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  • Evolution of the Human Diet

    The Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable

    Edición de Peter S. Ungar ...
    Series series Human Evolution Series
    We are interested in the evolution of hominin diets for several reasons. One is the fundamental concern over our present-day eating habits and the consequences of our societal choices, such as obesity prevalent in some cultures and starvation in others. Another is that humans have learned to feed themselves in extremely varied environments, and these adaptations, which are fundamentally different ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

  • Teeth

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Peter S. Ungar ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Teeth are amazing - the product of half a billion years of evolution. They provide fuel for the body by breaking apart other living things; and they must do it again and again over a lifetime without themselves being broken in the process. This means that plants and animals have developed tough or hard tissues for protection, and teeth have evolved ways to sharpen or strengthen themselves to ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Teeth

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Peter S. Ungar ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Teeth are amazing - the product of half a billion years of evolution. They provide fuel for the body by breaking apart other living things; and they must do it again and again over a lifetime without themselves being broken in the process. This means that plants and animals have developed tough or hard tissues for protection, and teeth have evolved ways to sharpen or strengthen themselves to ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Mammal Teeth

    Origin, Evolution, and Diversity

    de Peter S. Ungar ...
    Winner, 2010 PROSE Award for Excellence in the Biological Sciences. Professional and Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American PublishersIn this unique book, Peter S. Ungar tells the story of mammalian teeth from their origin through their evolution to their current diversity.Mammal Teeth traces the evolutionary history of teeth, beginning with the very first mineralized ... Leer más

    $88.99 USD

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  • Adam's Tongue

    How Humans Made Language, How Language Made Humans

    de Derek Bickerton ...
    How language evolved has been called "the hardest problem in science." In Adam's Tongue, Derek Bickerton—long a leading authority in this field—shows how and why previous attempts to solve that problem have fallen short. Taking cues from topics as diverse as the foraging strategies of ants, the distribution of large prehistoric herbivores, and the construction of ecological niches, Bickerton ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Scatter, Adapt, and Remember

    How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction

    de Annalee Newitz ...
    In its 4.5 billion–year history, life on Earth has been almost erased at least half a dozen times: shattered by asteroid impacts, entombed in ice, smothered by methane, and torn apart by unfathomably powerful megavolcanoes. And we know that another global disaster is eventually headed our way. Can we survive it? How?As a species, Homo sapiens is at a crossroads. Study of our planet’s turbulent ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

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  • The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

    The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

    de Bryan Sykes ...
    The national bestseller that reveals how we are descended from seven prehistoric women.One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix, The Seven Daughters of Eve reveals the remarkable story behind a groundbreaking scientific discovery. After being summoned in 1997 to an archaeological site to examine the remains of a five-thousand-year-old man, Bryan ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Deep Ancestry

    Inside the Genographic Project

    de Spencer Wells ...
    Travel backward through time from today's scattered billions to the handful of early humans who lived in Africa 60,000 years ago and are ancestors to us all. In Deep Ancestry, scientist and National Geographic explorer Spencer Wells shows how tiny genetic changes add up over time into a fascinating story. Using scores of real-life examples, helpful analogies, and detailed diagrams and ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • The Folly of Fools

    The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life

    de Robert Trivers ...
    Whether it's in a cockpit at takeoff or the planning of an offensive war, a romantic relationship or a dispute at the office, there are many opportunities to lie and self-deceive -- but deceit and self-deception carry the costs of being alienated from reality and can lead to disaster. So why does deception play such a prominent role in our everyday lives? In short, why do we deceive?In his bold ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • An Urchin in the Storm

    de Stephen Jay Gould ...
    "What pleasure to see the dishonest, the inept, and the misguided deftly given their due, while praise is lavished on the deserving—for reasons well and truly stated."—Kirkus ReviewsRanging as far as the fox and as deep as the hedgehog (the urchin of his title), Stephen Jay Gould expands on geology, biological determinism, "cardboard Darwinism," and evolutionary theory in this sparkling collection ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Introducing Evolutionary Psychology

    A Graphic Guide

    de Dylan Evans, Oscar Zarate ...
    Series Libro 0 - Graphic Guides
    How did the mind evolve? How does the human mind differ from the minds of our ancestors, and from the minds of our nearest relatives, the apes? What are the universal features of the human mind, and why are they designed the way they are? If our minds are built by selfish genes, why are we so cooperative? Can the differences between male and female psychology be explained in evolutionary terms? ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Sex, Time, and Power

    How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution

    de Leonard Shlain ...
    As in the bestselling The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, Leonard Shlain’s provocative new book promises to change the way readers view themselves and where they came from.Sex, Time, and Power offers a tantalizing answer to an age-old question: Why did big-brained Homo sapiens suddenly emerge some 150,000 years ago? The key, according to Shlain, is female sexuality. Drawing on an awesome breadth of ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

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