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Of Apes and Ancestors

Evolution, Christianity, and the Oxford Debate

by Ian Hesketh ...

Tell me, sir, is it on your grandmother's or your grandfather's side that you are descended from an ape?In June of 1860, some of Britain's most influential scientific and religious authorities gathered in Oxford to hear a heated debate on the merits of Charles Darwin's recently published Origin of Species. The Bishop of Oxford, "Soapy" Samuel Wilberforce, clashed swords with Darwin's most ... Read more

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Tell me, sir, is it on your grandmother's or your grandfather's side that you are descended from an ape?In June of 1860, some of Britain's most influential scientific and religious authorities gathered in Oxford to hear a heated debate on the merits of Charles Darwin's recently published Origin of Species. The Bishop of Oxford, "Soapy" Samuel Wilberforce, clashed swords with Darwin's most
... Read more
Bones, Genetics, and Behavior of Rhesus Macaques

Macaca Mulatta of Cayo Santiago and Beyond

Edited by Qian Wang ...

Series series Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
Foreword by Phillip V. TobiasThe introduction of rhesus macaques to Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico in 1938, and the subsequent development of the CPRC for biomedical research, continues its long history of stimulating studies in physical anthropology. The CPRC monkey colonies, and the precise demographic data on the derived skeletal collection in the Center’s Laboratory of Primate Morphology and ... Read more

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Foreword by Phillip V. TobiasThe introduction of rhesus macaques to Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico in 1938, and the subsequent development of the CPRC for biomedical research, continues its long history of stimulating studies in physical anthropology. The CPRC monkey colonies, and the precise demographic data on the derived skeletal collection in the Center’s Laboratory of Primate Morphology and
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Guardando alla Cina - il COVID-19 in Italia

(PREVISIONI BASATE SUI DATI UFFICIALI SUL CORONAVIRUS NEL MONDO, IN ITALIA E NELLA REGIONE PUGLIA)

by Olga Maria Stefania Cucaro ...

In questo periodo di crisi iniziato a dicembre in Cina e che continua tuttora ho sentito la necessità, per capirne qualcosa di più come cittadino (mondiale, europeo e italiano), di analizzare i dati che sono disponibili su internet e che tutte le istituzioni più importanti mettono in open access.Ovviamente tutte le previsioni effettuate sono solo tendenze ipotetiche basate su ipotesi personali che ... Read more

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In questo periodo di crisi iniziato a dicembre in Cina e che continua tuttora ho sentito la necessità, per capirne qualcosa di più come cittadino (mondiale, europeo e italiano), di analizzare i dati che sono disponibili su internet e che tutte le istituzioni più importanti mettono in open access.Ovviamente tutte le previsioni effettuate sono solo tendenze ipotetiche basate su ipotesi personali che
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Insects

Evolutionary Success, Unrivaled Diversity, and World Domination

by David B. Rivers ...

An introduction to the intriguing world of insects, from bullet ants to butterflies.Designed as an introduction to the intriguing world of insect biology, this book examines familiar entomological topics in nontraditional ways. Author David B. Rivers gives important concepts relatable context through a pop culture lens, and he covers subjects that are not typical for entomology textbooks, ... Read more

$84.49 USD

An introduction to the intriguing world of insects, from bullet ants to butterflies.Designed as an introduction to the intriguing world of insect biology, this book examines familiar entomological topics in nontraditional ways. Author David B. Rivers gives important concepts relatable context through a pop culture lens, and he covers subjects that are not typical for entomology textbooks,
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Evolution

by William H. Pettit ...

This pamphlet is an appeal to reason and common sense.It is not written specially for scientific experts and hence technical terms have been as far as possible avoided. The student or scientist who desires a more detailed and technical treatment of these problems is referred to larger treatises, of which there are a considerable number.Our purpose is to reach intelligent and thoughtful men and ... Read more

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This pamphlet is an appeal to reason and common sense.It is not written specially for scientific experts and hence technical terms have been as far as possible avoided. The student or scientist who desires a more detailed and technical treatment of these problems is referred to larger treatises, of which there are a considerable number.Our purpose is to reach intelligent and thoughtful men and
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Entangled Life

Organism and Environment in the Biological and Social Sciences

Edited by Eric Desjardins, Gillian Barker, Trevor Pearce ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This volume explores the interactions between organisms and their environments and how this “entanglement” is a fundamental aspect of all life. It brings together the work and ideas of historians, philosophers, biologists, and social scientists, uniting a range of new perspectives, methods, and frameworks for examining and understanding the ways that organisms and environments interact.The volume ... Read more

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This volume explores the interactions between organisms and their environments and how this “entanglement” is a fundamental aspect of all life. It brings together the work and ideas of historians, philosophers, biologists, and social scientists, uniting a range of new perspectives, methods, and frameworks for examining and understanding the ways that organisms and environments interact.The volume
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El Origen del Hombre

by Charles Darwin ...

