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Where Did They Come From? The Origins of South American Fauna

by Lee E. Harding ...

Where Did They Come From? The Origins of South American Fauna offers a fascinating journey into the origins of South American flora and fauna. Exploring life on the continent before and after the breakup of Gondwana, it delves into how creatures arrived in South America, be it through drifting across oceans or traversing land bridges. From birds and reptiles to mammals and fish, this book provides ... Read more

$28.09 USD

Where Did They Come From? The Origins of South American Fauna offers a fascinating journey into the origins of South American flora and fauna. Exploring life on the continent before and after the breakup of Gondwana, it delves into how creatures arrived in South America, be it through drifting across oceans or traversing land bridges. From birds and reptiles to mammals and fish, this book provides
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Researching Biology and Evolution in the Gulf States

Networks of Science in the Middle East

by Jörg Matthias Determann ...

Officials and religious scholars in the Gulf states have repeatedly banned the teaching of the theory of evolution because of its association with atheism. But Jorg Matthias Determann argues here that, despite official prohibition, research on biological evolution has flourished, due in large part to the development of academic and professional networks. This book traces these networks through the ... Read more

$33.19 USD

Officials and religious scholars in the Gulf states have repeatedly banned the teaching of the theory of evolution because of its association with atheism. But Jorg Matthias Determann argues here that, despite official prohibition, research on biological evolution has flourished, due in large part to the development of academic and professional networks. This book traces these networks through the
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The Riddle of the Rainbow

From Early Legends and Symbolism to the Secrets of Light and Colour

by John Naylor ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Rainbows have been a source of fascination since time immemorial. They have been the subject of myth and superstition, an inspiration to poets, a challenge to painters, the object of intense scientific interest and a touchstone for ideas about the nature of light and colour. Above all, the rainbow has been the embodiment of wonder from the earliest times to the present day.Beginning with the ... Read more

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Rainbows have been a source of fascination since time immemorial. They have been the subject of myth and superstition, an inspiration to poets, a challenge to painters, the object of intense scientific interest and a touchstone for ideas about the nature of light and colour. Above all, the rainbow has been the embodiment of wonder from the earliest times to the present day.Beginning with the
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The Human Lineage

by Matt Cartmill, Fred H. Smith ...

Series series Foundation of Human Biology
The newly revised and thoroughly updated standard source for mastering the human fossil record.This new edition of The Human Lineage is the best and most current guide to the morphological, geological, paleontological, and archeological evidence for the story of human evolution. This comprehensive textbook presents the history, methods, and issues of paleoanthropology through detailed analyses of ... Read more

$125.00 USD

The newly revised and thoroughly updated standard source for mastering the human fossil record.This new edition of The Human Lineage is the best and most current guide to the morphological, geological, paleontological, and archeological evidence for the story of human evolution. This comprehensive textbook presents the history, methods, and issues of paleoanthropology through detailed analyses of
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Human Evolutionary Genetics

by Mark Jobling, Brenna Henn, Edward Hollox, Toomas Kivisild, Luca Pagani, Chris Tyler-Smith ...

Human Evolutionary Genetics reaches its third edition at a time when sequencing and analyzing whole genomes, modern and ancient, has become rapid, affordable, and routine. These advances have led to an avalanche of data on present-day and archaic humans, and a remarkable series of revelations about our past. This new and completely revised edition makes sense of this rich and complex information, ... Read more

$103.99 USD

Human Evolutionary Genetics reaches its third edition at a time when sequencing and analyzing whole genomes, modern and ancient, has become rapid, affordable, and routine. These advances have led to an avalanche of data on present-day and archaic humans, and a remarkable series of revelations about our past. This new and completely revised edition makes sense of this rich and complex information,
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Darwinism stated by Darwin himself

Enriched edition. Characteristic passages from the writings of Charles Darwin

by Charles Darwin, Vanessa Winslow ...

In "Darwinism stated by Darwin himself," Charles Darwin articulates the foundational concepts of his groundbreaking theory of evolution, emphasizing natural selection as the primary mechanism of gradual species change. The book is marked by a meticulous literary style that blends scientific rigor with accessible language, allowing both scholars and lay readers to engage with profound ideas. ... Read more

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In "Darwinism stated by Darwin himself," Charles Darwin articulates the foundational concepts of his groundbreaking theory of evolution, emphasizing natural selection as the primary mechanism of gradual species change. The book is marked by a meticulous literary style that blends scientific rigor with accessible language, allowing both scholars and lay readers to engage with profound ideas.
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Primates in History, Myth, Art, and Science

Edited by Cecilia Veracini, Bernard Wood ...

