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Beyond Inheritance

Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health

de Roxanne Khamsi ...

Narrado por Roxanne Khamsi ...

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8 hora 39 minutos

**“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and ... Leer más

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**“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and
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Birds, Sex and Beauty

The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin's Strangest Idea

de Matt Ridley ...

Narrado por Matt Ridley ...

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11 hora 31 minutos

""[An] intriguing philosophical journey into a critical issue within evolutionary theory that for too long has remained unresolved."" —Wall Street JournalMatt Ridley is one of our finest science writers. This book is a treat for bird lovers and evolutionary biologists alike.” —Richard Dawkins, author of The Genetic Book of The Dead and The God DelusionThe New York Times bestsellin... ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

""[An] intriguing philosophical journey into a critical issue within evolutionary theory that for too long has remained unresolved."" —Wall Street JournalMatt Ridley is one of our finest science writers. This book is a treat for bird lovers and evolutionary biologists alike.” —Richard Dawkins, author of The Genetic Book of The Dead and The God DelusionThe New York Times bestsellin...
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Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms

Essays on Natural History

de Stephen Jay Gould ...

Narrado por Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ...

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12 hora 43 minutos

For more than twenty-five years, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould wrote a column called "The View of Life" for Natural History magazine. More than twenty entries from that column comprise this collection, which includes such essays as "Boyle's Law and Darwin's Details," "Brotherhood by Inversion (or, As the Worm Turns)," "Darwin's American Soulmate," "The Diet of Worms and Defenestration of Prague ... Leer más

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For more than twenty-five years, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould wrote a column called "The View of Life" for Natural History magazine. More than twenty entries from that column comprise this collection, which includes such essays as "Boyle's Law and Darwin's Details," "Brotherhood by Inversion (or, As the Worm Turns)," "Darwin's American Soulmate," "The Diet of Worms and Defenestration of Prague
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Homo Deus

A Brief History of Tomorrow

de Yuval Noah Harari ...

Narrado por Derek Perkins ...

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14 hora 54 minutos

Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to ... Leer más

$32.99 USD

Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.Over the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to
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Life on Earth

de David Attenborough ...

Narrado por David Attenborough ...

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12 hora 26 minutos

A new edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth.Winner of Best Non-Fiction Audiobook at the New York Radio Awards 2019.Shortlisted for Best Audiobook at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.Shortlisted for Futurebook of the Year at the Futurebook Awards 2018.The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, ... ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

A new edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth.Winner of Best Non-Fiction Audiobook at the New York Radio Awards 2019.Shortlisted for Best Audiobook at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.Shortlisted for Futurebook of the Year at the Futurebook Awards 2018.The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, ...
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Origin

A Genetic History of the Americas

de Jennifer Raff ...

Narrado por Jennifer Raff, Tanis Parenteau, Yvonne Russo ...

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9 hora 12 minutos

From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories ... Leer más

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From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories
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The Voyage of the Beagle, with eBook

de Charles Darwin ...

Narrado por David Case ...

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16 hora 36 minutos

Charles Darwin was just twenty-two when he went on his first voyage around the world in 1831. Darwin's father at first refused to allow his young son to go on the voyage. Fortunately, his father relented, and Darwin's journal is now considered by many to be the greatest scientific travel narrative ever written.Revised by the author in 1860, this is an account of his experiences on the HMS Beagle, ... Leer más

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Charles Darwin was just twenty-two when he went on his first voyage around the world in 1831. Darwin's father at first refused to allow his young son to go on the voyage. Fortunately, his father relented, and Darwin's journal is now considered by many to be the greatest scientific travel narrative ever written.Revised by the author in 1860, this is an account of his experiences on the HMS Beagle,
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The Pattern Seekers

How Autism Drives Human Invention

de Simon Baron-Cohen ...

Narrado por Jonathan Cowley ...

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5 hora 42 minutos

A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for seventy thousand years, from the ... Leer más

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A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for seventy thousand years, from the
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The Life of Birds

de David Attenborough ...

Narrado por David Attenborough ...

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9 hora 59 minutos

A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough’s bestselling classic.BIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightness, freedom and richness of plumage and song.David Attenborough has been watching and learning all ... Leer más

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A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough’s bestselling classic.BIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightness, freedom and richness of plumage and song.David Attenborough has been watching and learning all
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The Co-Creation

How Earth Made Life and Life Made Earth

de Olivia Judson ...

Narrado por Olivia Judson ...

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12 hora 24 minutos

**“A fascinating and original account of the history of life. It is full of new insights about evolution and history, and even more importantly—with new viewpoints.” —Yuval Noah Harari, New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindA daring new planetary history, one that focuses our attention on the beautiful and dynamic dance between life and Earth, from Olivia Judson ... Leer más

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**“A fascinating and original account of the history of life. It is full of new insights about evolution and history, and even more importantly—with new viewpoints.” —Yuval Noah Harari, New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindA daring new planetary history, one that focuses our attention on the beautiful and dynamic dance between life and Earth, from Olivia Judson
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Evolution

Still a Theory in Crisis

de Michael Denton ...

