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Biology of Skinks of the Genus Lampropholis

by Shelley Burgin, Harold Heatwole ...

This book provides the first detailed summary of the biology of the genus Lampropholis, also known as Garden Skinks, Grass Skinks, Litter Skinks, Penny Lizards, and Sunskinks.This genus, an Australian endemic, includes two common, widespread species (one of which has been inadvertently introduced into Hawaii, New Zealand, and Lord Howe Island) and a group of satellite species with restricted ... Read more

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This book provides the first detailed summary of the biology of the genus Lampropholis, also known as Garden Skinks, Grass Skinks, Litter Skinks, Penny Lizards, and Sunskinks.This genus, an Australian endemic, includes two common, widespread species (one of which has been inadvertently introduced into Hawaii, New Zealand, and Lord Howe Island) and a group of satellite species with restricted
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Imperfección

by Telmo Pievani ...

Translated by Francisco José Martín Cabrero ...

Series series El libro de bolsillo - Filosofía
Si se analiza el universo con las herramientas hoy a nuestro alcance, comprobamos que se funda en la imperfección, y no sólo eso, sino que ésta es su principal motor. Sólo donde hay imperfección hay algo que sucede -un evento, un proceso, un cambio, una relación-, mientras que la perfección es, por el contrario, algo completo y atemporal. En estas páginas, el filósofo de la ciencia Telmo Pievani ... Read more

$7.55 USD

Si se analiza el universo con las herramientas hoy a nuestro alcance, comprobamos que se funda en la imperfección, y no sólo eso, sino que ésta es su principal motor. Sólo donde hay imperfección hay algo que sucede -un evento, un proceso, un cambio, una relación-, mientras que la perfección es, por el contrario, algo completo y atemporal. En estas páginas, el filósofo de la ciencia Telmo Pievani
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Descent and Logic in Biosystematics: An Essay

by Thomas McCabe ...

Descent and Logic in Biosystematics: An Essay is a short book about biological systematics and taxonomy. Some of the subjects considered in it are philosophical: taxonomic theory, species concepts, speciation models, and evolutionary theories. Yet the book also covers matters not philosophical, such as taxonomic operations, experimental taxonomy, and a new suggested taxonomic method with worked ... Read more

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Descent and Logic in Biosystematics: An Essay is a short book about biological systematics and taxonomy. Some of the subjects considered in it are philosophical: taxonomic theory, species concepts, speciation models, and evolutionary theories. Yet the book also covers matters not philosophical, such as taxonomic operations, experimental taxonomy, and a new suggested taxonomic method with worked
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Vegetable Crops

Edited by Pritam Kalia ...

Series series Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences
The volume on Vegetable Crops as a part of series entitled “Handbooks of Crop Diversity: Conservation and Use of Genetic Resources” will be a unique resource, first of its kind, which will elaborate on origin, evolution, taxonomy, identification, chemical characterization, and genetic improvement of Vegetable Crop Plants.Vegetable crops are an important group of crops comprising solanaceous ... Read more

$494.99 USD

The volume on Vegetable Crops as a part of series entitled “Handbooks of Crop Diversity: Conservation and Use of Genetic Resources” will be a unique resource, first of its kind, which will elaborate on origin, evolution, taxonomy, identification, chemical characterization, and genetic improvement of Vegetable Crop Plants.Vegetable crops are an important group of crops comprising solanaceous
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Goldensynthesis

Goldensynthesis, #1

by King Poet ...

Series Book 1 - Goldensynthesis
Goldensynthesis is not just a book—it is a revolutionary new science, a timeless philosophy, and a luminous guide for navigating the intricate web of life. Authored by the unparalleled genius and humanitarian, King Poet, The Golden Xhild, this masterpiece redefines the interconnectedness of humanity, nature, and gold through an alchemical lens that is both scientific and spiritual.At its core, ... Read more

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Goldensynthesis is not just a book—it is a revolutionary new science, a timeless philosophy, and a luminous guide for navigating the intricate web of life. Authored by the unparalleled genius and humanitarian, King Poet, The Golden Xhild, this masterpiece redefines the interconnectedness of humanity, nature, and gold through an alchemical lens that is both scientific and spiritual.At its core,
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Die Evolution des Menschen

by Thomas Junker ...

