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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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Beyond Nature and Nurture

Perspectives on Human Multidimensionality

Edited by Javier Pérez-Jara, Íñigo Ongay ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This book gathers several of the world’s leading scholars in the nature vs. nurture debate, offering a timely reconsideration of the dynamic interactions between physical, chemical, biological, social, and cultural factors that shape human multidimensionality. Emphasizing this multidimensionality, this edited volume seeks to bridge the divide between biology and social theory—two research ... Read more

$125.09 USD

This book gathers several of the world’s leading scholars in the nature vs. nurture debate, offering a timely reconsideration of the dynamic interactions between physical, chemical, biological, social, and cultural factors that shape human multidimensionality. Emphasizing this multidimensionality, this edited volume seeks to bridge the divide between biology and social theory—two research
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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

$20.89 USD

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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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Creazione Ed Evoluzione

Un Confronto Fra Evoluzionismo Teista, Darwinismo Casualista E Creazionismo - Saggio

by Guido Pagliarino ...

Saggio che tratta temi temi legati all’evoluzionismo, relativamente al quale prosperano pregiudizi e imprecisioni come, ad esempio, l'idea che i termini “evoluzionismo” e “darwinismo” siano sinonimi. Le teorie evoluzioniste sono in realtà molteplici. Nel saggio l'autore parla, fra l’altro, del significato del termine caso, fa presente che a base della ricerca scientifica c'è sempre una posizione ... Read more

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Saggio che tratta temi temi legati all’evoluzionismo, relativamente al quale prosperano pregiudizi e imprecisioni come, ad esempio, l'idea che i termini “evoluzionismo” e “darwinismo” siano sinonimi. Le teorie evoluzioniste sono in realtà molteplici. Nel saggio l'autore parla, fra l’altro, del significato del termine caso, fa presente che a base della ricerca scientifica c'è sempre una posizione
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The Genetics of Political Behavior

How Evolutionary Psychology Explains Ideology

by Michael Ryan ...

In this unique amalgam of neuroscience, genetics, and evolutionary psychology, Ryan argues that leftists and rightists are biologically distinct versions of the human species that came into being at different moments in human evolution.The book argues that the varying requirements of survival at different points in history explain why leftists and rightists have anatomically different brains as ... Read more

$69.99 USD

In this unique amalgam of neuroscience, genetics, and evolutionary psychology, Ryan argues that leftists and rightists are biologically distinct versions of the human species that came into being at different moments in human evolution.The book argues that the varying requirements of survival at different points in history explain why leftists and rightists have anatomically different brains as
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Life: The Mystery

The Quest of an Ordinary Man

by Jim Russ ...

Have you ever wondered how life came into existence, but more importantly, have you thought where will it all end up in millions or billions of years from now? I will address this question and many others about life on this planet and the universe as well. We may not find all the answers, but we will try. It is a quest I started several years ago. I was curious about how life started from ... Read more

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Have you ever wondered how life came into existence, but more importantly, have you thought where will it all end up in millions or billions of years from now? I will address this question and many others about life on this planet and the universe as well. We may not find all the answers, but we will try. It is a quest I started several years ago. I was curious about how life started from
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Bird Migration

by Ian Newton ...

Series Book 113 - Collins New Naturalist Library
The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people from time immemorial. The arrivals and departures of different species marked the seasons, heralding spring and autumn, and providing a reliable calendar long before anything better became available.Migration is shown by many kinds of animals, including butterflies and other insects, mammals, marine turtles and fish, but in none is it as ... Read more

$4.49 USD

The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people from time immemorial. The arrivals and departures of different species marked the seasons, heralding spring and autumn, and providing a reliable calendar long before anything better became available.Migration is shown by many kinds of animals, including butterflies and other insects, mammals, marine turtles and fish, but in none is it as
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Biological Evolution

An Introduction

by Mike Cassidy ...

