relate to each other; and he gives us a deeper understanding of the nature of language itself. The author traces language back to its earliest origins among our distant ape-like forbears
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物種源始（達爾文二一二歲誕辰紀念版，完整重現寫給所有人的演化論）

On the Origin of Species

by 達爾文(Charles Darwin) ...

Series series 貓頭鷹書房
160年來歷久彌新的經典理論完整重現演化論精髓，了解達爾文最真實的思想◎程延年（台灣演化生物學權威）專文推薦版本特色：→首度完整翻譯自原書第二版，呈現最純粹的理論經典→特別收錄三版後的物種理論簡史，向演化學說發展致敬十九世紀以降最重要的思想鉅著1831年，達爾文踏上小獵犬號，展開一段為期五年，後續卻影響世界深遠的航行。回國後，達爾文開始潛心研究旅途中生物與環境間的複雜關係。1859年，他出版了十九世紀最重要的思想鉅著《物種源始》。《物種源始》甫一出版便飽受關注與批評，然而在接下來的兩百年間，這本書和達爾文的思想被不斷地引用、延伸甚至濫用，比如史賓塞以達爾文理論為基礎發展出的「社會達爾文主義」，助長了優生學、民族主義等思想。而如「適者生存」的延伸解讀甚至間接導致了第一次世界大戰，至今仍影響深遠。儘管在過去飽受誤解與批評，達爾文的演化論在現代對古生物學、分類學 ... Read more

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160年來歷久彌新的經典理論完整重現演化論精髓，了解達爾文最真實的思想◎程延年（台灣演化生物學權威）專文推薦版本特色：→首度完整翻譯自原書第二版，呈現最純粹的理論經典→特別收錄三版後的物種理論簡史，向演化學說發展致敬十九世紀以降最重要的思想鉅著1831年，達爾文踏上小獵犬號，展開一段為期五年，後續卻影響世界深遠的航行。回國後，達爾文開始潛心研究旅途中生物與環境間的複雜關係。1859年，他出版了十九世紀最重要的思想鉅著《物種源始》。《物種源始》甫一出版便飽受關注與批評，然而在接下來的兩百年間，這本書和達爾文的思想被不斷地引用、延伸甚至濫用，比如史賓塞以達爾文理論為基礎發展出的「社會達爾文主義」，助長了優生學、民族主義等思想。而如「適者生存」的延伸解讀甚至間接導致了第一次世界大戰，至今仍影響深遠。儘管在過去飽受誤解與批評，達爾文的演化論在現代對古生物學、分類學
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Understanding Evolution

by Kostas Kampourakis ...

Series series Understanding Life
Why do the debates about evolution persist, despite the plentiful evidence for it? Breaking down the notion that public resistance to evolution is strictly due to its perceived conflict with religion, this concise book shows that evolution is in fact a counterintuitive idea that is difficult to understand. Kostas Kampourakis, an experienced science educator, takes an insightful, interdisciplinary ... Read more

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Why do the debates about evolution persist, despite the plentiful evidence for it? Breaking down the notion that public resistance to evolution is strictly due to its perceived conflict with religion, this concise book shows that evolution is in fact a counterintuitive idea that is difficult to understand. Kostas Kampourakis, an experienced science educator, takes an insightful, interdisciplinary
... Read more
Maps of Time

An Introduction to Big History

by David Christian ...

Series Book 2 - California World History Library
An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings.Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population ... Read more

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An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings.Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population
... Read more
Death of the Darwinist Dajjal System «The End of 150 Years of Darwinist Deception»

by Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya) ...

The false belief system, which claims that living things came into being by chance, which maintains that apes are the ancestors of human beings, which seeks to convince human beings they are animals with no responsibilities, which has led to mass slaughter and has initiated wars through the twisted idea that the strong must crush the weak, which regards human beings as worthless and inferior, and ... Read more

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The false belief system, which claims that living things came into being by chance, which maintains that apes are the ancestors of human beings, which seeks to convince human beings they are animals with no responsibilities, which has led to mass slaughter and has initiated wars through the twisted idea that the strong must crush the weak, which regards human beings as worthless and inferior, and
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Us

The New Story of Human Evolution

by Jeremy DeSilva ...