Series Book 2409 - Beck'sche Reihe
Wie sind Menschen entstanden? Wer waren ihre Vorfahren?Warum gibt es überhaupt Menschen? Warum sehen dieMenschen der verschiedenen Erdteile und Länder anders aus?Warum unterscheiden sich Frauen und Männer in Merkmalen wie Größe und Behaarung? Warum werden Menschen krank, warum sterben sie?Warum gibt es Kunst und Kultur? Beispielhaft zeigt Thomas Junker, wie erfolgreich die Evolutionsbiologie ... Read more

$11.13 USD

Wie sind Menschen entstanden? Wer waren ihre Vorfahren?Warum gibt es überhaupt Menschen? Warum sehen dieMenschen der verschiedenen Erdteile und Länder anders aus?Warum unterscheiden sich Frauen und Männer in Merkmalen wie Größe und Behaarung? Warum werden Menschen krank, warum sterben sie?Warum gibt es Kunst und Kultur? Beispielhaft zeigt Thomas Junker, wie erfolgreich die Evolutionsbiologie
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Das älteste Glücksspiel

Eine kurze Naturgeschichte der Sexualität

by Veiko Krauß ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Sex prägt wesentlich unser Bild einer lebendigen Natur. Entstanden vor Milliarden Jahren, spielt die Sexualität die Rolle eines Zufallsgenerators, welcher in jeder Generation Erbgut neu zusammenwürfelt. Sie gleicht einem Rüttler, der für die Durchlässigkeit des Siebes der natürlichen Selektion sorgt.Sex tritt bei jeder Art in einer besonderen, durch ihre evolutionäre Geschichte und Lebensweise ... Read more

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Sex prägt wesentlich unser Bild einer lebendigen Natur. Entstanden vor Milliarden Jahren, spielt die Sexualität die Rolle eines Zufallsgenerators, welcher in jeder Generation Erbgut neu zusammenwürfelt. Sie gleicht einem Rüttler, der für die Durchlässigkeit des Siebes der natürlichen Selektion sorgt.Sex tritt bei jeder Art in einer besonderen, durch ihre evolutionäre Geschichte und Lebensweise
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Science Discovers God

by Ariel A. Roth ...

Does God exist? This question simply will not go away-and science itself is providing the answer. Ariel A. Roth, scientist and Christian believer, examines key issues related to the "God question." ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Does God exist? This question simply will not go away-and science itself is providing the answer. Ariel A. Roth, scientist and Christian believer, examines key issues related to the "God question."
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Empirical Theories

Empirical Theory of Evolution

by John Tabu Irungu ...

Series Book 10 - Empirical Theories
There exist a link between the subconscious and consciousness; and evolution. ... Read more

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There exist a link between the subconscious and consciousness; and evolution.
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Reproductive Ecology and Human Evolution

Edited by Peter T. Ellison ...

Series series Evolutionary Foundations of Human Behavior Series
The study of human reproductive ecology represents an important new development in human evolutionary biology. Its focus is on the physiology of human reproduction and evidence of adaptation, and hence the action of natural selection, in that domain. But at the same time the study of human reproductive ecology provides an important perspective on the historical process of human evolution, a lens ... Read more

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The study of human reproductive ecology represents an important new development in human evolutionary biology. Its focus is on the physiology of human reproduction and evidence of adaptation, and hence the action of natural selection, in that domain. But at the same time the study of human reproductive ecology provides an important perspective on the historical process of human evolution, a lens
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Endless Immunity

Rethinking the Immune System

by Marc Daëron ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book takes the reader on an inspiring journey into the immune system, challenging long-held beliefs about immunity. It examines the immune system under historical, philosophical and biological perspectives. It proposes a new way of understanding immunity that goes beyond the binary opposition between self and non-self.Indeed, we, the livings, are chimeras. Mammals, birds, reptiles or fish, ... Read more

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This book takes the reader on an inspiring journey into the immune system, challenging long-held beliefs about immunity. It examines the immune system under historical, philosophical and biological perspectives. It proposes a new way of understanding immunity that goes beyond the binary opposition between self and non-self.Indeed, we, the livings, are chimeras. Mammals, birds, reptiles or fish,
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Se non c’eri, non c’ero

by Telmo Pievani, Giuseppe Remuzzi ...

«Se la Rift Valley non avesse spaccato da nord a sud il continente africano, forse adesso condivideremmo ancora un habitat stabile e rassicurante di foresta pluviale con scimpanzé e gorilla, che nel frattempo abbiamo spinto sull’orlo dell’estinzione.» L’evoluzione umana procede seguendo le sue leggi, prima fra tutte la selezione naturale, ma presenta una componente di casualità genetica e ... Read more

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«Se la Rift Valley non avesse spaccato da nord a sud il continente africano, forse adesso condivideremmo ancora un habitat stabile e rassicurante di foresta pluviale con scimpanzé e gorilla, che nel frattempo abbiamo spinto sull’orlo dell’estinzione.» L’evoluzione umana procede seguendo le sue leggi, prima fra tutte la selezione naturale, ma presenta una componente di casualità genetica e
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Le Fil de la vie

La face immatérielle du vivant

by Jean-Louis Dessalles, Cédric Gaucherel, Pierre-Henri Gouyon ...

