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The Neglected Ape

Edited by R.D. Nadler, Biruté M.F. Galdikas, N. Rosen, Lori K. Sheeran ...

The orangutan is the most highly endangered species of great ape. Orangutans are threatened by deforestation, poaching, the illegal pet trade, and the isolation and fragmen tation of dwindling wild populations. Their conservation is impeded by certain aspects of their ecology (e. g. , a rain forest habitat) and certain features of their life history (e. g. , an eight-to twelve-year interbirth ... Read more

$143.99 USD

The orangutan is the most highly endangered species of great ape. Orangutans are threatened by deforestation, poaching, the illegal pet trade, and the isolation and fragmen tation of dwindling wild populations. Their conservation is impeded by certain aspects of their ecology (e. g. , a rain forest habitat) and certain features of their life history (e. g. , an eight-to twelve-year interbirth
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Freshwater Mussels of Central America

by Kevin S. Cummings, Daniel L. Graf, John M. Pfeiffer, Jeremy S. Tiemann ...

This book describes a fauna of global conservation concern and provides a framework for researchers to begin to test hypotheses regarding the evolution of freshwater mussels in Central America. Placing the Central American fauna in context with that of North and South America, the authors fill a gap in our knowledge of this endangered and largely endemic fauna. This book:Provides a full‑color ... Read more

$249.99 USD

This book describes a fauna of global conservation concern and provides a framework for researchers to begin to test hypotheses regarding the evolution of freshwater mussels in Central America. Placing the Central American fauna in context with that of North and South America, the authors fill a gap in our knowledge of this endangered and largely endemic fauna. This book:Provides a full‑color
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Secondo natura

Come l'evoluzione ci aiuta a ripensare il cancro

by Athena Aktipis ...

Translated by Lavinia Ferrone ...

Series series Saggi Pop
Quando pensiamo alle forze che hanno dato vita al cancro non pensiamo all’evoluzione. In realtà le due cose sono strettamente connesse: il processo storico che ha creato la vita è il medesimo che crea il cancro. Questo saggio torna indietro a milioni di anni fa, al momento in cui le forme unicellulari diventarono organismi multicellulari, e fra quei corpi di cellule cooperanti emersero quelle che ... Read more

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Quando pensiamo alle forze che hanno dato vita al cancro non pensiamo all’evoluzione. In realtà le due cose sono strettamente connesse: il processo storico che ha creato la vita è il medesimo che crea il cancro. Questo saggio torna indietro a milioni di anni fa, al momento in cui le forme unicellulari diventarono organismi multicellulari, e fra quei corpi di cellule cooperanti emersero quelle che
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Darwin's Psychology

by Ben Bradley ...

Darwin has long been hailed as forefather to behavioural science, especially nowadays, with the growing popularity of evolutionary psychologies. Yet, until now, his contribution to the field of psychology has been somewhat understated. This is the first book ever to examine the riches of what Darwin himself wrote about psychological matters. It unearths a Darwin new to contemporary science, whose ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Darwin has long been hailed as forefather to behavioural science, especially nowadays, with the growing popularity of evolutionary psychologies. Yet, until now, his contribution to the field of psychology has been somewhat understated. This is the first book ever to examine the riches of what Darwin himself wrote about psychological matters. It unearths a Darwin new to contemporary science, whose
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Infectious Disease

A Very Short Introduction

by Marta Wayne, Benjamin Bolker ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways that spread disease. But where does disease come from? How is it transmitted from one person to another? And why are some individuals more susceptible than others? ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways that spread disease. But where does disease come from? How is it transmitted from one person to another? And why are some individuals more susceptible than others?
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Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes

Edited by D T J Littlewood, R. A. Bray ...

Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes elucidates the role of the flatworms in the animal kingdom. It brings together results from an international group of experts, spanning many disciplines, who give evidence for the phylogeny of flatworms and constituent major taxa. A combined approach, using traditional comparative techniques along with the modern techniques of molecular phylogeny, is ... Read more

$94.99 USD

Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes elucidates the role of the flatworms in the animal kingdom. It brings together results from an international group of experts, spanning many disciplines, who give evidence for the phylogeny of flatworms and constituent major taxa. A combined approach, using traditional comparative techniques along with the modern techniques of molecular phylogeny, is
... Read more
Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes

Edited by Jan Tachezy ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The new edition focuses on the latest information on mitochondrion-derived organelles, particularly on hydrogenosomes and mitosomes. It has become more and more evident that hydrogenosomes and mitosomes are just two specific members of larger family of organelles derived to various extent from mitochondria due to adaptation to oxygen-poor environment and to the parasitic life style. Since the 1st ... Read more

