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The Evolutionary Biology of Flies

Edited by Brian Wiegmann, David Yeates ...

Flies (Dipteria) have had an important role in deepening scientists'understanding of modern biology and evolution. The study of flies has figured prominently in major advances in the fields of molecular evolution, physiology, genetics, phylogenetics, and ecology over the last century. This volume, with contributions from top scientists and scholars in the field, brings together diverse aspects of ... Read more

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Flies (Dipteria) have had an important role in deepening scientists'understanding of modern biology and evolution. The study of flies has figured prominently in major advances in the fields of molecular evolution, physiology, genetics, phylogenetics, and ecology over the last century. This volume, with contributions from top scientists and scholars in the field, brings together diverse aspects of
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The Good Book of Human Nature

An Evolutionary Reading of the Bible

by Carel van Schaik, Kai Michel ...

How reading the Bible as a work of cultural and scientific evolution can reveal new truths about how our species conquered the EarthThe Bible is the bestselling book of all time. It has been venerated -- or excoriated -- as God's word, but so far no one has read the Bible for what it is: humanity's diary, chronicling our ancestors' valiant attempts to cope with the trials and tribulations of life ... Read more

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How reading the Bible as a work of cultural and scientific evolution can reveal new truths about how our species conquered the EarthThe Bible is the bestselling book of all time. It has been venerated -- or excoriated -- as God's word, but so far no one has read the Bible for what it is: humanity's diary, chronicling our ancestors' valiant attempts to cope with the trials and tribulations of life
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Tooth Development in Human Evolution and Bioarchaeology

by Simon Hillson ...

Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had any effect upon it? Addressing these and other key questions in palaeoanthropology and bioarchaeology, Simon Hillson examines the unique role of teeth in preserving detailed microscopic records of development throughout childhood ... Read more

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Human children grow at a uniquely slow pace by comparison with other mammals. When and where did this schedule evolve? Have technological advances, farming and cities had any effect upon it? Addressing these and other key questions in palaeoanthropology and bioarchaeology, Simon Hillson examines the unique role of teeth in preserving detailed microscopic records of development throughout childhood
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The Forgotten Lineage(s)

Paleobiology of Paranthropus

Edited by Paul J. Constantino, Kaye E. Reed, Bernard A. Wood ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This volume brings together an international roster of scientists, many of which have spent their careers researching the fossil evidence for, and the context of, the taxa that are conventionally subsumed within the genus Paranthropus, to present and synthesize the latest research about the paleobiologyof Paranthropus. Among the topics and questions collectively explored are the following:- The ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This volume brings together an international roster of scientists, many of which have spent their careers researching the fossil evidence for, and the context of, the taxa that are conventionally subsumed within the genus Paranthropus, to present and synthesize the latest research about the paleobiologyof Paranthropus. Among the topics and questions collectively explored are the following:- The
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Restoring Bhagavad Gita

The Restoration of Human Knowledge, #1

by Sandeep Chavan ...

Series Book 1 - The Restoration of Human Knowledge
Restoring Bhagavad Gita: Decoding the Original Intelligence Beyond Religion, Myth, and Misinterpretation by Sandeep Chavan is a groundbreaking effort to restore the Bhagavad Gita to its original essence—as a universal framework of intelligence, action, and self-realization, free from religious dogma and philosophical distortions. Unlike other interpretations that emphasize spiritual devotion, ... Read more

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Restoring Bhagavad Gita: Decoding the Original Intelligence Beyond Religion, Myth, and Misinterpretation by Sandeep Chavan is a groundbreaking effort to restore the Bhagavad Gita to its original essence—as a universal framework of intelligence, action, and self-realization, free from religious dogma and philosophical distortions. Unlike other interpretations that emphasize spiritual devotion,
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The Vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula

Volume 1

Edited by Javier Loidi ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides a compact, up-to-date and detailed overview of the vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, a highly diverse part of Europe in the Mediterranean area. Written by a group of experienced researchers, the volume includes a first section with general chapters discussing the climate, the biogeography and the flora, and a second section with detailed descriptions of the 14 regional ... Read more

$296.99 USD

This book provides a compact, up-to-date and detailed overview of the vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, a highly diverse part of Europe in the Mediterranean area. Written by a group of experienced researchers, the volume includes a first section with general chapters discussing the climate, the biogeography and the flora, and a second section with detailed descriptions of the 14 regional
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DNA Traffic in the Environment

Edited by Hiromi Nishida, Taku Oshima ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book comprehensively discusses our current understanding of the role and biological mechanisms of horizontal transfer of genetic elements in the environment, which has been important in the evolution of prokaryotes (archaea and bacteria).Horizontal transfer of genetic elements generates variations of prokaryotes and their genomes. Comparative studies of genomes revealed that it frequently ... Read more

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This book comprehensively discusses our current understanding of the role and biological mechanisms of horizontal transfer of genetic elements in the environment, which has been important in the evolution of prokaryotes (archaea and bacteria).Horizontal transfer of genetic elements generates variations of prokaryotes and their genomes. Comparative studies of genomes revealed that it frequently
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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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Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950

by Marwa Elshakry ...

