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Through the Eyes of Darwin and Genesis

by Bill Nielsen ...

Ever since Darwin replaced traditional creation stories with a rational approach to human origins, we have lost touch with spiritual meanings of the ancient myths. These unscientific messages are vibrant and alive and deserve a voice in the modern consciousness. By exploring the historical details of the Genesis/Darwin debate, we can appreciate the insights and limitations of both world views. ... Read more

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Ever since Darwin replaced traditional creation stories with a rational approach to human origins, we have lost touch with spiritual meanings of the ancient myths. These unscientific messages are vibrant and alive and deserve a voice in the modern consciousness. By exploring the historical details of the Genesis/Darwin debate, we can appreciate the insights and limitations of both world views.
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Homology, Genes, and Evolutionary Innovation

by Günter P. Wagner ...

"Shows the sweep of [Wagner's] creative and rigorous thinking . . . One of the most exciting books in evolutionary biology I have read in a long time." —Douglas J. Futuyma, coeditor of The Princeton Guide to EvolutionWinner of the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal, National Academy of SciencesHomology—a similar trait shared by different species and derived from common ancestry, such as a seal's fin and ... Read more

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"Shows the sweep of [Wagner's] creative and rigorous thinking . . . One of the most exciting books in evolutionary biology I have read in a long time." —Douglas J. Futuyma, coeditor of The Princeton Guide to EvolutionWinner of the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal, National Academy of SciencesHomology—a similar trait shared by different species and derived from common ancestry, such as a seal's fin and
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Mutual Aid

A Factor of Evolution

by Kniaz Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin ...

Written partly in response to Social Darwinism and in particular to Thomas H. Huxley's nineteenth-century essay, "The Struggle for Existence," Kropotkin's book drew on his experiences in scientific expeditions in Siberia to illustrate the phenomenon of cooperation. After examining the evidence of cooperation in nonhuman animals, pre-feudal societies, in medieval cities, and in modern times, he ... Read more

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Written partly in response to Social Darwinism and in particular to Thomas H. Huxley's nineteenth-century essay, "The Struggle for Existence," Kropotkin's book drew on his experiences in scientific expeditions in Siberia to illustrate the phenomenon of cooperation. After examining the evidence of cooperation in nonhuman animals, pre-feudal societies, in medieval cities, and in modern times, he
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This Fleeting World (Yay Pwat Pa Mar E Kabar)

by David Christian, Zeya Minn Hline (translator) ...

This Fleeting World tells the story of the universe and history of humanity in only 100 pages. Prize-winning historian David Christian covers it all in this inspiring guide to the history of everything, from stars and empires to cities, the World Wide Web, capitalism, and globalization. David Christian's approach to human history and big history is a call to action, based on a profound and fresh ... Read more

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This Fleeting World tells the story of the universe and history of humanity in only 100 pages. Prize-winning historian David Christian covers it all in this inspiring guide to the history of everything, from stars and empires to cities, the World Wide Web, capitalism, and globalization. David Christian's approach to human history and big history is a call to action, based on a profound and fresh
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How Science Works: Evolution

A Student Primer

by R. John Ellis ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Evolution is just a theory, isn’t it? What is a scientific theory anyway? Don’t scientists prove things? What is the difference between a fact, a hypothesis and a theory in science? How does scientific thinking differ from religious thinking? Why are most leading scientists atheists? Are science and religion compatible? Why are there so many different religious beliefs but only one science? What ... Read more

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Evolution is just a theory, isn’t it? What is a scientific theory anyway? Don’t scientists prove things? What is the difference between a fact, a hypothesis and a theory in science? How does scientific thinking differ from religious thinking? Why are most leading scientists atheists? Are science and religion compatible? Why are there so many different religious beliefs but only one science? What
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Intelligent Thought

Science versus the Intelligent Design Movement

Edited by John Brockman ...

Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modern understanding of the natural world. Darwin’s theory has withstood 150 years of scientific scrutiny, and today it not only explains the origin and design of living things, but highlights the importance of a scientific understanding in our culture and in our lives.Recently the movement known as “Intelligent Design” has attracted the attention of ... Read more

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Evolutionary science lies at the heart of a modern understanding of the natural world. Darwin’s theory has withstood 150 years of scientific scrutiny, and today it not only explains the origin and design of living things, but highlights the importance of a scientific understanding in our culture and in our lives.Recently the movement known as “Intelligent Design” has attracted the attention of
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A Joosr Guide to… The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

by Joosr ...

In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.Our genes are hardwired to survive at all cost. ... Read more

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In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com.Our genes are hardwired to survive at all cost.
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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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Darwin's Descendants

Evolutionary Theories of Human Behavior and Their Critics

by Allan V. Horwitz ...

How evolution and culture have historically shaped our understanding of human behavior.Evolutionary explanations of human behavior have been perennial sources of contention ever since they originated over 150 years ago. In Darwin's Descendants, Allan V. Horwitz traces the debates that began with Darwin's earliest critics and shows how similar tensions animate conversations in classrooms, ... Read more

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How evolution and culture have historically shaped our understanding of human behavior.Evolutionary explanations of human behavior have been perennial sources of contention ever since they originated over 150 years ago. In Darwin's Descendants, Allan V. Horwitz traces the debates that began with Darwin's earliest critics and shows how similar tensions animate conversations in classrooms,
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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
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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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Bones of Contention

A Creationist Assessment of Human Fossils

by Marvin Lubenow ...

Seeking to disprove the theory of human evolution, the author examines the fossils of the so-called "ape men." ... Read more

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Seeking to disprove the theory of human evolution, the author examines the fossils of the so-called "ape men."
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A Little History of the Earth

by Jamie Woodward ...

