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A Scientific Life

by Geerat Vermeij ...

"An absolutely delightful memoir, tracing the intellectual development and career of a distinguished and consummately likable evolutionary biologist." — Publishers WeeklyHis fingers move across the surface of a shell, feeling the ridges and contours, searching for clues, gathering information unnoticed by the untrained eye. For Dr. Geerat Vermeij's fingers are his eyes. One of the most ... Read more

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"An absolutely delightful memoir, tracing the intellectual development and career of a distinguished and consummately likable evolutionary biologist." — Publishers WeeklyHis fingers move across the surface of a shell, feeling the ridges and contours, searching for clues, gathering information unnoticed by the untrained eye. For Dr. Geerat Vermeij's fingers are his eyes. One of the most
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Quantifying Diets of Wildlife and Fish

Practical and Applied Methods

Edited by Michael C. Calver, Neil R. Loneragan ...

Quantifying Diets of Wildlife and Fish presents different techniques available to study animal diets. Ecologists determine animal diets to build natural history knowledge, test hypotheses in ecological theory and make informed management decisions for important ecosystems. Many researchers use techniques traditionally applied to the animals they study, rather than techniques with the greatest ... Read more

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Quantifying Diets of Wildlife and Fish presents different techniques available to study animal diets. Ecologists determine animal diets to build natural history knowledge, test hypotheses in ecological theory and make informed management decisions for important ecosystems. Many researchers use techniques traditionally applied to the animals they study, rather than techniques with the greatest
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Anthropological Perspectives on Tooth Morphology

Genetics, Evolution, Variation

Edited by G. Richard Scott, Joel D. Irish ...

Series Book 66 - Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
Researchers have long had an interest in dental morphology as a genetic proxy to reconstruct population history. Much interest was fostered by the use of standard plaques and associated descriptions that comprise the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System, developed by Christy G. Turner, II and students. This system has served as the foundation for hundreds of anthropological studies ... Read more

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Researchers have long had an interest in dental morphology as a genetic proxy to reconstruct population history. Much interest was fostered by the use of standard plaques and associated descriptions that comprise the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System, developed by Christy G. Turner, II and students. This system has served as the foundation for hundreds of anthropological studies
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What We Are: The Evolutionary Roots of Our Future

by Lonnie Aarssen ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Other animals are driven to spend essentially their whole lives just trying to get fed, stay alive, and get laid. That’s about it. The same was true for our proto-human ancestors. And modern humans of course also require a Survival Drive and a Sex Drive in order to leave descendants. But today we spend most of our lives mainly just trying to convince ourselves that our existence is not absurd.In ... Read more

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Other animals are driven to spend essentially their whole lives just trying to get fed, stay alive, and get laid. That’s about it. The same was true for our proto-human ancestors. And modern humans of course also require a Survival Drive and a Sex Drive in order to leave descendants. But today we spend most of our lives mainly just trying to convince ourselves that our existence is not absurd.In
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No Greater Faith than that of Science

by Manuel Vergara ...

Our lives are full of non-material experiences and emotions as love, happiness, joy, wonder, empathy, deep connection between mother and child, sense of morality, achievement, realization; all of which speak of our spiritual nature. There is however a great divide nowadays between the purely scientific and materialistic view of the world which denies the existence of anything spiritual or non ... Read more

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Our lives are full of non-material experiences and emotions as love, happiness, joy, wonder, empathy, deep connection between mother and child, sense of morality, achievement, realization; all of which speak of our spiritual nature. There is however a great divide nowadays between the purely scientific and materialistic view of the world which denies the existence of anything spiritual or non
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An Overview of Nature's Influence on Humanity

by Michael M. King ...

MIND. BODY. NATURE.Life Can Be Wonderful and Perplexing, but not MagicalHumans are clearly the only truly conscious beings on Earth, despite the exceptional intelligence seen in many of our vertebrate relatives, such as mammals and birds. Accepting this idea is a good starting point for understanding our impressive history of cultural development, including harnessing energy, extending lifespans, ... Read more

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MIND. BODY. NATURE.Life Can Be Wonderful and Perplexing, but not MagicalHumans are clearly the only truly conscious beings on Earth, despite the exceptional intelligence seen in many of our vertebrate relatives, such as mammals and birds. Accepting this idea is a good starting point for understanding our impressive history of cultural development, including harnessing energy, extending lifespans,
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El Reino humano, claves de la evolución histórica del Homo sapiens

by Manuel Serrano Martínez ...