Charles Darwin escribió "El Origen del Hombre" en 1871, donde aplicó sus ideas evolutivas a la comprensión de la historia humana. En este libro, Darwin aplicó los principios de su teoría evolutiva, como la selección natural y la descendencia con modificaciones, a la comprensión de la historia evolutiva de la especie humana. Darwin argumentó que los humanos compartían un ancestro común con otros ... Read more

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Charles Darwin escribió "El Origen del Hombre" en 1871, donde aplicó sus ideas evolutivas a la comprensión de la historia humana. En este libro, Darwin aplicó los principios de su teoría evolutiva, como la selección natural y la descendencia con modificaciones, a la comprensión de la historia evolutiva de la especie humana. Darwin argumentó que los humanos compartían un ancestro común con otros
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Cladocera as Model Organisms in Biology

Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Cladocera, held in Bergen, Norway, 9–16 August 1993

Edited by Petter Larsson, Lawrence J. Weider ...

Series Book 107 - Developments in Hydrobiology
The Third International Symposium on Cladocera, papers from which make up this volume, covered recent findings on the behaviour, life history, population genetics, reproduction, chemical communication, predator-prey interactions, epibionts, taxonomy, phylogeny, palaeolimnology and biogeography of this animal group.The Cladocera occupy an intermediate position in lake ecosystems, both as plankton ... Read more

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The Third International Symposium on Cladocera, papers from which make up this volume, covered recent findings on the behaviour, life history, population genetics, reproduction, chemical communication, predator-prey interactions, epibionts, taxonomy, phylogeny, palaeolimnology and biogeography of this animal group.The Cladocera occupy an intermediate position in lake ecosystems, both as plankton
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Morphology, Shape and Phylogeny

Edited by Norman MacLeod, Peter L. Forey ...

Series series Systematics Association Special Volumes
Generally, biologists and mathematicians who study the shape and form of organisms have largely been working in isolation from those who work on evolutionary relationships through the analysis of common characteristics. Increasingly however, dialogue between the two communities is beginning to develop - but other than a handful of journal papers, there has been no formal, published discussion on ... Read more

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Generally, biologists and mathematicians who study the shape and form of organisms have largely been working in isolation from those who work on evolutionary relationships through the analysis of common characteristics. Increasingly however, dialogue between the two communities is beginning to develop - but other than a handful of journal papers, there has been no formal, published discussion on
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Darwin: E se houver algo mais?

by Decio Martins de Medeiros ...

O que a ciência pode explicar? O que ela ainda não consegue? E o que fazemos com os mistérios que permanecem?Este livro provocador e acessível convida o leitor a revisitar as ideias de Charles Darwin com respeito, mas também com espírito crítico. Partindo de uma das maiores lacunas da teoria da evolução — a Explosão Cambriana — o autor conduz uma jornada por evidências fósseis, genéticas e ... Read more

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O que a ciência pode explicar? O que ela ainda não consegue? E o que fazemos com os mistérios que permanecem?Este livro provocador e acessível convida o leitor a revisitar as ideias de Charles Darwin com respeito, mas também com espírito crítico. Partindo de uma das maiores lacunas da teoria da evolução — a Explosão Cambriana — o autor conduz uma jornada por evidências fósseis, genéticas e
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The Topological Model of Genome and Evolution

Understanding the Origin and Nature of Life

by Pradeep Chhaya ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book deals with the missing link in the domain of functional genomics viz. genomic architecture. It begins with a deconstruction of the Darwinian paradigm using the proposed model of modified involuted manifolds. It recasts the process of natural selection as a process of information transfer. Using a topological model, this book outlines a new genomic architecture. The key argument for this ... Read more

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This book deals with the missing link in the domain of functional genomics viz. genomic architecture. It begins with a deconstruction of the Darwinian paradigm using the proposed model of modified involuted manifolds. It recasts the process of natural selection as a process of information transfer. Using a topological model, this book outlines a new genomic architecture. The key argument for this
... Read more
Dinosaurs

The Textbook

by Spencer Lucas ...