In Reading Darwin in Arabic, Marwa Elshakry questions current ideas about Islam, science, and secularism by exploring the ways in which Darwin was read in Arabic from the late 1860s to the mid-twentieth century. Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, she explores Darwin’s global appeal from the perspective of several ... Read more

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In Reading Darwin in Arabic, Marwa Elshakry questions current ideas about Islam, science, and secularism by exploring the ways in which Darwin was read in Arabic from the late 1860s to the mid-twentieth century. Borrowing from translation and reading studies and weaving together the history of science with intellectual history, she explores Darwin’s global appeal from the perspective of several
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Classical and Spatial Stochastic Processes

With Applications to Biology

by Rinaldo B. Schinazi ...

The revised and expanded edition of this textbook presents the concepts and applications of random processes with the same illuminating simplicity as its first edition, but with the notable addition of substantial modern material on biological modeling. While still treating many important problems in fields such as engineering and mathematical physics, the book also focuses on the highly relevant ... Read more

$58.99 USD

The revised and expanded edition of this textbook presents the concepts and applications of random processes with the same illuminating simplicity as its first edition, but with the notable addition of substantial modern material on biological modeling. While still treating many important problems in fields such as engineering and mathematical physics, the book also focuses on the highly relevant
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Doves, Diplomats, and Diabetes

A Darwinian Interpretation of Type 2 Diabetes and Related Disorders

by Milind Watve ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Darwinian medicine looks at the ecological and evolutionary roots of disease. A disease is an interaction between a genome and its biotic or abiotic environment and therefore a disease is essentially an ecological process. Good understanding of ecology and a Darwinian way of thinking can give us novel and useful perspectives on health and disease. If we understand the disease process better, we ... Read more

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Darwinian medicine looks at the ecological and evolutionary roots of disease. A disease is an interaction between a genome and its biotic or abiotic environment and therefore a disease is essentially an ecological process. Good understanding of ecology and a Darwinian way of thinking can give us novel and useful perspectives on health and disease. If we understand the disease process better, we
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California's Amazing Geology

by Donald R. Prothero ...

California has some of the most distinctive and unique geology in the United States. It is the only state with all three types of plate boundaries, an extraordinary history of earthquakes and volcanoes, and many rocks and minerals found nowhere else. The Golden State includes both the highest and lowest points in the continental US and practically every conceivable geological feature known. This ... Read more

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California has some of the most distinctive and unique geology in the United States. It is the only state with all three types of plate boundaries, an extraordinary history of earthquakes and volcanoes, and many rocks and minerals found nowhere else. The Golden State includes both the highest and lowest points in the continental US and practically every conceivable geological feature known. This
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Optical Allusions

by Jay Hosler ...

Optical Allusions is for those people seeking a painstakingly researched, scientifically accurate, eye-themed comic book adventure! Wrinkles the Wonder Brain has lost his bosses' eye and now he has to search all of human imagination for it. Along the way, he confronts biology head on and accidentally learns more about eyes and the evolution of vision than he thought possible. And, as if a ... Read more

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Optical Allusions is for those people seeking a painstakingly researched, scientifically accurate, eye-themed comic book adventure! Wrinkles the Wonder Brain has lost his bosses' eye and now he has to search all of human imagination for it. Along the way, he confronts biology head on and accidentally learns more about eyes and the evolution of vision than he thought possible. And, as if a
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Маймуната с прекрасната роба

От първоначалната крехкост към всеобщото съзнание.

by Bruno Del Medico ...