Series series Argumentos para el siglo XXI
El Reino humano recoge los principales hitos que han precedido a la aparición del hombre en la Tierra. El hombre es el final evolutivo del proceso de la vida al que le son concedidas las facultades de la inteligencia, la razón y la libertad. Se adentra el libro en la construcción de lo que hoy podemos conocer como la base de la civilización cuya principal característica original es la lucha por la ... Read more

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El Reino humano recoge los principales hitos que han precedido a la aparición del hombre en la Tierra. El hombre es el final evolutivo del proceso de la vida al que le son concedidas las facultades de la inteligencia, la razón y la libertad. Se adentra el libro en la construcción de lo que hoy podemos conocer como la base de la civilización cuya principal característica original es la lucha por la
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Een kleine geschiedenis van intelligentie

De evolutie van het menselijk brein en de opkomst van AI

by Max Bennett ...

Translated by Annemie de Vries ...

De prequel van Sapiens: het verhaal van onze hersenen en de toekomst van AI. Wat is menselijke intelligentie en hoe is het ontstaan? Wat is de rol van kunstmatige intelligentie, nu die een steeds grotere rol in ons leven gaat spelen? En hoe is het mogelijk dat AI een grootmeester kan verslaan met schaken, maar niet een vaatwasser kan inruimen? Om een antwoord te vinden op zulke vragen moeten we in ... Read more

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De prequel van Sapiens: het verhaal van onze hersenen en de toekomst van AI. Wat is menselijke intelligentie en hoe is het ontstaan? Wat is de rol van kunstmatige intelligentie, nu die een steeds grotere rol in ons leven gaat spelen? En hoe is het mogelijk dat AI een grootmeester kan verslaan met schaken, maar niet een vaatwasser kan inruimen? Om een antwoord te vinden op zulke vragen moeten we in
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Games of Life

Explorations in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

by Karl Sigmund ...

"A book accessible to all readers, whatever their level of numeracy … an excellent introduction to what theoretical biologists get up to in trying to understand evolutionary and ecological ideas." ― NatureWhy are there only two sexes? Why do stags restrain their aggression in the middle of a fight? Can it ever pay to be nice in a world of selfish individualists? The answers, according to this ... Read more

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"A book accessible to all readers, whatever their level of numeracy … an excellent introduction to what theoretical biologists get up to in trying to understand evolutionary and ecological ideas." ― NatureWhy are there only two sexes? Why do stags restrain their aggression in the middle of a fight? Can it ever pay to be nice in a world of selfish individualists? The answers, according to this
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Hosts of Living Forms

by Charles Darwin ...

Charles Darwin transformed our understanding of the world with the idea of natural selection, challenging the notion that species are fixed and unchanging. These writings from On the Origin of Species explain how different life forms appear all over the globe, evolve over millions of years, become extinct and are supplanted.GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They ... Read more

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Charles Darwin transformed our understanding of the world with the idea of natural selection, challenging the notion that species are fixed and unchanging. These writings from On the Origin of Species explain how different life forms appear all over the globe, evolve over millions of years, become extinct and are supplanted.GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They
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Animal Movement Across Scales

Edited by Lars-Anders Hansson, Susanne Akesson ...

Movement, dispersal, and migration on land, in the air, and in water, are pervading features of animal life. They are performed by a huge variety of organisms, from the smallest protozoans to the largest whales, and can extend over widely different distance scales, from the microscopic to global. Integrating the study of movement, dispersal, and migration is crucial for a detailed understanding of ... Read more

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Movement, dispersal, and migration on land, in the air, and in water, are pervading features of animal life. They are performed by a huge variety of organisms, from the smallest protozoans to the largest whales, and can extend over widely different distance scales, from the microscopic to global. Integrating the study of movement, dispersal, and migration is crucial for a detailed understanding of
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Discrete and Topological Models in Molecular Biology

Edited by Nataša Jonoska, Masahico Saito ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Theoretical tools and insights from discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, and topology now play essential roles in our understanding of vital biomolecular processes. The related methods are now employed in various fields of mathematical biology as instruments to "zoom in" on processes at a molecular level. This book contains expository chapters on how contemporary models from ... Read more

$89.09 USD

Theoretical tools and insights from discrete mathematics, theoretical computer science, and topology now play essential roles in our understanding of vital biomolecular processes. The related methods are now employed in various fields of mathematical biology as instruments to "zoom in" on processes at a molecular level. This book contains expository chapters on how contemporary models from
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Seed Dispersal by Ants in a Deciduous Forest Ecosystem

Mechanisms, Strategies, Adaptations

by Elena Gorb, Stanislav S. N. Gorb ...