Biological evolution, the theory of natural selection and of common descent, is a triumph both of human reasoning and scientific undertaking. The biological discipline of evolution contains both a chronicle of human endeavour and the story of life on Earth. This book is concerned with living forms and how they developed from 'simple and unpromising beginnings'. It considers evolution as both ... Read more

$43.49 USD

Biological evolution, the theory of natural selection and of common descent, is a triumph both of human reasoning and scientific undertaking. The biological discipline of evolution contains both a chronicle of human endeavour and the story of life on Earth. This book is concerned with living forms and how they developed from 'simple and unpromising beginnings'. It considers evolution as both
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Deep Time Analysis

A Coherent View of the History of Life

by Mark A.S. McMenamin ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Using a series of case studies, the book demonstrates the power of dynamic analysis as applied to the fossil record. The book considers how we think about certain types of paleontological questions and shows how to answer them. The analytical tools presented here will have wide application to other fields of knowledge; as such the book represents a major contribution to the deployment of modern ... Read more

$80.09 USD

Using a series of case studies, the book demonstrates the power of dynamic analysis as applied to the fossil record. The book considers how we think about certain types of paleontological questions and shows how to answer them. The analytical tools presented here will have wide application to other fields of knowledge; as such the book represents a major contribution to the deployment of modern
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Dio Esiste

Come l'ateo più famoso del mondo ha cambiato idea

by Antony Flew, Roy Abraham Varghese ...

«È noto come la posizione speculativa di Antony Flew sia stata rigorosamente atea […]. Colpisce perciò la sua scandalosa apostasia. Nel libro There is a God - qui accuratamente tradotto - abiura il suo ateismo in forza di una scoperta talmente evidente e forse per questo tanto negata: avere fede nella ragione […]. Il creato ed il suo significato non possono reggersi sul vuoto, sul caso o tanto ... Read more

$10.99 USD

«È noto come la posizione speculativa di Antony Flew sia stata rigorosamente atea […]. Colpisce perciò la sua scandalosa apostasia. Nel libro There is a God - qui accuratamente tradotto - abiura il suo ateismo in forza di una scoperta talmente evidente e forse per questo tanto negata: avere fede nella ragione […]. Il creato ed il suo significato non possono reggersi sul vuoto, sul caso o tanto
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熟食动物：烹饪与人类演化

by [美]理查德·兰厄姆 ...

自达尔文的《人类的由来》问世以来，我们一直将人类的演化与QQ扩散视为智慧与适应力的结果。然而，ZM灵长类动物学家理查德·兰厄姆却在《熟食动物》一书提出了另一种惊人的观点：我们的成功演化其实是烹饪的功劳。他在这套论述人类起源的开创性理论中证明，人类演化的关键因素在于由吃生食改为吃熟食。在我们的古人类祖先开始烹饪食物后，人类的消化道便不断缩短，脑部则变得越来越大。原本花在咀嚼坚韧生食上的SJ，此时可以用于狩猎或照料营地。同时，烹饪成为配偶关系与婚姻的基础，创造了家庭，甚造成了劳动性别分工。简而言之，在我们的祖先学会用火之后，人类才算真正诞生。本书探讨了祖先饮食对D代SJ的影响，给我们带来了新的启发，让我们思考人类如何演变成JT这种具有社会性与智慧的有性物种。这套辟蹊径的人类演化新理论必将引发争议，并吸引每一位有意探究我们的远古起源或现代饮食习惯的读者。 ... Read more

$9.99 USD

自达尔文的《人类的由来》问世以来，我们一直将人类的演化与QQ扩散视为智慧与适应力的结果。然而，ZM灵长类动物学家理查德·兰厄姆却在《熟食动物》一书提出了另一种惊人的观点：我们的成功演化其实是烹饪的功劳。他在这套论述人类起源的开创性理论中证明，人类演化的关键因素在于由吃生食改为吃熟食。在我们的古人类祖先开始烹饪食物后，人类的消化道便不断缩短，脑部则变得越来越大。原本花在咀嚼坚韧生食上的SJ，此时可以用于狩猎或照料营地。同时，烹饪成为配偶关系与婚姻的基础，创造了家庭，甚造成了劳动性别分工。简而言之，在我们的祖先学会用火之后，人类才算真正诞生。本书探讨了祖先饮食对D代SJ的影响，给我们带来了新的启发，让我们思考人类如何演变成JT这种具有社会性与智慧的有性物种。这套辟蹊径的人类演化新理论必将引发争议，并吸引每一位有意探究我们的远古起源或现代饮食习惯的读者。
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Making Faces

The Evolutionary Origins of the Human Face

by Adam S. Wilkins ...