Geared toward a broad variety of students, Dinosaurs: The Textbook offers a concise and lucid presentation of the core biological and geological concepts of dinosaur science. Revised throughout to reflect recent fossil discoveries and the current scientific consensus, this seventh edition details the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of various dinosaur species while modeling the best ... Read more

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Geared toward a broad variety of students, Dinosaurs: The Textbook offers a concise and lucid presentation of the core biological and geological concepts of dinosaur science. Revised throughout to reflect recent fossil discoveries and the current scientific consensus, this seventh edition details the evolution, phylogeny, and classification of various dinosaur species while modeling the best
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Handbook of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

by Tancredo Souza ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The Handbook of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi 2e is an indispensable resource for undergraduate students and early-career researchers seeking a comprehensive introduction to the field of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). It provides a foundational understanding of AMF biology, classification, and ecological significance, presenting up-to-date information and protocols in a clear and accessible ... Read more

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The Handbook of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi 2e is an indispensable resource for undergraduate students and early-career researchers seeking a comprehensive introduction to the field of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). It provides a foundational understanding of AMF biology, classification, and ecological significance, presenting up-to-date information and protocols in a clear and accessible
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Translation in Mitochondria and Other Organelles

Edited by Anne-Marie Duchêne ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The present book gives an overview on the similarities and differences of the various translation systems. Moreover, it highlights the mechanisms and control of translation in mitochondria and other organelles such as chloroplasts, plastids and apicoplasts in different organisms. Lastly, it offers an outlook on future developments and applications that might be made possible by a better ... Read more

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The present book gives an overview on the similarities and differences of the various translation systems. Moreover, it highlights the mechanisms and control of translation in mitochondria and other organelles such as chloroplasts, plastids and apicoplasts in different organisms. Lastly, it offers an outlook on future developments and applications that might be made possible by a better
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The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species

by Charles Darwin ...

The Introduction begins: "The subject of the present volume, namely the differently formed flowers normally produced by certain kinds of plants, either on the same stock or on distinct stocks, ought to have been treated by a professed botanist, to which distinction I can lay no claim. As far as the sexual relations of flowers are concerned, Linnaeus long ago divided them into hermaphrodite, ... Read more

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The Introduction begins: "The subject of the present volume, namely the differently formed flowers normally produced by certain kinds of plants, either on the same stock or on distinct stocks, ought to have been treated by a professed botanist, to which distinction I can lay no claim. As far as the sexual relations of flowers are concerned, Linnaeus long ago divided them into hermaphrodite,
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Randomly Speaking

by Alfonso Borello ...

A collection of short essays on Cosmology, Science and Evolution also published as singles under the titles: M-Could You Be on Another Dimension, War of the Currents, The Ducati Girl, Darwin, and the Pig of Nebraska. ... Read more

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A collection of short essays on Cosmology, Science and Evolution also published as singles under the titles: M-Could You Be on Another Dimension, War of the Currents, The Ducati Girl, Darwin, and the Pig of Nebraska.
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A Most Improbable Story

The Evolution of the Universe, Life, and Humankind

by Steven J. Theroux ...

This book is a "Big History" of the evidence regarding how we came to be. It briefly explores philosophical thought and how our past might affect our future. The text summarizes different perspectives, including the strengths and weaknesses of each. The genesis of our planet is explored, especially the circumstances that must exist for complex life to arise. This brief journey highlights the ... Read more

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This book is a "Big History" of the evidence regarding how we came to be. It briefly explores philosophical thought and how our past might affect our future. The text summarizes different perspectives, including the strengths and weaknesses of each. The genesis of our planet is explored, especially the circumstances that must exist for complex life to arise. This brief journey highlights the
... Read more
The Liverworts and Hornworts of Colombia and Ecuador

by S. Robbert Gradstein ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides keys, descriptions and illustrations for about 850 species of liverworts and hornworts, in 148 genera and 47 families, of Colombia and Ecuador. The largest genera are Lejeunea (66 spp.), Plagiochila (65), Frullania (54), Radula (33), Metzgeria (33), Cololejeunea (32), Cheilolejeunea (30), Bazzania (26), Drepanolejeunea (25), Ceratolejeunea (18), Diplasiolejeunea (18), and <... ... Read more

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This book provides keys, descriptions and illustrations for about 850 species of liverworts and hornworts, in 148 genera and 47 families, of Colombia and Ecuador. The largest genera are Lejeunea (66 spp.), Plagiochila (65), Frullania (54), Radula (33), Metzgeria (33), Cololejeunea (32), Cheilolejeunea (30), Bazzania (26), Drepanolejeunea (25), Ceratolejeunea (18), Diplasiolejeunea (18), and <...
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Evolutionary Biogeography

An Integrative Approach with Case Studies

by Juan Morrone ...