Countless ants transport and deposit seeds and thereby influence the survival, death, and evolution of many plant species. In higher plants, seed dispersal by ants (myrmecochory) has appeared many times independently in different lineages. More than 3000 plant species are known to utilize ant assistance to be planted. Myrmecochory is a very interesting and rather enigmatic form of mutualistic ant ... Read more

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Countless ants transport and deposit seeds and thereby influence the survival, death, and evolution of many plant species. In higher plants, seed dispersal by ants (myrmecochory) has appeared many times independently in different lineages. More than 3000 plant species are known to utilize ant assistance to be planted. Myrmecochory is a very interesting and rather enigmatic form of mutualistic ant
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Biotic Evolution and Environmental Change in Southeast Asia

Edited by David Gower, Kenneth Johnson, James Richardson, Brian Rosen, Lukas Rüber, Suzanne Williams ...

Series Book 82 - Systematics Association Special Volume Series
The flora and fauna of Southeast Asia are exceptionally diverse. The region includes several terrestrial biodiversity hotspots and is the principal global hotspot for marine diversity, but it also faces the most intense challenges of the current global biodiversity crisis. Providing reviews, syntheses and results of the latest research into Southeast Asian earth and organismal history, this book ... Read more

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The flora and fauna of Southeast Asia are exceptionally diverse. The region includes several terrestrial biodiversity hotspots and is the principal global hotspot for marine diversity, but it also faces the most intense challenges of the current global biodiversity crisis. Providing reviews, syntheses and results of the latest research into Southeast Asian earth and organismal history, this book
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Plant Life

A Brief History

by Frederick B. Essig ...

Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, described the evolutionary origin of flowering plants, which appear to have risen abruptly during the late Cretaceous Period, as an "abominable mystery." The first seed plants appeared in the fossil record some 230 million years earlier, but the transitions leading to the flowering plants left few fossils and remain obscure. The evolutionary ... Read more

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Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, described the evolutionary origin of flowering plants, which appear to have risen abruptly during the late Cretaceous Period, as an "abominable mystery." The first seed plants appeared in the fossil record some 230 million years earlier, but the transitions leading to the flowering plants left few fossils and remain obscure. The evolutionary
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Darwin in de supermarkt

Of hoe de evolutie ons gedrag dagelijks beïnvloedt

by Mark Nelissen ...

Gedragsbioloog Mark Nelissen toont met veel humor aan dat Darwin om elke hoek loert. Waarom krijgen vrouwelijke obers grotere fooien dan hun mannelijke collega's? Wat is het nut van pijn? Zijn wij allen homo's? Discrimineren wij onze kinderen? En waarom klapt een tevreden publiek overal ter wereld in de handen? In Darwin in de supermarkt toont gedragsbioloog Mark Nelissen met veel humor aan dat de ... Read more

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Gedragsbioloog Mark Nelissen toont met veel humor aan dat Darwin om elke hoek loert. Waarom krijgen vrouwelijke obers grotere fooien dan hun mannelijke collega's? Wat is het nut van pijn? Zijn wij allen homo's? Discrimineren wij onze kinderen? En waarom klapt een tevreden publiek overal ter wereld in de handen? In Darwin in de supermarkt toont gedragsbioloog Mark Nelissen met veel humor aan dat de
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Plant Genetic Resources of Legumes in the Mediterranean

Edited by Nigel Maxted, Sarita Jane Bennett ...

Series Book 39 - Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture
Genetic erosion, that is, the loss of native plant and genetic diversity has been exponential from the Mediterranean Basin through the Twentieth century. This careless eradication of species and genetic diversity as a result of human activities from a 'hot-spot' of diversity threatens sustainable agriculture and food security for the temperate regions of the world. Since the early 1900s there has ... Read more

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Genetic erosion, that is, the loss of native plant and genetic diversity has been exponential from the Mediterranean Basin through the Twentieth century. This careless eradication of species and genetic diversity as a result of human activities from a 'hot-spot' of diversity threatens sustainable agriculture and food security for the temperate regions of the world. Since the early 1900s there has
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Macroevolution in Deep Time

by Rituparna Bose, Alexander J. Bartholomew ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The prerequisite to investigating the underlying causes behind mass extinction is a profound understanding of the evolutionary history of both living and dead species. It is especially important to appreciate the significance of such studies in extinct organisms; especially in organisms that were abundant in a certain geologic era, but have subsequently dwindled or become extinct. Such studies ... Read more