Series series Little Histories
A lively account of the history of our planet, from its earliest origins to the present day, told through the major geological changes and scientific breakthroughsWhere has our planet come from, and what lies beneath its surface? How have we come to understand its past and present environments, and what does its future look like? Thanks to scientists who study its rocks, fossils, and landscapes, ... Read more

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A lively account of the history of our planet, from its earliest origins to the present day, told through the major geological changes and scientific breakthroughsWhere has our planet come from, and what lies beneath its surface? How have we come to understand its past and present environments, and what does its future look like? Thanks to scientists who study its rocks, fossils, and landscapes,
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El observador. La solucion al Genesis. La ciencia detrás del relato de la Creacion.

by Alberto Canen ...

El Génesis, los siete días, la Creación... ¿de dónde procede el texto que compone la primera parte de La Biblia?¿Es su texto sólo un poema introductorio... o es una narración?¿Que hay detrás de sus palabras?Alberto Canen ha encontrado un camino alternativo para dar respuestas a estas y a otras preguntas contenidas en el Génesis. Ha hallado una ruta por la que nadie había transitado antes e invita ... Read more

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El Génesis, los siete días, la Creación... ¿de dónde procede el texto que compone la primera parte de La Biblia?¿Es su texto sólo un poema introductorio... o es una narración?¿Que hay detrás de sus palabras?Alberto Canen ha encontrado un camino alternativo para dar respuestas a estas y a otras preguntas contenidas en el Génesis. Ha hallado una ruta por la que nadie había transitado antes e invita
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African Genesis

Perspectives on Hominin Evolution

Edited by Sally C. Reynolds, Andrew Gallagher ...

Series Book 62 - Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
The discovery of the first species of African hominin, Australopithecus africanus, from Taung, South Africa in 1924, launched the study of fossil man in Africa. New discoveries continue to confirm the importance of this region to our understanding of human evolution. Outlining major developments since Raymond Dart's description of the Taung skull and, in particular, the impact of the pioneering ... Read more

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The discovery of the first species of African hominin, Australopithecus africanus, from Taung, South Africa in 1924, launched the study of fossil man in Africa. New discoveries continue to confirm the importance of this region to our understanding of human evolution. Outlining major developments since Raymond Dart's description of the Taung skull and, in particular, the impact of the pioneering
... Read more
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex - Fully Illustrated Edition

by Charles Darwin ...

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex - Fully Illustrated Edition.is a book on evolutionary theory by Charles Darwin, It was Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory, following his work, On the Origin of Species, in which he explored the concept of natural selection. In The Descent of Man, Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual ... Read more

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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex - Fully Illustrated Edition.is a book on evolutionary theory by Charles Darwin, It was Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory, following his work, On the Origin of Species, in which he explored the concept of natural selection. In The Descent of Man, Darwin applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

by Charles Darwin ...

Published in 1872, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals was a book at the very heart of Darwin's research interests - a central pillar of his 'human' series. This book engaged some of the hardest questions in the evolution debate, and it showed the ever-cautious Darwin at his boldest. If Darwin had one goal with Expression, it was to demonstrate the power of his theories for ... Read more

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Published in 1872, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals was a book at the very heart of Darwin's research interests - a central pillar of his 'human' series. This book engaged some of the hardest questions in the evolution debate, and it showed the ever-cautious Darwin at his boldest. If Darwin had one goal with Expression, it was to demonstrate the power of his theories for
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Evolución

La asombrosa historia de una teoría científica

by Edward J. Larson ...

Translated by Mercedes García Garmilla ...

Un recorrido por la idea de la evolución, desde sus antecedentes teóricos a la actualidad.La teoría de la evolución no nació solo de la imaginación de Charles Darwin. Desde sus orígenes, la humanidad ha buscado sin tregua respuestas religiosas, filosóficas y científicas a la pregunta clave: ¿de dónde venimos? Con la irrupción y el auge de la ciencia moderna, la controversia sobre la cuestión de la ... Read more

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Un recorrido por la idea de la evolución, desde sus antecedentes teóricos a la actualidad.La teoría de la evolución no nació solo de la imaginación de Charles Darwin. Desde sus orígenes, la humanidad ha buscado sin tregua respuestas religiosas, filosóficas y científicas a la pregunta clave: ¿de dónde venimos? Con la irrupción y el auge de la ciencia moderna, la controversia sobre la cuestión de la
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Designer Genes

A New Era in the Evolution of Man

by Steven Potter ...

This compelling new book covers the most important revolution since Darwin—how cutting-edge genetic science will soon allow us to speed up and transform our own evolution, and the moral choices we must make as we improve, alter, and even duplicate ourselves.The fact is that, until now, human evolution has been exceedingly slow. But there’s about to be a profound change in this process, with a ... Read more

$4.99 USD

This compelling new book covers the most important revolution since Darwin—how cutting-edge genetic science will soon allow us to speed up and transform our own evolution, and the moral choices we must make as we improve, alter, and even duplicate ourselves.The fact is that, until now, human evolution has been exceedingly slow. But there’s about to be a profound change in this process, with a
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On the Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin ...

This exciting anniversary edition has a new introduction and scholarly references by William Bynum, and the cover design is by Damien Hirst. It replaces our existing 1968 edition.The Origin of Species is one of the most important and influential books of its time and remains one of the most significant contributions to philosophical and scientific thought. The theories Darwin sets out here had an ... Read more

$10.69 USD

This exciting anniversary edition has a new introduction and scholarly references by William Bynum, and the cover design is by Damien Hirst. It replaces our existing 1968 edition.The Origin of Species is one of the most important and influential books of its time and remains one of the most significant contributions to philosophical and scientific thought. The theories Darwin sets out here had an
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