$143.09 USD

The new edition focuses on the latest information on mitochondrion-derived organelles, particularly on hydrogenosomes and mitosomes. It has become more and more evident that hydrogenosomes and mitosomes are just two specific members of larger family of organelles derived to various extent from mitochondria due to adaptation to oxygen-poor environment and to the parasitic life style. Since the 1st
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Long-Term Field Studies of Primates

Edited by Peter M. Kappeler, David P. Watts ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Some primate field studies have been on-going for decades, covering significant portions of individual life cycles or even multiple generations. In this volume, leading field workers report on the history and infrastructure of their projects in Madagascar, Africa, Asia and South America. More importantly, they provide summaries of their long-term research efforts on primate behaviour, ecology and ... Read more

$143.09 USD

Some primate field studies have been on-going for decades, covering significant portions of individual life cycles or even multiple generations. In this volume, leading field workers report on the history and infrastructure of their projects in Madagascar, Africa, Asia and South America. More importantly, they provide summaries of their long-term research efforts on primate behaviour, ecology and
... Read more
The Three Domains of Life

A Brief History of Biodiversity

by Andrea Maria Francesco Valli ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book unpacks the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, the intriguing theory of endosymbiosis, the emergence of the first animals, and culminates in a sweeping overview of the Phanerozoic eons. How did life begin? What were the first living organisms? And how did we arrive at the astonishing biological diversity that surrounds us today?In this book, the author takes us on a ... Read more

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This book unpacks the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, the intriguing theory of endosymbiosis, the emergence of the first animals, and culminates in a sweeping overview of the Phanerozoic eons. How did life begin? What were the first living organisms? And how did we arrive at the astonishing biological diversity that surrounds us today?In this book, the author takes us on a
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Restoring Meaning: Evolution Revisited

by Albert Low ...

"Restoring Meaning: Evolution Revisited" offers an original and fertile way to integrate spiritual and scientific views of human evolution. It offers a new and refreshing alternative to the way we think about our origins: random mutation (mechanistic neo-Darwinism), Genesis (God did it all personally), and Intelligent Design (God personally does what we can't otherwise account for). The result is ... Read more

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"Restoring Meaning: Evolution Revisited" offers an original and fertile way to integrate spiritual and scientific views of human evolution. It offers a new and refreshing alternative to the way we think about our origins: random mutation (mechanistic neo-Darwinism), Genesis (God did it all personally), and Intelligent Design (God personally does what we can't otherwise account for). The result is
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Vom Urknall bis zum E-Auto

Ein Museumsführer durch (fast) 14 Milliarden Jahre Geschichte

by Gideon Böss ...

Series series Business and Economics (German Language)
Nur im Museum ist es möglich, in wenigen Schritten Milliarden Jahre Evolution, Menschheits- oder Technikgeschichte hinter sich zu bringen. Auf dem Weg durch fast 14 Milliarden Jahre stellt dieses Buch auf kurzweilige Art Museen und das in ihnen präsentierte Wissen vor. In zwanzig Stationen geht es vom Urknall über die Entstehung der Erde und des Lebens, zur Gründung erster Königreiche, zu ... Read more

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Nur im Museum ist es möglich, in wenigen Schritten Milliarden Jahre Evolution, Menschheits- oder Technikgeschichte hinter sich zu bringen. Auf dem Weg durch fast 14 Milliarden Jahre stellt dieses Buch auf kurzweilige Art Museen und das in ihnen präsentierte Wissen vor. In zwanzig Stationen geht es vom Urknall über die Entstehung der Erde und des Lebens, zur Gründung erster Königreiche, zu
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Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods and Their Application in Evolutionary Biology

Concepts and Practice

Edited by László Zsolt Garamszegi ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Phylogenetic comparative approaches are powerful analytical tools for making evolutionary inferences from interspecific data and phylogenies. The phylogenetic toolkit available to evolutionary biologists is currently growing at an incredible speed, but most methodological papers are published in the specialized statistical literature and many are incomprehensible for the user community. This ... Read more

$80.09 USD

Phylogenetic comparative approaches are powerful analytical tools for making evolutionary inferences from interspecific data and phylogenies. The phylogenetic toolkit available to evolutionary biologists is currently growing at an incredible speed, but most methodological papers are published in the specialized statistical literature and many are incomprehensible for the user community. This
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Strasburger − Lehrbuch der Pflanzenwissenschaften

by Joachim W. Kadereit, Christian Körner, Peter Nick, Uwe Sonnewald ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Seit 120 Jahren liegt die Stärke des ***STRASBURGERs***in der ausgewogenen Darstellung aller Teilgebiete der Pflanzenwissenschaften. In der vorliegenden 38. Auflage sind besonders die Teile Struktur und Entwicklung stark überarbeitet worden.• Der Teil Struktur beschreibt den pflanzlichen Aufbau ausgehend von der Ebene der Zelle über die Gewebe bis hin zur Ebene der Organe. Bei der Neufassung ... Read more