$49.49 USD

The prerequisite to investigating the underlying causes behind mass extinction is a profound understanding of the evolutionary history of both living and dead species. It is especially important to appreciate the significance of such studies in extinct organisms; especially in organisms that were abundant in a certain geologic era, but have subsequently dwindled or become extinct. Such studies
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Molybdenum Cofactors and Their role in the Evolution of Metabolic Pathways

by Luana Presta, Marco Fondi, Giovanni Emiliani, Renato Fani ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
In this brief, the authors explore and review the current knowledge regarding the role of molybdenum in the evolution of biological systems and their interaction with biogeochemical cycles. Special emphasis is placed on biological nitrogen fixation and the nitrogen element cycle.The origin and evolution of molybdenum cofactor biosynthetic pathways as well as the evolutionary significance of ... Read more

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In this brief, the authors explore and review the current knowledge regarding the role of molybdenum in the evolution of biological systems and their interaction with biogeochemical cycles. Special emphasis is placed on biological nitrogen fixation and the nitrogen element cycle.The origin and evolution of molybdenum cofactor biosynthetic pathways as well as the evolutionary significance of
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Inside Nature’s Giants

by David Dugan ...

With a foreword by Richard Dawkins, and based on the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 TV series, Inside Nature’s Giants gets under the skin of the largest animals on the planet. See them as you've never seen them before – from the inside out.Inside Nature’s Giants explores the anatomy of the largest animals on the planet to reveal how these amazing creatures really work. Rather than simply telling ... Read more

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With a foreword by Richard Dawkins, and based on the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 TV series, Inside Nature’s Giants gets under the skin of the largest animals on the planet. See them as you've never seen them before – from the inside out.Inside Nature’s Giants explores the anatomy of the largest animals on the planet to reveal how these amazing creatures really work. Rather than simply telling
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Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida

Edited by Christian F. Kammerer, Jörg Fröbisch, Kenneth D. Angielczyk ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Non-mammalian synapsids were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates from the Late Carboniferous to the Middle Triassic and play a key role in understanding the origin and evolution of mammals. Despite these facts and the outstanding fossil record of the group, early synapsids remain obscure. This book showcases the full breadth of contemporary research on non-mammalian synapsids, ranging from ... Read more

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Non-mammalian synapsids were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates from the Late Carboniferous to the Middle Triassic and play a key role in understanding the origin and evolution of mammals. Despite these facts and the outstanding fossil record of the group, early synapsids remain obscure. This book showcases the full breadth of contemporary research on non-mammalian synapsids, ranging from
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Evolutionary History of the Robust Australopithecines

by Frederick E. Grine ...

In paleoanthropology the group of hominids known as the "robust" australopithecines has emerged as one of the most interesting. Through them we have the opportunity to examine the origin, natural history, and ultimate extinction of not just a single species, but of an entire branch in the hominid fossil record. It is generally agreed that the human lineage can be traced back to this group of ... Read more

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In paleoanthropology the group of hominids known as the "robust" australopithecines has emerged as one of the most interesting. Through them we have the opportunity to examine the origin, natural history, and ultimate extinction of not just a single species, but of an entire branch in the hominid fossil record. It is generally agreed that the human lineage can be traced back to this group of
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Sirius Reconnection

by Randall Dunn ...

First came Sirius Rising, and next came the epic Sirius Risen. And, finally now in the long anticipated Sirius Reconnection, Dr. Randall J. Dunn masterfully reweaves threads long scattered across timelines and dimensions. This book is not just a reading experience; it is a remembrance. With clarity and reverence, Dr. Dunn bridges science and mysticism, history and intuition, Earth and Sirius — ... Read more

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First came Sirius Rising, and next came the epic Sirius Risen. And, finally now in the long anticipated Sirius Reconnection, Dr. Randall J. Dunn masterfully reweaves threads long scattered across timelines and dimensions. This book is not just a reading experience; it is a remembrance. With clarity and reverence, Dr. Dunn bridges science and mysticism, history and intuition, Earth and Sirius —
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Common Chinese Materia Medica

Volume 5

Edited by Huagu Ye, Chuyuan Li, Wencai Ye, Feiyan Zeng ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
This fifth volume contains 253 species of medicinal plants from 25 families, which are commonly used in Chinese medicine. The most important species are Stachyurus himalaicus of Stachyuraceae; Liquidambar formosana, Semiliquidambar cathayensis of Hamamelidaceae; Broussonetia papyrifera, Cudrania cochinchinensis, Cudrania tricuspidata, Ficus carica, Morus alba of Moraceae; Boehmeria nivea and ... Read more

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This fifth volume contains 253 species of medicinal plants from 25 families, which are commonly used in Chinese medicine. The most important species are Stachyurus himalaicus of Stachyuraceae; Liquidambar formosana, Semiliquidambar cathayensis of Hamamelidaceae; Broussonetia papyrifera, Cudrania cochinchinensis, Cudrania tricuspidata, Ficus carica, Morus alba of Moraceae; Boehmeria nivea and
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