Non-human primates (hereafter just primates) play a special role in human societies, especially in regions where modern humans and primates co-exist. Primates feature in myths and legends and in traditional indigenous knowledge. Explorers observed them in the wild and brought them, at great cost, to Europe. There they were valued as pets and for display, their images featured in art and ... Read more

$77.99 USD

Non-human primates (hereafter just primates) play a special role in human societies, especially in regions where modern humans and primates co-exist. Primates feature in myths and legends and in traditional indigenous knowledge. Explorers observed them in the wild and brought them, at great cost, to Europe. There they were valued as pets and for display, their images featured in art and
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Nature of Information

Shaping Reality, Life, and Consciousness

by Joram Beda ...

This book redefines our understanding of information as more than mere data or communication—it presents information as the fundamental fabric of reality itself. Drawing from disciplines as diverse as quantum physics, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and metaphysics, the book explores how information operates as a dynamic, organising force that sculpts the cosmos, ... Read more

$60.99 USD

This book redefines our understanding of information as more than mere data or communication—it presents information as the fundamental fabric of reality itself. Drawing from disciplines as diverse as quantum physics, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and metaphysics, the book explores how information operates as a dynamic, organising force that sculpts the cosmos,
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The Great Pheromone Myth

by Richard L. Doty ...

Mammalian pheromones, audiomones, visuomones, and snarks—Richard Doty argues that they all belong in the same category: objects of imagination.For more than 50 years, researchers—including many prominent scientists—have identified pheromones as the triggers for a wide range of mammalian behaviors and endocrine responses. In this provocative book, renowned olfaction expert Richard L. Doty rejects ... Read more

$59.89 USD

Mammalian pheromones, audiomones, visuomones, and snarks—Richard Doty argues that they all belong in the same category: objects of imagination.For more than 50 years, researchers—including many prominent scientists—have identified pheromones as the triggers for a wide range of mammalian behaviors and endocrine responses. In this provocative book, renowned olfaction expert Richard L. Doty rejects
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Эволюция. Классические идеи в свете новых открытий

by Александр Марков, Елена Наймарк ...

Series series Элементы (Россия)
Что такое польза? Как случайная мутация превращает аутсайдеров в процветающих победителей? Что важнее для эволюции — война или сотрудничество? Книга Александра Маркова и Елены Наймарк рассказывает о новейших исследованиях молекулярных генетиков и находках палеонтологов, которые дают ответы на эти и многие другие вопросы о видоизменениях в природе. Тысячи открытий, совершенных со времен Дарвина, ... Read more

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Что такое польза? Как случайная мутация превращает аутсайдеров в процветающих победителей? Что важнее для эволюции — война или сотрудничество? Книга Александра Маркова и Елены Наймарк рассказывает о новейших исследованиях молекулярных генетиков и находках палеонтологов, которые дают ответы на эти и многие другие вопросы о видоизменениях в природе. Тысячи открытий, совершенных со времен Дарвина,
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A History of Birds

by James Fisher ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1954, A History of Birds by James Fisher is a pioneering exploration of ornithology, tracing the evolution of bird studies from manuscript traditions to modern scientific approaches. Covering topics like systematics, geographical distribution, speciation, bird populations, and their relationship with humans, Fisher provides a comprehensive analysis of avian history and ecology. ... Read more

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First published in 1954, A History of Birds by James Fisher is a pioneering exploration of ornithology, tracing the evolution of bird studies from manuscript traditions to modern scientific approaches. Covering topics like systematics, geographical distribution, speciation, bird populations, and their relationship with humans, Fisher provides a comprehensive analysis of avian history and ecology.
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Ластик на конце карандаша

by David C. Sterling ...

Каждая окаменелость — это статистическая погрешность.За миллионы лет геологическая эрозия стирает почти всё: горы превращаются в песок, континенты сходятся и снова расходятся, целые побережья уходят под воду и всплывают заново — дочиста стёртые. От девяноста девяти процентов всего, что когда-либо жило, строило и мыслило на этой планете, не осталось и следа.Так была ли на Земле разумная цивилизация ... Read more

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Каждая окаменелость — это статистическая погрешность.За миллионы лет геологическая эрозия стирает почти всё: горы превращаются в песок, континенты сходятся и снова расходятся, целые побережья уходят под воду и всплывают заново — дочиста стёртые. От девяноста девяти процентов всего, что когда-либо жило, строило и мыслило на этой планете, не осталось и следа.Так была ли на Земле разумная цивилизация
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Una breu història de gairebé tot 2.0

by Bill Bryson ...