“The best book on human evolution this century." —Agustín Fuentes, author of The Creative SparkThe award-winning author of First Steps returns with a revelatory tour of the latest scientific discoveries in paleontology and archaeology to challenge the idea of human exceptionalism, presenting a more complex—and fascinating—portrait of "us."As our knowledge and understanding of the past has deepened ... Read more

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“The best book on human evolution this century." —Agustín Fuentes, author of The Creative SparkThe award-winning author of First Steps returns with a revelatory tour of the latest scientific discoveries in paleontology and archaeology to challenge the idea of human exceptionalism, presenting a more complex—and fascinating—portrait of "us."As our knowledge and understanding of the past has deepened
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Love Rules

How to Find a Real Relationship in a Digital World

by Joanna Coles ...

"For those looking for a smart, no-bullshit, effective guide to finding love, look no further."—Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity"While I’m not sure what Carrie Bradshaw would have made of today’s new world of dating, I do know this: armed with Love Rules, she would have figured it all out in one season."—Sarah Jessica ParkerSheryl Sandberg empowered women to lean in. Arianna Huffington ... Read more

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"For those looking for a smart, no-bullshit, effective guide to finding love, look no further."—Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity"While I’m not sure what Carrie Bradshaw would have made of today’s new world of dating, I do know this: armed with Love Rules, she would have figured it all out in one season."—Sarah Jessica ParkerSheryl Sandberg empowered women to lean in. Arianna Huffington
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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

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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
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Darwin and Design

Does Evolution Have a Purpose?

by Michael Ruse ...

The intricate forms of living things bespeak design, and thus a creator: nearly 150 years after Darwin's theory of natural selection called this argument into question, we still speak of life in terms of design--the function of the eye, the purpose of the webbed foot, the design of the fins. Why is the "argument from design" so tenacious, and does Darwinism--itself still evolving after all these ... Read more

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The intricate forms of living things bespeak design, and thus a creator: nearly 150 years after Darwin's theory of natural selection called this argument into question, we still speak of life in terms of design--the function of the eye, the purpose of the webbed foot, the design of the fins. Why is the "argument from design" so tenacious, and does Darwinism--itself still evolving after all these
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21世紀狩獵採集者的生存指南：讓演化生物學為你的人生效力

A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century：Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life

by 希瑟•赫因, 布萊特•韋恩斯坦 ...

Translated by 鄧子衿 ...

Series series 鷹之喙
**以演化生物學智慧，給予21世紀人類的生存指南大膽！挑釁！我們如何以智人祖先的大腦與身體，應對現代生活挑戰！****　　我們從狩獵採集者祖先那兒繼承的身體和大腦，　　不適應全新的現代生活。**　　我們生活在人類史上最繁榮的時期，但我們從未如此冷漠、分裂和不開心。我們的生活水平從未如此之高，但慢性病和自殺率繼續飆升。　　該如何解釋這種自相矛盾的情況？最重要的是該如何解決它？**　　我們的文明正處在認知失衡的狀態中，　　物種演化告訴我們關於人性的什麼？**　　對於演化生物學家赫因和韋恩斯坦來說，造成我們困境的原因顯而易見：我們適應演化為以狩獵採集為生的大腦和身體並不適合現代生活。　　例如我們演化成在部落中生活的物種，但今日大多數人連鄰居的名字是什麼都不知道！在古老社會中，生存仰賴我們在性別差異上的優勢，但今日，生理性別卻被認為是種冒犯。儘管人類非常能適應變化，但今日變化的步伐如此之快 ... Read more