Et si certaines entités vivantes n’étaient pas matérielles ? Potentiellement éternelles, en lutte pour la survie, elles évoluent. Elles constituent ce qui unit les êtres à travers le temps. Elles sont le fil de la vie. Ces entités vivantes immatérielles sont des informations. Elles existent à travers nous, dans nos gènes, dans notre culture, dans nos écosystèmes. La vie produit l’information, lit ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Et si certaines entités vivantes n’étaient pas matérielles ? Potentiellement éternelles, en lutte pour la survie, elles évoluent. Elles constituent ce qui unit les êtres à travers le temps. Elles sont le fil de la vie. Ces entités vivantes immatérielles sont des informations. Elles existent à travers nous, dans nos gènes, dans notre culture, dans nos écosystèmes. La vie produit l’information, lit
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Маймуната с прекрасната роба

От първоначалната крехкост към всеобщото съзнание.

by Bruno Del Medico ...

Series Book 953 - BUL - PensareDiverso
В продължение на хилядолетия се описваме като „гола маймуна”: крехко животно, изхвърлено внезапно в света без нокти и броня, заобиколено от неразбираеми природни сили и по-добре оборудвани хищници, прославено от Десмонд Морис, етолог и антрополог, благодарение на известната му книга от 1967 г., озаглавена именно „Голата маймуна”. Изплашено същество, което е научило да оцелява, измисляйки истории, ... Read more

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В продължение на хилядолетия се описваме като „гола маймуна”: крехко животно, изхвърлено внезапно в света без нокти и броня, заобиколено от неразбираеми природни сили и по-добре оборудвани хищници, прославено от Десмонд Морис, етолог и антрополог, благодарение на известната му книга от 1967 г., озаглавена именно „Голата маймуна”. Изплашено същество, което е научило да оцелява, измисляйки истории,
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The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited

Edited by Robert E. Ricklefs, Jonathan B. Losos ...

Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson's The Theory of Island Biogeography, first published by Princeton in 1967, is one of the most influential books on ecology and evolution to appear in the past half century. By developing a general mathematical theory to explain a crucial ecological problem--the regulation of species diversity in island populations--the book transformed the science of ... Read more

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Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson's The Theory of Island Biogeography, first published by Princeton in 1967, is one of the most influential books on ecology and evolution to appear in the past half century. By developing a general mathematical theory to explain a crucial ecological problem--the regulation of species diversity in island populations--the book transformed the science of
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Like Ants

A Model for Human Civilization?

by Andy Turnbull ...

In Like Ants: A Model for Human Civilization?, Andy Turnbull embarks on an enlightening consideration of humanity's survival, evolution, and the lessons we can learn from the fascinating world of ants. Combining thought-provoking research, biological comparisons, and philosophical inquiry, this book delves into the parallels and contrasts between human societies and ant colonies, challenging ... Read more

$20.89 USD

In Like Ants: A Model for Human Civilization?, Andy Turnbull embarks on an enlightening consideration of humanity's survival, evolution, and the lessons we can learn from the fascinating world of ants. Combining thought-provoking research, biological comparisons, and philosophical inquiry, this book delves into the parallels and contrasts between human societies and ant colonies, challenging
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Scars of Evolution

What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins

by Elaine Morgan ...

In this lively and controversial book Elaine Morgan presents a challenging interpretation to the question of human evolution. With brilliant logic she argues that our hominid ancestors began to evolve in response to an aquatic environment.Millions of years ago something happened that caused our ancestors to walk on two legs, to lose their fur, to develop larger brains and learn how to speak. ... Read more

$14.29 USD

In this lively and controversial book Elaine Morgan presents a challenging interpretation to the question of human evolution. With brilliant logic she argues that our hominid ancestors began to evolve in response to an aquatic environment.Millions of years ago something happened that caused our ancestors to walk on two legs, to lose their fur, to develop larger brains and learn how to speak.
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Epigenetics, Development, Ecology and Evolution

Edited by Luis María Vaschetto ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Epigenetic modifications comprise heritable gene expression changes that occur without alteration of the DNA sequence and 'co-act' with genetic factors to shape development processes and evolutionary trajectories. Multicellular organisms receive different types of environmental stimuli/stresses that trigger epigenetic modifications during development. These environmentally driven mechanisms ... Read more

$143.09 USD

Epigenetic modifications comprise heritable gene expression changes that occur without alteration of the DNA sequence and 'co-act' with genetic factors to shape development processes and evolutionary trajectories. Multicellular organisms receive different types of environmental stimuli/stresses that trigger epigenetic modifications during development. These environmentally driven mechanisms
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We, Hominids

An anthropological detective story

by Frank Westerman ...

Translated by Sam Garrett ...