Rather than favoring only one approach, Juan J. Morrone proposes a comprehensive treatment of the developments and theories of evolutionary biogeography. Evolutionary biogeography uses distributional, phylogenetic, molecular, and fossil data to assess the historical changes that have produced current biotic patterns. Panbiogeography, parsimony analysis of endemicity, cladistic biogeography, and ... Read more

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Rather than favoring only one approach, Juan J. Morrone proposes a comprehensive treatment of the developments and theories of evolutionary biogeography. Evolutionary biogeography uses distributional, phylogenetic, molecular, and fossil data to assess the historical changes that have produced current biotic patterns. Panbiogeography, parsimony analysis of endemicity, cladistic biogeography, and
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The Tomb of the Mili Mongga

Fossils, Folklore, and Adventures at the Edge of Reality

by Samuel Turvey ...

'The Tomb of the Mili Mongga lives up to its magnificent billing' DAILY TELEGRAPH-A fossil expedition becomes a thrilling search for a mythical beast deep in the Indonesian forest – and a fascinating look at how fossils, folklore, and biodiversity converge.A tale of exciting scientific discovery, The Tomb of the Mili Mongga tells the story of Samuel Turvey's expeditions to the island of Sumba in e ... Read more

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'The Tomb of the Mili Mongga lives up to its magnificent billing' DAILY TELEGRAPH-A fossil expedition becomes a thrilling search for a mythical beast deep in the Indonesian forest – and a fascinating look at how fossils, folklore, and biodiversity converge.A tale of exciting scientific discovery, The Tomb of the Mili Mongga tells the story of Samuel Turvey's expeditions to the island of Sumba in e
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Principles of Animal Behaviour

Aspects of Behavioural Biology and Evolution

Edited by Tanmoy Rana ...

This textbook for advanced graduate and postgraduate veterinary students introduces animal behaviour, offering insights into its origins, cognitive aspects, communication, environmental influences, biological mechanisms, complex behaviours, adaptive strategies, and practical applications. The initial chapters present fundamental principles underpinning animal behavior, elucidating the roles of ... Read more

$166.99 USD

This textbook for advanced graduate and postgraduate veterinary students introduces animal behaviour, offering insights into its origins, cognitive aspects, communication, environmental influences, biological mechanisms, complex behaviours, adaptive strategies, and practical applications. The initial chapters present fundamental principles underpinning animal behavior, elucidating the roles of
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Darwin's Chronic Illness

Solving a 19th-Century Medical Mystery

by John A. Hayman, Adam S. Wilkins ...

The lifelong illness suffered by the great biologist Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) has been long puzzled-over and mis-diagnosed. Some diagnoses are incomplete, accounting for just a few symptoms, and some are plain wrong. Others have attributed it to psychiatric illness. Darwin's Chronic Illness is a medical detective story: one that offers an entirely new account of this mysterious illness and a ... Read more

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The lifelong illness suffered by the great biologist Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882) has been long puzzled-over and mis-diagnosed. Some diagnoses are incomplete, accounting for just a few symptoms, and some are plain wrong. Others have attributed it to psychiatric illness. Darwin's Chronic Illness is a medical detective story: one that offers an entirely new account of this mysterious illness and a
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Our Future as Humans

by Lou Shook ...

“Throughout our history, we humans have been driven by the goal of a better life, driven to reach a level of major achievement. As such, the liberal world order established by the United States a little over seven decades ago, has been a long period of prosperity, widespread democracy, and peace among the great powers - a dramatic departure from the historical norm.“Today, with the tremendous ... Read more

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“Throughout our history, we humans have been driven by the goal of a better life, driven to reach a level of major achievement. As such, the liberal world order established by the United States a little over seven decades ago, has been a long period of prosperity, widespread democracy, and peace among the great powers - a dramatic departure from the historical norm.“Today, with the tremendous
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Conceptual Change in Biology

Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives on Evolution and Development

Edited by Alan C. Love ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This volume explores questions about conceptual change from both scientific and philosophical viewpoints by analyzing the recent history of evolutionary developmental biology. It features revised papers that originated from the workshop "Conceptual Change in Biological Science: Evolutionary Developmental Biology, 1981-2011" held at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin in ... Read more

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This volume explores questions about conceptual change from both scientific and philosophical viewpoints by analyzing the recent history of evolutionary developmental biology. It features revised papers that originated from the workshop "Conceptual Change in Biological Science: Evolutionary Developmental Biology, 1981-2011" held at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin in
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