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**以演化生物學智慧，給予21世紀人類的生存指南大膽！挑釁！我們如何以智人祖先的大腦與身體，應對現代生活挑戰！****　　我們從狩獵採集者祖先那兒繼承的身體和大腦，　　不適應全新的現代生活。**　　我們生活在人類史上最繁榮的時期，但我們從未如此冷漠、分裂和不開心。我們的生活水平從未如此之高，但慢性病和自殺率繼續飆升。　　該如何解釋這種自相矛盾的情況？最重要的是該如何解決它？**　　我們的文明正處在認知失衡的狀態中，　　物種演化告訴我們關於人性的什麼？**　　對於演化生物學家赫因和韋恩斯坦來說，造成我們困境的原因顯而易見：我們適應演化為以狩獵採集為生的大腦和身體並不適合現代生活。　　例如我們演化成在部落中生活的物種，但今日大多數人連鄰居的名字是什麼都不知道！在古老社會中，生存仰賴我們在性別差異上的優勢，但今日，生理性別卻被認為是種冒犯。儘管人類非常能適應變化，但今日變化的步伐如此之快
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Darwin on Evolution

Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution

by Charles Darwin ...

The father of evolution imbibed history with his controversial book On the Origin of Species. As a young scientist studying natural history, Charles Darwin set out on the HMS Beagle for a five-year voyage that would bring him in contact with animal species, plant species, and rock formations all over the world. This voyage established him as an eminent geologist, and his publication of his journal ... Read more

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The father of evolution imbibed history with his controversial book On the Origin of Species. As a young scientist studying natural history, Charles Darwin set out on the HMS Beagle for a five-year voyage that would bring him in contact with animal species, plant species, and rock formations all over the world. This voyage established him as an eminent geologist, and his publication of his journal
... Read more
Exuberant Life

An Evolutionary Approach to Conservation in Galápagos

by William H. Durham ...

The terrestrial organisms of the Galápagos Islands live under conditions unlike those anywhere else. At the edge of a uniquely rich mid-ocean upwelling, their world is also free of mammalian predators and competitors, allowing them to live unbothered, exuberant lives. With its giant tortoises, marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, and forests of giant daisies, there's no question that this is a ... Read more

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The terrestrial organisms of the Galápagos Islands live under conditions unlike those anywhere else. At the edge of a uniquely rich mid-ocean upwelling, their world is also free of mammalian predators and competitors, allowing them to live unbothered, exuberant lives. With its giant tortoises, marine iguanas, flightless cormorants, and forests of giant daisies, there's no question that this is a
... Read more
Dance to the Tune of Life

Biological Relativity

by Denis Noble ...

In this thought-provoking book, Denis Noble formulates the theory of biological relativity, emphasising that living organisms operate at multiple levels of complexity and must therefore be analysed from a multi-scale, relativistic perspective. Noble explains that all biological processes operate by means of molecular, cellular and organismal networks. The interactive nature of these fundamental ... Read more

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In this thought-provoking book, Denis Noble formulates the theory of biological relativity, emphasising that living organisms operate at multiple levels of complexity and must therefore be analysed from a multi-scale, relativistic perspective. Noble explains that all biological processes operate by means of molecular, cellular and organismal networks. The interactive nature of these fundamental
... Read more
Genesis

The Deep Origin of Societies

by Edward O. Wilson ...

“The book bursts to life with [Wilson’s] observations of nature, from fire ants and social spiders to starlings.”—Aarathi Prasad, New York Times Book ReviewAn “endlessly fascinating” (Michael Ruse) work of scientific thought and synthesis, Genesis is Edward O. Wilson’s twenty-first-century statement on Darwinian evolution. Asserting that religious creeds and philosophical questions can be reduced ... Read more

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“The book bursts to life with [Wilson’s] observations of nature, from fire ants and social spiders to starlings.”—Aarathi Prasad, New York Times Book ReviewAn “endlessly fascinating” (Michael Ruse) work of scientific thought and synthesis, Genesis is Edward O. Wilson’s twenty-first-century statement on Darwinian evolution. Asserting that religious creeds and philosophical questions can be reduced
... Read more
The Malay Archipelago.

A Narrative of Travel with Studies of Man and Nature.

by Alfred Wallace ...