Series Book 953 - BUL - PensareDiverso
В продължение на хилядолетия се описваме като „гола маймуна”: крехко животно, изхвърлено внезапно в света без нокти и броня, заобиколено от неразбираеми природни сили и по-добре оборудвани хищници, прославено от Десмонд Морис, етолог и антрополог, благодарение на известната му книга от 1967 г., озаглавена именно „Голата маймуна”. Изплашено същество, което е научило да оцелява, измисляйки истории, ... Read more

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В продължение на хилядолетия се описваме като „гола маймуна”: крехко животно, изхвърлено внезапно в света без нокти и броня, заобиколено от неразбираеми природни сили и по-добре оборудвани хищници, прославено от Десмонд Морис, етолог и антрополог, благодарение на известната му книга от 1967 г., озаглавена именно „Голата маймуна”. Изплашено същество, което е научило да оцелява, измисляйки истории,
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Echinoderm Research and Diversity in Latin America

Edited by Juan José Alvarado, Francisco Alonso Solis-Marin ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book compiles for the first time the development of echinoderm research in Latin America. The book contains 17 chapters, one introductory, 15 country chapters, and a final biogeographic analysis. It compiles all the investigations published in international and local journals, reports, theses and other gray literature. Each chapter is composed of 7 sections: introduction describes the marine ... Read more

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This book compiles for the first time the development of echinoderm research in Latin America. The book contains 17 chapters, one introductory, 15 country chapters, and a final biogeographic analysis. It compiles all the investigations published in international and local journals, reports, theses and other gray literature. Each chapter is composed of 7 sections: introduction describes the marine
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Creación Y Evolución

Una Comparación Entre Evolucionismo Teísta, Darwinismo Casualista Y Creacionismo - Ensayo

by Guido Pagliarino ...

Translated by Mariano Bas ...

Ensayo que trata temas ligados al evolucionismo, en relación con el cual se prodigan prejuicios e imprecisiones, como, por ejemplo, la idea de que los términos “evolucionismo” y “darwinismo” son sinónimos. Las teorías evolucionistas son en realidad múltiples. El autor considera en la obra tanto las argumentaciones del evolucionismo como las del creacionismo, las del cual, fuera de ciertos círculos ... Read more

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Ensayo que trata temas ligados al evolucionismo, en relación con el cual se prodigan prejuicios e imprecisiones, como, por ejemplo, la idea de que los términos “evolucionismo” y “darwinismo” son sinónimos. Las teorías evolucionistas son en realidad múltiples. El autor considera en la obra tanto las argumentaciones del evolucionismo como las del creacionismo, las del cual, fuera de ciertos círculos
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Transitions Between Sexual Systems

Understanding the Mechanisms of, and Pathways Between, Dioecy, Hermaphroditism and Other Sexual Systems

Edited by Janet L. Leonard ...

This book focuses on explaining the distribution of sexual systems (simultaneous hermaphroditism, sequential hermaphroditism, environmental sex determination,dioecy, androdioecy, etc.) among taxa, which remains a major challenge in evolutionary biology. Although significant advances have been made for angiosperms, there is not yet a theory that predicts the sexual system for the majority of animal ... Read more

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This book focuses on explaining the distribution of sexual systems (simultaneous hermaphroditism, sequential hermaphroditism, environmental sex determination,dioecy, androdioecy, etc.) among taxa, which remains a major challenge in evolutionary biology. Although significant advances have been made for angiosperms, there is not yet a theory that predicts the sexual system for the majority of animal
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Майдони огоҳӣ. Ба сӯи зеҳни умумиҷаҳонӣ

Назарияи нави майдонҳо шуури инфиродиро ба воқеияти кайҳонӣ табдил медиҳад.

by Bruno Del Medico ...

Series Book 956 - TGK - PensareDiverso
Муддати тӯлонӣ мо бовар доштем, ки огоҳӣ масъалаи хусусӣ аст, ки дар даруни сари ҳар кас ниҳон аст. Як навъ ҳуҷраи баста, як шамъи инфиродӣ, ки танҳо ҷаҳони ботинии моро равшан мекард. Аммо имрӯз чизе тағйир меёбад. Тадқиқоти илмӣ дар бораи рафтори коллективӣ, кашфиётҳо дар нейроиҷтимоӣ, назарияҳои муосири зеҳни паҳншуда ва ҳатто баъзе дарки анъанаҳои тафаккури маънавӣ ҳама ба назар мерасанд, ки ... Read more

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Муддати тӯлонӣ мо бовар доштем, ки огоҳӣ масъалаи хусусӣ аст, ки дар даруни сари ҳар кас ниҳон аст. Як навъ ҳуҷраи баста, як шамъи инфиродӣ, ки танҳо ҷаҳони ботинии моро равшан мекард. Аммо имрӯз чизе тағйир меёбад. Тадқиқоти илмӣ дар бораи рафтори коллективӣ, кашфиётҳо дар нейроиҷтимоӣ, назарияҳои муосири зеҳни паҳншуда ва ҳатто баъзе дарки анъанаҳои тафаккури маънавӣ ҳама ба назар мерасанд, ки
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Avian Cognition

Edited by Carel ten Cate, Susan D. Healy ...