Humans possess the most expressive faces in the animal kingdom. Adam Wilkins presents evidence ranging from the fossil record to recent findings of genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology to reconstruct the fascinating story of how the human face evolved. Beginning with the first vertebrate faces half a billion years ago and continuing to dramatic changes among our recent human ... Read more

$46.79 USD

Humans possess the most expressive faces in the animal kingdom. Adam Wilkins presents evidence ranging from the fossil record to recent findings of genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology to reconstruct the fascinating story of how the human face evolved. Beginning with the first vertebrate faces half a billion years ago and continuing to dramatic changes among our recent human
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Schöpfung oder Evolution: Kennen Sie alle Fakten?

by gutenachrichten ...

Die Evolutionstheorie besagt, dass sich aus einer Pflanzenart andere Pflanzenarten entwickelt haben, dass sich jeweils eine Tierart über lange Zeiträume in andere Tierarten weiterentwickelt hat. Aus einer Tierart soll der Mensch entstanden sein. ... Read more

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Die Evolutionstheorie besagt, dass sich aus einer Pflanzenart andere Pflanzenarten entwickelt haben, dass sich jeweils eine Tierart über lange Zeiträume in andere Tierarten weiterentwickelt hat. Aus einer Tierart soll der Mensch entstanden sein.
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Understanding Race

by Rob DeSalle, Ian Tattersall ...

Series series Understanding Life
The human species is very young, but in a short time it has acquired some striking, if biologically superficial, variations across the planet. As this book shows, however, none of those biological variations can be understood in terms of discrete races, which do not actually exist as definable entities. Starting with a consideration of evolution and the mechanisms of diversification in nature, ... Read more

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The human species is very young, but in a short time it has acquired some striking, if biologically superficial, variations across the planet. As this book shows, however, none of those biological variations can be understood in terms of discrete races, which do not actually exist as definable entities. Starting with a consideration of evolution and the mechanisms of diversification in nature,
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Hominoids & the Hominin Transformation

Couplets in Evolutionary Time, #5

by Michael A. Susko ...

Series Book 5 - Couplets in Evolutionary Time
From the first upright hominoids to the dawn of humanity, one of evolution's greatest transformations unfolds. In this fifth volume of the Ten Pulses of Evolution series, the author follows the emergence of the hominoid body plan, the rise of the great apes, and the remarkable transition to the first habitual bipeds. Drawing on the latest fossil discoveries from Africa, Europe, and Asia, the book ... Read more

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From the first upright hominoids to the dawn of humanity, one of evolution's greatest transformations unfolds. In this fifth volume of the Ten Pulses of Evolution series, the author follows the emergence of the hominoid body plan, the rise of the great apes, and the remarkable transition to the first habitual bipeds. Drawing on the latest fossil discoveries from Africa, Europe, and Asia, the book
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Life and Habit

by Samuel Butler ...

Though his most popular works were novels, the British author Samuel Butler was also deeply engaged in the scientific community of his time. Originally, he was a strong supporter of Darwin's theory of evolution, but after digging into the research, Butler identified several problems with Darwin's model. Butler's objections are laid out in the essays collected in Life and Habit. ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Though his most popular works were novels, the British author Samuel Butler was also deeply engaged in the scientific community of his time. Originally, he was a strong supporter of Darwin's theory of evolution, but after digging into the research, Butler identified several problems with Darwin's model. Butler's objections are laid out in the essays collected in Life and Habit.
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Het verhaal van onze voorouder

Een pelgrimstocht naar de oorsprong van het leven

by Richard Dawkins ...

Translated by Bart Voorzanger ...

Richard Dawkins en Yan Wong nemen ons mee op een opwindende, omgekeerde reis door vier miljard jaar evolutie, van de hedendaagse mens terug naar de microbiële oorsprong van het leven. Naast mensen komen we onderweg ook dieren, planten en bacteriën tegen, ieder met een eigen verhaal.Vrijwel elke pagina in deze nieuwe uitgave is aangepast op basis van de resultaten van recente onderzoeken. Zo ... Read more

$15.13 USD

Richard Dawkins en Yan Wong nemen ons mee op een opwindende, omgekeerde reis door vier miljard jaar evolutie, van de hedendaagse mens terug naar de microbiële oorsprong van het leven. Naast mensen komen we onderweg ook dieren, planten en bacteriën tegen, ieder met een eigen verhaal.Vrijwel elke pagina in deze nieuwe uitgave is aangepast op basis van de resultaten van recente onderzoeken. Zo
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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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The Complex Lives of British Freshwater Fishes

by Mark Everard ...