Narrado por John McLain ...

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11 hora 5 minutos

More than thirty years after his landmark book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (1985), biologist Michael Denton revisits his earlier thesis about the inability of Darwinian evolution to explain the history of life. He argues that there remains “an irresistible consilience of evidence for rejecting Darwinian cumulative selection as the major driving force of evolution.” From the origin of life to the ... Leer más

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More than thirty years after his landmark book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (1985), biologist Michael Denton revisits his earlier thesis about the inability of Darwinian evolution to explain the history of life. He argues that there remains “an irresistible consilience of evidence for rejecting Darwinian cumulative selection as the major driving force of evolution.” From the origin of life to the
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Cave of Bones

de Lee Berger, John Hawks ...

Narrado por Lee Berger ...

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5 hora 43 minutos

In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa—spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, ... Leer más

$22.00 USD

In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa—spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped,
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Discovering the Mind Behind Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Science

"Unlock Cosmic Insights! Dive into powerful audio lessons on Discovering the Mind Behind Our Universe."

de Elias Thornhill ...

Narrado por Nick Porter ...

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2 hora 34 minutos

Discovering the Mind Behind Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Science⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide ⭐⭐Are you looking to advance your understanding and delve deep into the intriguing connection between science and consciousness?Seeking a comprehensive guide that elucidates the pivotal breakthroughs in understanding the universe's secrets?Your search ends here!This audiobook ... ... Leer más

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Discovering the Mind Behind Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Science⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide ⭐⭐Are you looking to advance your understanding and delve deep into the intriguing connection between science and consciousness?Seeking a comprehensive guide that elucidates the pivotal breakthroughs in understanding the universe's secrets?Your search ends here!This audiobook ...
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Life

The Leading Edge of Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Anthropology, and Environmental Science

de John Brockman ...

Narrado por Mike Chamberlain, Antony Ferguson, Jonathan Yen ...

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12 hora 37 minutos

Scientists' understanding of life is progressing more rapidly than at any point in human history, from the extraordinary decoding of DNA to the controversial emergence of biotechnology. Featuring pioneering biologists, geneticists, physicists, and science writers, Life explains just how far we've come—and takes a brilliantly educated guess at where we're heading.Richard Dawkins and J. Craig Venter ... Leer más

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Scientists' understanding of life is progressing more rapidly than at any point in human history, from the extraordinary decoding of DNA to the controversial emergence of biotechnology. Featuring pioneering biologists, geneticists, physicists, and science writers, Life explains just how far we've come—and takes a brilliantly educated guess at where we're heading.Richard Dawkins and J. Craig Venter
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Life is Inevitable

Death is just life, reshaped

de Eduardo Cruz Cabrera ...

Narrado por AI-generated male voice ...

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1 horas 49 minutos

What if death weren’t the end—but merely a change of form?An intimate conversation about death, transformation… and the mystery of continued existence.This book doesn’t try to convert you with religion or overwhelm you with science. It’s a direct, warm, and deeply human reflection on what it truly means to die… and to keep on existing.From the mites that feed on your skin to the stars that shaped ... Leer más

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What if death weren’t the end—but merely a change of form?An intimate conversation about death, transformation… and the mystery of continued existence.This book doesn’t try to convert you with religion or overwhelm you with science. It’s a direct, warm, and deeply human reflection on what it truly means to die… and to keep on existing.From the mites that feed on your skin to the stars that shaped
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Making Sense of Cancer

From Its Evolutionary Origin to Its Societal Impact and the Ultimate Solution

de Jarle Breivik ...

Narrado por Jarle Breivik ...

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6 hora 30 minutos

Embark on a captivating journey that will fundamentally change how you see cancer—and perhaps life itself. Cancer is more than a disease. It is an integral part of who we are—complex biological and cultural beings with a limited life span. You will be surprised, challenged, and even amused by this eloquent synthesis of knowledge. Firmly rooted in science and the principles of evolution, this book ... Leer más

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Embark on a captivating journey that will fundamentally change how you see cancer—and perhaps life itself. Cancer is more than a disease. It is an integral part of who we are—complex biological and cultural beings with a limited life span. You will be surprised, challenged, and even amused by this eloquent synthesis of knowledge. Firmly rooted in science and the principles of evolution, this book
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Too Much of a Good Thing

How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us

de Lee Goldman ...

Narrado por Dan Woren ...

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11 hora 1 minutos

The dean of Columbia University's medical school explains why our bodies are out of sync with today's environment and how we can correct this to save our health.Over the past 200 years, human life-expectancy has approximately doubled. Yet we face soaring worldwide rates of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, mental illness, heart disease, and stroke. In his fascinating new book, Dr. Lee ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

The dean of Columbia University's medical school explains why our bodies are out of sync with today's environment and how we can correct this to save our health.Over the past 200 years, human life-expectancy has approximately doubled. Yet we face soaring worldwide rates of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, mental illness, heart disease, and stroke. In his fascinating new book, Dr. Lee
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The Social Instinct

How Cooperation Shaped the World

de Nichola Raihani ...