Translated by Joan Solé ...

UN BESTSELLER INTERNACIONAL QUE HA VENUT MÉS DE 2 MILIONS D'EXEMPLARS A TOT EL MÓN.Viatger empedreït i divulgador brillant i entusiasta, Bill Bryson és incapaç de contenir la seva sorpresa davant del món que ens envolta. Una breu historia de gaire bé tot 2.0 neix del seu desig de comprendre com hem passat del Big Bang a l'aparició de les primeres civilitzacions, i quins han sigut els grans ... Read more

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UN BESTSELLER INTERNACIONAL QUE HA VENUT MÉS DE 2 MILIONS D'EXEMPLARS A TOT EL MÓN.Viatger empedreït i divulgador brillant i entusiasta, Bill Bryson és incapaç de contenir la seva sorpresa davant del món que ens envolta. Una breu historia de gaire bé tot 2.0 neix del seu desig de comprendre com hem passat del Big Bang a l'aparició de les primeres civilitzacions, i quins han sigut els grans
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Complexity in Universal Evolution

A Big History Perspective

Edited by David J. LePoire, Leonid Grinin, Andrey Korotayev ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
This book offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of how complexity emerges, transforms, and accelerates across the entire 13.8-billion-year history of the Universe. It brings together chapters from leading researchers to explore the deep structure of complexity—from cosmic origins and planetary evolution to biological innovation, human development, civilizational dynamics, and ... Read more

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This book offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of how complexity emerges, transforms, and accelerates across the entire 13.8-billion-year history of the Universe. It brings together chapters from leading researchers to explore the deep structure of complexity—from cosmic origins and planetary evolution to biological innovation, human development, civilizational dynamics, and
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life

by Charles Darwin ...

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. For the sixth edition of 1872, the short title was changed to The Origin of Species. ... Read more

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Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. For the sixth edition of 1872, the short title was changed to The Origin of Species.
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Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France

The Spirit of the Enlightenment

by R.L. Williams ...

Series series History (R0)
The book describes the innovations that enabled botany, in the Eighteenth century, to emerge as an independent science, independent from medicine and herbalism. This encompassed the development of a reliable system for plant classification and the invention of a nomenclature that could be universally applied and understood. The key that enabled Linnaeus to devise his classification system was the ... Read more

$89.09 USD

The book describes the innovations that enabled botany, in the Eighteenth century, to emerge as an independent science, independent from medicine and herbalism. This encompassed the development of a reliable system for plant classification and the invention of a nomenclature that could be universally applied and understood. The key that enabled Linnaeus to devise his classification system was the
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Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality

Theoretical and Empirical Contributions from the Biological and Behavioral Sciences

Edited by David C. Rowe, Warren B. Miller, Joseph Lee Rodgers ...

Recent work in quantitative biology has shown theoretically why Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection does not preclude genetic influences on fertility, sexuality, and related processes. Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality takes the next step, and presents a number of successful empirical searches for such genetic influence on a broad range of processes, such as puberty ... Read more

$188.09 USD

Recent work in quantitative biology has shown theoretically why Fisher's Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection does not preclude genetic influences on fertility, sexuality, and related processes. Genetic Influences on Human Fertility and Sexuality takes the next step, and presents a number of successful empirical searches for such genetic influence on a broad range of processes, such as puberty
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ProGenesis

95 Theses Against Evolution

by Dr. jur. Dieter Aebi, Dr. med. Markus Bourquin, Dr. chem. Ruedi Hartmann ...

In the natural sciences today, research and teaching are often carried out on the assumption of evolution.The evolution theory is at present one of the main basic concepts of the scientific community. However, there are at least 75 scientific arguments that invalidate the evolution theory. 95 Theses Against Evolution makes it clear that alternative concepts are necessary, such as ID (intelligent ... Read more

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In the natural sciences today, research and teaching are often carried out on the assumption of evolution.The evolution theory is at present one of the main basic concepts of the scientific community. However, there are at least 75 scientific arguments that invalidate the evolution theory. 95 Theses Against Evolution makes it clear that alternative concepts are necessary, such as ID (intelligent
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Evolution

by Frank B. Jevrons ...