CHOICE 'Highly Recommended for all readers' June 2021 Vol. 58 No. 10This stunningly illustrated book goes far beyond a run-of-the-mill nature guide. It explores the fascinating life histories of Britain’s freshwater fishes, a group of animals which, despite their importance and ubiquity in our diverse still and flowing fresh waters, has before now been rarely regarded and respected as 'wildlife' ... Read more

$51.99 USD

CHOICE 'Highly Recommended for all readers' June 2021 Vol. 58 No. 10This stunningly illustrated book goes far beyond a run-of-the-mill nature guide. It explores the fascinating life histories of Britain’s freshwater fishes, a group of animals which, despite their importance and ubiquity in our diverse still and flowing fresh waters, has before now been rarely regarded and respected as 'wildlife'
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The Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Solega

A Linguistic Perspective

by Aung Si ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book covers the ethnobiology and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of the Solega people of southern India. Solega TEK is shown to be a complex, inter-related network of detailed observations of natural phenomena, well-reasoned and often highly accurate theorizing, as well as a belief system, derived from cultural norms, regarding the relationships between humans and other species on the ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This book covers the ethnobiology and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of the Solega people of southern India. Solega TEK is shown to be a complex, inter-related network of detailed observations of natural phenomena, well-reasoned and often highly accurate theorizing, as well as a belief system, derived from cultural norms, regarding the relationships between humans and other species on the
... Read more
Landscape Evolution, Neotectonics and Quaternary Environmental Change in Southern Cameroon

Palaeoecology of Africa Vol. 31, An International Yearbook of Landscape Evolution and Palaeoenvironments

Edited by Jürgen Runge ...

Series series Palaeoecology of Africa
Founded in 1966, the internationally recognized and acclaimed SeriesPalaeoecology of Africa publishes interdisciplinary scientific papers on landscape evolution and on former environments of the African continent. Beginning with topics such as changes in climate and vegetation cover, the papers expand horizons and interconnections to various typ ... Read more

$234.99 USD

Founded in 1966, the internationally recognized and acclaimed SeriesPalaeoecology of Africa publishes interdisciplinary scientific papers on landscape evolution and on former environments of the African continent. Beginning with topics such as changes in climate and vegetation cover, the papers expand horizons and interconnections to various typ
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The Theory That Changed Everything

"On the Origin of Species" as a Work in Progress

by Philip Lieberman ...

Few people have done as much to change how we view the world as Charles Darwin. Yet On the Origin of Species is more cited than read, and parts of it are even considered outdated. In some ways, it has been consigned to the nineteenth century. In The Theory That Changed Everything, the renowned cognitive scientist Philip Lieberman demonstrates that there is no better guide to the world’s living—and ... Read more

$20.19 USD

Few people have done as much to change how we view the world as Charles Darwin. Yet On the Origin of Species is more cited than read, and parts of it are even considered outdated. In some ways, it has been consigned to the nineteenth century. In The Theory That Changed Everything, the renowned cognitive scientist Philip Lieberman demonstrates that there is no better guide to the world’s living—and
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Tótem y tabú

Ensayo

by Sigmund Freud ...

Series Book 11 - Proyecto Heráclito - Ensayo
Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939), una de las mentes más brillantes del siglo XX, en el libro Tótem y tabú –ensayo publicado en 1912– se formuló el objetivo de indagar acerca de las raíces y evolución de nuestra especie. Partiendo de unas interpretaciones y elucidaciones psicoanalíticas fraguadas desde los campos antropológicos, Freud nos revela cómo hemos llegado a establecer las culturas que ... Read more

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Sigmund Freud (1856 – 1939), una de las mentes más brillantes del siglo XX, en el libro Tótem y tabú –ensayo publicado en 1912– se formuló el objetivo de indagar acerca de las raíces y evolución de nuestra especie. Partiendo de unas interpretaciones y elucidaciones psicoanalíticas fraguadas desde los campos antropológicos, Freud nos revela cómo hemos llegado a establecer las culturas que
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