The cognitive abilities of birds are remarkable: hummingbirds integrate spatial and temporal information about food sources, day-old chicks have a sense of numbers, parrots can make and use tools, and ravens have sophisticated insights in social relationships. This volume describes the full range of avian cognitive abilities, the mechanisms behind such abilities and how they relate to the ecology ... Read more

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The cognitive abilities of birds are remarkable: hummingbirds integrate spatial and temporal information about food sources, day-old chicks have a sense of numbers, parrots can make and use tools, and ravens have sophisticated insights in social relationships. This volume describes the full range of avian cognitive abilities, the mechanisms behind such abilities and how they relate to the ecology
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Calculation of Demographic Parameters in Tropical Livestock Herds

A discrete time approach with LASER animal-based monitoring data

by Matthieu Lesnoff, Renaud Lancelot, Charles-Henri Moulin, Samir Messad, Xavier Juanès, Christian Sahut ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Having indicators to assess the effect of zootechnical, sanitary, economic or political intervention or the impact of environmental risks makes it possible to draw up strategies for improving domestic animal populations. This handbook is a compilation of the main concepts relating to the definition and calculation of demographic rates for largely non-intensive tropical animal farms. It is intended ... Read more

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Having indicators to assess the effect of zootechnical, sanitary, economic or political intervention or the impact of environmental risks makes it possible to draw up strategies for improving domestic animal populations. This handbook is a compilation of the main concepts relating to the definition and calculation of demographic rates for largely non-intensive tropical animal farms. It is intended
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Medicine and Genetics: Connections for Health and Wellness

by Edenilson Brandl ...

It is with great excitement and pleasure that I present to you this book, an in-depth and comprehensive exploration of the intersections of genetics and medicine. Over the pages that follow, I invite you to embark on a fascinating journey through the latest advances and discoveries in this exciting field.Genetics has played a key role in understanding human health, unlocking the secrets contained ... Read more

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It is with great excitement and pleasure that I present to you this book, an in-depth and comprehensive exploration of the intersections of genetics and medicine. Over the pages that follow, I invite you to embark on a fascinating journey through the latest advances and discoveries in this exciting field.Genetics has played a key role in understanding human health, unlocking the secrets contained
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Biodiversity of the Himalaya: Jammu and Kashmir State

Edited by Ghulam Hassan Dar, Anzar A. Khuroo ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The Himalaya, a global biodiversity hotspot, sustains about one-fifth of the humankind. Nestled within the north-western mountain ranges of the Himalaya, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) State harbours more than half of the biodiversity found in the Indian Himalaya. The wide expanse of State, spread across the subtropical Jammu, through the temperate Kashmir valley, to the cold arid Ladakh, is typical ... Read more

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The Himalaya, a global biodiversity hotspot, sustains about one-fifth of the humankind. Nestled within the north-western mountain ranges of the Himalaya, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) State harbours more than half of the biodiversity found in the Indian Himalaya. The wide expanse of State, spread across the subtropical Jammu, through the temperate Kashmir valley, to the cold arid Ladakh, is typical
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EL FASCINANTE MUNDO DE LOS ELEFANTES

by Juan Pimentel ...

"El Fascinante Mundo de los Elefantes" es una inmersión profunda en la vida, la historia y el impacto de estos majestuosos animales en nuestro planeta. Desde sus antecedentes evolutivos hasta sus complejas dinámicas sociales, pasando por su anatomía asombrosa y la relación intrincada con los seres humanos, cada capítulo desentraña aspectos fascinantes y, a veces, desafiantes de la existencia de ... Read more

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"El Fascinante Mundo de los Elefantes" es una inmersión profunda en la vida, la historia y el impacto de estos majestuosos animales en nuestro planeta. Desde sus antecedentes evolutivos hasta sus complejas dinámicas sociales, pasando por su anatomía asombrosa y la relación intrincada con los seres humanos, cada capítulo desentraña aspectos fascinantes y, a veces, desafiantes de la existencia de
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The Connections Between Ecology and Infectious Disease

Edited by Christon J. Hurst ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book summarizes current advances in our understanding of how infectious disease represents an ecological interaction between a pathogenic microorganism and the host species in which that microbe causes illness.The contributing authors explain that pathogenic microorganisms often also have broader ecological connections, which can include a natural environmental presence; possible transmission ... Read more

$188.99 USD

This book summarizes current advances in our understanding of how infectious disease represents an ecological interaction between a pathogenic microorganism and the host species in which that microbe causes illness.The contributing authors explain that pathogenic microorganisms often also have broader ecological connections, which can include a natural environmental presence; possible transmission
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