The object of this volume is to raise the question: if we accept the Theory of Evolution as true in science, how should it modify the thought and action of a man who wishes to do his best in this world? The question is necessary because we find that different and inconsistent conclusions on the point have been reached by men speaking in the name of science and speaking with authority. ... Read more

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The object of this volume is to raise the question: if we accept the Theory of Evolution as true in science, how should it modify the thought and action of a man who wishes to do his best in this world? The question is necessary because we find that different and inconsistent conclusions on the point have been reached by men speaking in the name of science and speaking with authority.
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Viaje de un naturalista alrededor del mundo

by Charles Darwin ...

Series series ensayos74
Con 22 años, Darwin inició un viaje a bordo del barco del capitán Fitz-Roy, el Beagle. Dicho viaje alrededor del mundo duró 5 años. Este viaje para Darwin fue el origen de su conocida teoría observando y analizando la evolución de las distintas especies de la Tierra.Publicado en 1839, este libro escrito en forma de diario incluye sus avatares durante el viaje y sus anotaciones científicas sobre la ... Read more

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Con 22 años, Darwin inició un viaje a bordo del barco del capitán Fitz-Roy, el Beagle. Dicho viaje alrededor del mundo duró 5 años. Este viaje para Darwin fue el origen de su conocida teoría observando y analizando la evolución de las distintas especies de la Tierra.Publicado en 1839, este libro escrito en forma de diario incluye sus avatares durante el viaje y sus anotaciones científicas sobre la
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The Effect of External Influences upon Development

Enriched edition. Unraveling the Biology of Evolution and Development through External Influences

by August Weismann, Tara Reid ...

In "The Effect of External Influences upon Development," August Weismann presents a groundbreaking exploration of the interplay between environmental factors and biological evolution. Written in a rigorous yet accessible style, Weismann intricately examines how external stimuli shape the developmental pathways of organisms, offering insights that challenge the then-conventional Lamarckian views of ... Read more

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In "The Effect of External Influences upon Development," August Weismann presents a groundbreaking exploration of the interplay between environmental factors and biological evolution. Written in a rigorous yet accessible style, Weismann intricately examines how external stimuli shape the developmental pathways of organisms, offering insights that challenge the then-conventional Lamarckian views of
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Essays on Darwinism

Exploring the Depths of Evolution: An Analytical Journey into Darwinian Theory

by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing ...

In "Essays on Darwinism," Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing presents a critical examination of Charles Darwin's theories, engaging with the broader implications of evolutionary thought during the late 19th century. Through a series of essays characterized by their eloquent prose and intellectual rigor, Stebbing navigates the philosophical and ethical dimensions of Darwinian theory, addressing both ... Read more

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In "Essays on Darwinism," Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing presents a critical examination of Charles Darwin's theories, engaging with the broader implications of evolutionary thought during the late 19th century. Through a series of essays characterized by their eloquent prose and intellectual rigor, Stebbing navigates the philosophical and ethical dimensions of Darwinian theory, addressing both
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Evolution of the Human Diet

The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable

Edited by Peter S. Ungar ...

Series series Human Evolution Series
We are interested in the evolution of hominin diets for several reasons. One is the fundamental concern over our present-day eating habits and the consequences of our societal choices, such as obesity prevalent in some cultures and starvation in others. Another is that humans have learned to feed themselves in extremely varied environments, and these adaptations, which are fundamentally different ... Read more

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We are interested in the evolution of hominin diets for several reasons. One is the fundamental concern over our present-day eating habits and the consequences of our societal choices, such as obesity prevalent in some cultures and starvation in others. Another is that humans have learned to feed themselves in extremely varied environments, and these adaptations, which are fundamentally different
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Man's Place in Nature, 1863

by Thomas Henry Huxley ...

Huxley was one of the first adherents to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and advanced its acceptance by scientists and the public. Man's Place in Nature was explicitly directed against Richard Owen, who had claimed that there were distinct differences between human brains and those of apes. Huxley demonstrated that ape and human brains were fundamentally similar in every ... Read more

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Huxley was one of the first adherents to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and advanced its acceptance by scientists and the public. Man's Place in Nature was explicitly directed against Richard Owen, who had claimed that there were distinct differences between human brains and those of apes. Huxley demonstrated that ape and human brains were fundamentally similar in every
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