Series series Elibron Classics
Replica of 1893 edition by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London and New York.  Elibron Classics. Oversize maps are available as a free download.  Alfred Russel Wallace, OM, FRS (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. He is best known for independently proposing a theory of evolution due to natural selection that prompted ... Read more

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Replica of 1893 edition by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London and New York.  Elibron Classics. Oversize maps are available as a free download.  Alfred Russel Wallace, OM, FRS (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist. He is best known for independently proposing a theory of evolution due to natural selection that prompted
... Read more
Understanding Evo-Devo

by Wallace Arthur ...

Series series Understanding Life
Why do the best-known examples of evolutionary change involve the alteration of one kind of animal into another very similar one, like the evolution of a bigger beak in a bird? Wouldn't it be much more interesting to understand how beaks originated? Most people would agree, but until recently we didn't know much about such origins. That is now changing, with the growth of the interdisciplinary ... Read more

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Why do the best-known examples of evolutionary change involve the alteration of one kind of animal into another very similar one, like the evolution of a bigger beak in a bird? Wouldn't it be much more interesting to understand how beaks originated? Most people would agree, but until recently we didn't know much about such origins. That is now changing, with the growth of the interdisciplinary
... Read more
A New History of Life

The Radical New Discoveries about the Origins and Evolution of Life on Earth

by Peter Ward, Joe Kirschvink ...

The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all--or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved--the first major new synthesis for general readers in two decades.Charles Darwin's theories, first published more than 150 years ago, form the backbone of how we understand the ... Read more

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The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all--or so we think. A New History of Life offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how life on our planet evolved--the first major new synthesis for general readers in two decades.Charles Darwin's theories, first published more than 150 years ago, form the backbone of how we understand the
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Why Only Humans Weep

Unravelling the Mysteries of Tears

by Ad Vingerhoets ...

Crying has fascinated mankind for millenia. Since ancient times, we have known that emotional tears are a unique human characteristic. Unsurprisingly, over hundreds of years, scholars from different backgrounds have speculated about the origin and functions of human tears. According to Charles Darwin, tears fulfilled no adaptive function. And yet, this seems in sharp contrast to statements in the ... Read more

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Crying has fascinated mankind for millenia. Since ancient times, we have known that emotional tears are a unique human characteristic. Unsurprisingly, over hundreds of years, scholars from different backgrounds have speculated about the origin and functions of human tears. According to Charles Darwin, tears fulfilled no adaptive function. And yet, this seems in sharp contrast to statements in the
... Read more
A Mind Of Her Own

The evolutionary psychology of women

by Anne Campbell ...

When Darwin proposed that females shape evolution by being choosy in their choice of male suitors, his Victorian contemporaries were shocked that he accorded so much importance to women. But this early view of the female role was far from revolutionary: They were simply allowed to be passive 'quality controllers' of male genes. Recent years have shown that the inert 'coy female' is a myth. For a ... Read more

$48.59 USD

When Darwin proposed that females shape evolution by being choosy in their choice of male suitors, his Victorian contemporaries were shocked that he accorded so much importance to women. But this early view of the female role was far from revolutionary: They were simply allowed to be passive 'quality controllers' of male genes. Recent years have shown that the inert 'coy female' is a myth. For a
... Read more
Life's Vital Link

The astonishing role of the placenta

by Y. W. Loke ...

The development of the placenta was a pivotal event in evolution. Without it, we would still be laying eggs instead of giving birth to live offspring. It represents the critical link between the foetus and the mother, but its character is extraordinary -- it is, in effect, a foreign tissue that invades the mother's body. Compared to many other animals, the human placenta represents a particularly ... Read more

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The development of the placenta was a pivotal event in evolution. Without it, we would still be laying eggs instead of giving birth to live offspring. It represents the critical link between the foetus and the mother, but its character is extraordinary -- it is, in effect, a foreign tissue that invades the mother's body. Compared to many other animals, the human placenta represents a particularly
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