The Dutch bestsellerNominated for Le Prix Nicolas Bouvier'A masterclass in storytelling, exploring who we are and where we came from' Danielle Clode'Gripping and brilliantly told, We Hominids deftly blends personal experience with a journalist's eye for a remarkable story' Mark McKennaWHO ARE WE? WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT FROM ANIMALS? WHAT MAKES US HUMAN?In this... ... Read more

$12.29 USD

The Dutch bestsellerNominated for Le Prix Nicolas Bouvier'A masterclass in storytelling, exploring who we are and where we came from' Danielle Clode'Gripping and brilliantly told, We Hominids deftly blends personal experience with a journalist's eye for a remarkable story' Mark McKennaWHO ARE WE? WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT FROM ANIMALS? WHAT MAKES US HUMAN?In this...
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Applied Eugenics

Exploring the Legacy of Eugenics: Perspectives on Genetics, Society, and Ethics

by Paul Popenoe, Roswell H. Johnson ...

In the collection titled 'Applied Eugenics,' an anthology traversing the intricacies of eugenics, readers are invited to explore a comprehensive array of writings that examine the ambitious yet controversial ideals surrounding genetic selection. Spanning investigative essays and theoretical discourses, this anthology transcends mere academic exploration to interrogate the ethical boundaries and ... Read more

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In the collection titled 'Applied Eugenics,' an anthology traversing the intricacies of eugenics, readers are invited to explore a comprehensive array of writings that examine the ambitious yet controversial ideals surrounding genetic selection. Spanning investigative essays and theoretical discourses, this anthology transcends mere academic exploration to interrogate the ethical boundaries and
... Read more
Primate Behavior and Human Origins

by Glenn King ...

This comprehensive introduction demonstrates the theoretical perspectives and concepts that are applied to primate behavior, and explores the relevance of non-human primates to understanding human behavior. Using a streamlined and student-friendly taxonomic framework, King provides a thorough overview of the primate order. The chapters cover common features and diversity, and touch on ecology, ... Read more

$72.99 USD

This comprehensive introduction demonstrates the theoretical perspectives and concepts that are applied to primate behavior, and explores the relevance of non-human primates to understanding human behavior. Using a streamlined and student-friendly taxonomic framework, King provides a thorough overview of the primate order. The chapters cover common features and diversity, and touch on ecology,
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Biologia, o Mito da Evolução

by VALDEMIR MOTA DE MENEZES ...

Este livro pretende desmistificar de forma suscita a falsa e improvável teoria da evolução, usando somente argumentos lógicos e os dados científicos que temos em mãos, sem necessidade de usar a Bíblia para defender o criacionismo. Todos os ramos da biologia apontam que houve um criador e que a natureza por si só não consegue produzir uma simples célula viva. Veremos o mito da evolução através da ... Read more

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Este livro pretende desmistificar de forma suscita a falsa e improvável teoria da evolução, usando somente argumentos lógicos e os dados científicos que temos em mãos, sem necessidade de usar a Bíblia para defender o criacionismo. Todos os ramos da biologia apontam que houve um criador e que a natureza por si só não consegue produzir uma simples célula viva. Veremos o mito da evolução através da
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In Search of Human Evolution

Field Research in Diverse Environments

by Michael H. Crawford ...

Why would a researcher be willing to subject themselves to scorching heat, frigid conditions, or swarms of Anopheles mosquitoes? For author Michael H. Crawford, the answer is clear. Field research in anthropological genetics helps us answer several basic, universal questions. Who are we? Where did we come from? How did we get here? In Search of Human Evolution synthesizes more than 50 years of ... Read more

$71.99 USD

Why would a researcher be willing to subject themselves to scorching heat, frigid conditions, or swarms of Anopheles mosquitoes? For author Michael H. Crawford, the answer is clear. Field research in anthropological genetics helps us answer several basic, universal questions. Who are we? Where did we come from? How did we get here? In Search of Human Evolution synthesizes more than 50 years of
... Read more
Neurobiological Evolution of Humans

From Neurons to Narratives

by Ali Moghtaderi ...

Our perception of the brain structure and function as an organ full of secrets and mysteries must change, and it is necessary to consider it as a part of the body that is constantly evolving and developing to maintain homeostasis for the entire human organism. New fossils, imaging methods, molecular genetics, comparative anatomy, evolutionary psychology, cognitive concepts in neuroscience, and ... Read more

$77.99 USD

Our perception of the brain structure and function as an organ full of secrets and mysteries must change, and it is necessary to consider it as a part of the body that is constantly evolving and developing to maintain homeostasis for the entire human organism. New fossils, imaging methods, molecular genetics, comparative anatomy, evolutionary psychology, cognitive concepts in neuroscience, and
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