Narrado por Nichola Raihani ...

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9 hora 41 minutos

**This program is read by the author.In the tradition of Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene, Nichola Raihani's The Social Instinct is a profound and engaging look at the hidden relationships underpinning human evolution, and why cooperation is key to our future survival.**"Enriching" —Publisher's WeeklyCooperation is the means by which life arose in the first place. It’s how we progressed through ... Leer más

$26.99 USD

**This program is read by the author.In the tradition of Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene, Nichola Raihani's The Social Instinct is a profound and engaging look at the hidden relationships underpinning human evolution, and why cooperation is key to our future survival.**"Enriching" —Publisher's WeeklyCooperation is the means by which life arose in the first place. It’s how we progressed through
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On the Backs of Tortoises

Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden

de Elizabeth Hennessy ...

Narrado por Donna Postel ...

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11 hora 38 minutos

An insightful exploration of the iconic Galápagos tortoises, and how their fate is inextricably linked to our own in a rapidly changing world.The Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine nature. For sixty years, conservationists have worked to restore this evolutionary Eden after centuries of exploitation at the hands of pirates, whalers, and island settlers. This book ... Leer más

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An insightful exploration of the iconic Galápagos tortoises, and how their fate is inextricably linked to our own in a rapidly changing world.The Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine nature. For sixty years, conservationists have worked to restore this evolutionary Eden after centuries of exploitation at the hands of pirates, whalers, and island settlers. This book
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Bully for Brontosaurus

Reflections in Natural History

de Stephen Jay Gould ...

Narrado por Jonathan Sleep ...

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17 hora 31 minutos

"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ideas and improbable allusions paragraph after paragraph and then, uncoiling, hit it with such power that his fans know they are experiencing the game of essay writing at its best." —John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review ... Leer más

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"Provocative and delightfully discursive essays on natural history . . . Gould is the Stan Musial of essay writing. He can work himself into a corkscrew of ideas and improbable allusions paragraph after paragraph and then, uncoiling, hit it with such power that his fans know they are experiencing the game of essay writing at its best." —John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review
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Charles Darwin Origin of Species Explained: A Modern Guide to Evolution, Natural Selection, and the Science of Life’s Diversity

de Daniel Forsyth ...

Narrado por Daniel Forsyth ...

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1 horas 52 minutos

Demystify evolutionary biology and natural selection to transform how you view the breathtaking diversity of life. Whether you are enriching your daily commute or seeking intellectually stimulating lifelong learning, this accessible scientific history bridges a massive paradigm shift with modern discoveries. Experience the thrill of scientific breakthrough as a young beetle collector accidentally ... Leer más

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Demystify evolutionary biology and natural selection to transform how you view the breathtaking diversity of life. Whether you are enriching your daily commute or seeking intellectually stimulating lifelong learning, this accessible scientific history bridges a massive paradigm shift with modern discoveries. Experience the thrill of scientific breakthrough as a young beetle collector accidentally
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The Hunt for FOXP5

A Genomic Mystery Novel

de David Deamer, Wallace Kaufman ...

Narrado por Nancy Wu ...

Series series The Science and Fiction Series
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13 hora 32 minutos

Genetics professor Michelle Murphy loses her husband under mysterious circumstances and without warning, while their brilliant eight-year-old daughter Avalon, adopted in Kazakhstan, stubbornly believes she is a mutant.As if this were not enough she soon finds herself thrown into the middle of a quickly thickening plot, where the legacy of Genghis Khan meets the hunt for FOXP5, a genetic ... Leer más

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Genetics professor Michelle Murphy loses her husband under mysterious circumstances and without warning, while their brilliant eight-year-old daughter Avalon, adopted in Kazakhstan, stubbornly believes she is a mutant.As if this were not enough she soon finds herself thrown into the middle of a quickly thickening plot, where the legacy of Genghis Khan meets the hunt for FOXP5, a genetic
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The Demon in the Machine

How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life

de Paul Davies ...

Narrado por Nigel Patterson ...

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9 hora 13 minutos

What is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question, for life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match it. Huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery.In this penetrating and wide-ranging book, world-renowned physicist ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

What is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question, for life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match it. Huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery.In this penetrating and wide-ranging book, world-renowned physicist
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Between Ape and Human

An Anthropologist on the Trail of a Hidden Hominoid

de Gregory Forth ...

Narrado por Mike Cooper ...

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8 hora 59 minutos

While doing fieldwork on the remote Indonesian island of Flores, anthropologist Gregory Forth came across people talking about half-apelike, half-humanlike creatures that once lived in a cave on the slopes of a nearby volcano. Over the years he continued to record what locals had to say about these mystery hominoids while searching for ways to explain them as imaginary symbols of the wild or other ... Leer más

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While doing fieldwork on the remote Indonesian island of Flores, anthropologist Gregory Forth came across people talking about half-apelike, half-humanlike creatures that once lived in a cave on the slopes of a nearby volcano. Over the years he continued to record what locals had to say about these mystery hominoids while searching for ways to explain them as imaginary symbols of the wild or other
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