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Seit 120 Jahren liegt die Stärke des ***STRASBURGERs***in der ausgewogenen Darstellung aller Teilgebiete der Pflanzenwissenschaften. In der vorliegenden 38. Auflage sind besonders die Teile Struktur und Entwicklung stark überarbeitet worden.• Der Teil Struktur beschreibt den pflanzlichen Aufbau ausgehend von der Ebene der Zelle über die Gewebe bis hin zur Ebene der Organe. Bei der Neufassung
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Culture Evolving

Bridging Life Sciences and Humanities

Edited by Jan Toman, Jan Havlíček, Tomáš Hermann, Radek Kundt, Jana Švorcová ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This volume examines how evolutionary principles can help us understand the dynamics of culture while acknowledging the risks of their uncritical application. Drawing on perspectives from the philosophy and history of science, anthropology, archaeology, behavioural science, and evolutionary biology, it explores how ideas about evolution have shaped – and at times distorted – our understanding of ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This volume examines how evolutionary principles can help us understand the dynamics of culture while acknowledging the risks of their uncritical application. Drawing on perspectives from the philosophy and history of science, anthropology, archaeology, behavioural science, and evolutionary biology, it explores how ideas about evolution have shaped – and at times distorted – our understanding of
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Milk

The Biology of Lactation

by Michael L. Power, Jay Schulkin ...

Everything you ever wanted to know about the substance that binds all mammals together.After drawing its first breath, every newborn mammal turns his or her complete attention to obtaining milk. This primal act was once thought to stem from a basic fact: milk provides the initial source of calories and nutrients for all mammalian young. But it turns out that milk is a much more complicated ... Read more

$59.89 USD

Everything you ever wanted to know about the substance that binds all mammals together.After drawing its first breath, every newborn mammal turns his or her complete attention to obtaining milk. This primal act was once thought to stem from a basic fact: milk provides the initial source of calories and nutrients for all mammalian young. But it turns out that milk is a much more complicated
... Read more
The Foundations of Ethology

by K. Lorenz ...

Translated by K. Lorenz, R.W. Kickert ...

Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
This book is a contribution to the history of ethology-not a definitive history, but the personal view of a major figure in that story. It is all the more welcome because such a grand theme as ethology calls for a range of perspectives. One reason is the overarching scope of the subject. Two great questions about life that constitute much of biology are "How does it work (structure and function)?" ... Read more

$53.99 USD

This book is a contribution to the history of ethology-not a definitive history, but the personal view of a major figure in that story. It is all the more welcome because such a grand theme as ethology calls for a range of perspectives. One reason is the overarching scope of the subject. Two great questions about life that constitute much of biology are "How does it work (structure and function)?"
... Read more
Sensory Ecology, Behaviour, and Evolution

by Martin Stevens ...

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment. Consequently, they have evolved a staggering array of sensory organs that are fundamental to survival and reproduction and shape much of their evolution and behaviour. Sensory ecology deals with how animals acquire, process ... Read more

$66.59 USD

Throughout their lives animals must complete many tasks, including finding food, avoiding predators, attracting mates, and navigating through a complex and dynamic environment. Consequently, they have evolved a staggering array of sensory organs that are fundamental to survival and reproduction and shape much of their evolution and behaviour. Sensory ecology deals with how animals acquire, process
... Read more
Last Words on Evolution: A Popular Retrospect and Summary

Delving into the Evolutionary Theory: An Accessible Summary

by Ernst Haeckel ...

Translated by Joseph McCabe ...

In "Last Words on Evolution: A Popular Retrospect and Summary," Ernst Haeckel distills his extensive insights on evolutionary theory, presenting a synthesis of his scientific discoveries and philosophies. This work is characterized by Haeckel's clear, engaging prose and a fervent commitment to popularizing complex scientific ideas for the general public. Through rich illustrations and vivid ... Read more

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In "Last Words on Evolution: A Popular Retrospect and Summary," Ernst Haeckel distills his extensive insights on evolutionary theory, presenting a synthesis of his scientific discoveries and philosophies. This work is characterized by Haeckel's clear, engaging prose and a fervent commitment to popularizing complex scientific ideas for the general public. Through rich illustrations and vivid
... Read more
Constitution of Organs of the Higher Plants

The multiple secondary axis theory

by Chi Yen ...

Translated by Yang Yen ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book written by Professor Chi Yen of Sichuan Agricultural University in Chinese was published by China Agriculture Press (ISBN 978-7-109-22791-0). It describes a new theory on the constitution of organs of the higher plants based on experimental evidence, the multiple secondary axis theory. This theory states that all organs of the higher plants are the constitution of multiple secondary axes ... Read more

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This book written by Professor Chi Yen of Sichuan Agricultural University in Chinese was published by China Agriculture Press (ISBN 978-7-109-22791-0). It describes a new theory on the constitution of organs of the higher plants based on experimental evidence, the multiple secondary axis theory. This theory states that all organs of the higher plants are the constitution of multiple secondary axes
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Industrializing Organisms

Introducing Evolutionary History

Edited by Susan Schrepfer, Philip Scranton ...

Series series Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture
Scientists have developed a featherless chicken designed to make industrial chicken production more efficient, while specially trained Pacific bottlenose dolphins are being deployed in the Persian Gulf to disarm mines and protect our Navy. Everyone knows Darwin's theory of natural selection, but what about his idea of artificial selection--how humans, not nature, rework natural organisms to meet ... Read more

$64.99 USD

Scientists have developed a featherless chicken designed to make industrial chicken production more efficient, while specially trained Pacific bottlenose dolphins are being deployed in the Persian Gulf to disarm mines and protect our Navy. Everyone knows Darwin's theory of natural selection, but what about his idea of artificial selection--how humans, not nature, rework natural organisms to meet
... Read more
On Evolution

by John C. Avise ...

Essays from the award-winning geneticist on evolutionary biology—from protein electrophoresis to the recent ability to scan entire genomes.John Avise is one of the most distinguished evolutionary biologists of our time. His groundbreaking work with mitochondrial DNA created the entire discipline of phylogeography and his work on the Pleistocene refugia hypothesis redirected scientific thinking ... Read more

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Essays from the award-winning geneticist on evolutionary biology—from protein electrophoresis to the recent ability to scan entire genomes.John Avise is one of the most distinguished evolutionary biologists of our time. His groundbreaking work with mitochondrial DNA created the entire discipline of phylogeography and his work on the Pleistocene refugia hypothesis redirected scientific thinking
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Covid-19. Eta ondoren zer?

by Olaso Dorrea Fundazioa ...

Series Book 41 - Eztabaida
COVID-19aren ondorengo mundua ez da berdina izango, eta kudeatu beharreko ondorioak eta erronkak nabariak izan arren ez dira neurgarriak oraindik, ez Euskal Herri mailan, ez mundu mailan. Birusaren bilakaera bera oraindik ezezaguna zaigun arren, hartuko diren erabaki eta kudeaketa moduek ondorengo hilabete eta urteetako Euskal Herriko dinamika kultural, ekonomiko, politiko, ekologiko eta soziala ... Read more

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COVID-19aren ondorengo mundua ez da berdina izango, eta kudeatu beharreko ondorioak eta erronkak nabariak izan arren ez dira neurgarriak oraindik, ez Euskal Herri mailan, ez mundu mailan. Birusaren bilakaera bera oraindik ezezaguna zaigun arren, hartuko diren erabaki eta kudeaketa moduek ondorengo hilabete eta urteetako Euskal Herriko dinamika kultural, ekonomiko, politiko, ekologiko eta soziala
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Beasts

What Animals Can Teach Us About the Origins of Good and Evil

by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson ...

Bestselling author Jeffrey Masson shows us what the animals at the top of the food chain-orca whales, big cats, etc.-can teach us about the origins of good and evil in ourselves.In his previous bestsellers, Masson has showed us that animals can teach us much about our own emotions-love (dogs), contentment (cats), and grief (elephants), among others. In Beasts, he demonstrates that the violence we ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Bestselling author Jeffrey Masson shows us what the animals at the top of the food chain-orca whales, big cats, etc.-can teach us about the origins of good and evil in ourselves.In his previous bestsellers, Masson has showed us that animals can teach us much about our own emotions-love (dogs), contentment (cats), and grief (elephants), among others. In Beasts, he demonstrates that the violence we
... Read more
The Nick of Time

Politics, Evolution, and the Untimely

by Elizabeth Grosz ...

In this pathbreaking philosophical work, Elizabeth Grosz points the way toward a theory of becoming to replace the prevailing ontologies of being in social, political, and biological discourse. Arguing that theories of temporality have significant and underappreciated relevance to the social dimensions of science and the political dimensions of struggle, Grosz engages key theoretical concerns ... Read more

$25.19 USD

In this pathbreaking philosophical work, Elizabeth Grosz points the way toward a theory of becoming to replace the prevailing ontologies of being in social, political, and biological discourse. Arguing that theories of temporality have significant and underappreciated relevance to the social dimensions of science and the political dimensions of struggle, Grosz engages key theoretical concerns
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