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The Doctrine of Natural Selection

de Alfred Russel Wallace ...

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1873 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Doctrine of Natural Selection' is a short article on Wallace's most lasting contribution to evolutionary theory. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. Wallace was inspired by the ... Leer más

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This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1873 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Doctrine of Natural Selection' is a short article on Wallace's most lasting contribution to evolutionary theory. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. Wallace was inspired by the
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Honest Questions

A Personal Commentary on Genesis 1 through 11

de Edward B. Allen ...

Series Libro 5 - Devotional Commentary
Debates between Christians and atheists often focus on Genesis chapters 1 through 11. Honest Questions: A Personal Commentary on Genesis 1 through 11 discusses some of the controversial questions and then gives personal insights into deeper questions. For example, going beyond, “How long did Creation take?” the first chapter of Genesis answers the question, “Who created the universe?” This ... Leer más

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Debates between Christians and atheists often focus on Genesis chapters 1 through 11. Honest Questions: A Personal Commentary on Genesis 1 through 11 discusses some of the controversial questions and then gives personal insights into deeper questions. For example, going beyond, “How long did Creation take?” the first chapter of Genesis answers the question, “Who created the universe?” This
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The End of Darwinism

And How a Flawed and Disastrous Theory Was Stolen and Sold

de Eugene G. Windchy ...

Both the Nazis and the Communists seized upon survival of the fittest theory in order to justify their wars and genocides. Was the science as bad as the morality? the End of Darwinism reports that the history of Darwinism is full of deception, error, and politics:A series of famous biologists have appeared to support Darwin's explanation for biological change while not actually believing in it. ... Leer más

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Both the Nazis and the Communists seized upon survival of the fittest theory in order to justify their wars and genocides. Was the science as bad as the morality? the End of Darwinism reports that the history of Darwinism is full of deception, error, and politics:A series of famous biologists have appeared to support Darwin's explanation for biological change while not actually believing in it.
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The LGM Distribution of Dominant Tree Genera in Northern China's Forest-steppe Ecotone and Their Postglacial Migration

de Qian Hao ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book systematically discusses the vegetation dynamics in northern China since the LGM, with a focus on three dominant tree species (Pinus, Quercus and Betula). By integrating methods of palaeoecology, phylogeography and species distribution model, it reconstructs the glacial refugia in northern China, demonstrating that the species were located further north than previously assumed during the ... Leer más

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This book systematically discusses the vegetation dynamics in northern China since the LGM, with a focus on three dominant tree species (Pinus, Quercus and Betula). By integrating methods of palaeoecology, phylogeography and species distribution model, it reconstructs the glacial refugia in northern China, demonstrating that the species were located further north than previously assumed during the
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Le coloris dans le règne animal

de Georges Pouchet ...

« ... Cette relation entre la couleur des animaux et la lumière est évidente pour ceux qui habitent la terre et l’air ; ils sont d’autant plus brillants qu’ils baignent davantage dans les rayons du soleil, les diurnes plus que les nocturnes, les animaux des tropiques plus que ceux des régions sombres du pôle ; mais la même loi ne semble plus s’appliquer aux bêtes de la mer, qui paraissent d’autant ... Leer más

$4.07 USD

« ... Cette relation entre la couleur des animaux et la lumière est évidente pour ceux qui habitent la terre et l’air ; ils sont d’autant plus brillants qu’ils baignent davantage dans les rayons du soleil, les diurnes plus que les nocturnes, les animaux des tropiques plus que ceux des régions sombres du pôle ; mais la même loi ne semble plus s’appliquer aux bêtes de la mer, qui paraissent d’autant
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Migration Strategies of Birds of Prey in Western Palearctic

Edición de Michele Panuccio, Ugo Mellone, Nicolantonio Agostini ...

Given their roles in the ecosystem, raptors are widely considered the flagship or umbrella species among birds. Most species undertake a seasonal journey that is impressive because of the length, and the imposing natural barriers such as deserts and seas that they fly over. The migration of birds of prey has unique characteristics in the animal world because of their morphology and flight style. ... Leer más

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Given their roles in the ecosystem, raptors are widely considered the flagship or umbrella species among birds. Most species undertake a seasonal journey that is impressive because of the length, and the imposing natural barriers such as deserts and seas that they fly over. The migration of birds of prey has unique characteristics in the animal world because of their morphology and flight style.
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Evolution of Life and Form

Enriched edition. Four lectures delivered at the twenty-third anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, 1898

de Annie Besant, Cassia Vexley ...

In "Evolution of Life and Form," Annie Besant delves into the intricate relationship between physical existence and the spiritual essence of humanity. She adeptly synthesizes scientific inquiry with metaphysical philosophy, reflecting the early 20th-century discourse on evolution and spiritualism. Besant's literary style is characterized by clarity and depth, employing a blend of rigorous analysis ... Leer más

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In "Evolution of Life and Form," Annie Besant delves into the intricate relationship between physical existence and the spiritual essence of humanity. She adeptly synthesizes scientific inquiry with metaphysical philosophy, reflecting the early 20th-century discourse on evolution and spiritualism. Besant's literary style is characterized by clarity and depth, employing a blend of rigorous analysis
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La vuelta al mundo en seis millones de años

de Guido Barbujani, Andrea Bronelli ...

Traducido por Pepa Linares ...

Series series El libro de bolsillo - Ciencias
Este libro cuenta la gran aventura de los avatares y de las múltiples y sucesivas migraciones de los "homininos" (es decir, del hombre y todas las especies humanas extinguidas) desde que los primeros de ellos descendieron de los árboles y, muy poco a poco, empezaron a transitar en posición erecta sobre la tierra, hasta el Neolítico y el tiempo presente. De la mano de la biología evolutiva y de la ... Leer más

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Este libro cuenta la gran aventura de los avatares y de las múltiples y sucesivas migraciones de los "homininos" (es decir, del hombre y todas las especies humanas extinguidas) desde que los primeros de ellos descendieron de los árboles y, muy poco a poco, empezaron a transitar en posición erecta sobre la tierra, hasta el Neolítico y el tiempo presente. De la mano de la biología evolutiva y de la
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Overleven

Een persoonlijke kijk op een gedeelde toekomst

de Ivan Wolffers ...

De afgelopen honderdvijftig jaar is door verbeterde gezondheidszorg, voeding en leefomstandigheden de gemiddelde levensduur van de mens blijven stijgen. Een leeftijd van honderddertig jaar moet mogelijk zijn. En mensen willen altijd meer. Tienduizenden jaren heeft de evolutionaire gulheid waarmee de natuur diversiteit bevordert ervoor gezorgd dat de overlevingskansen voor de mens maximaal zijn. De ... Leer más

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De afgelopen honderdvijftig jaar is door verbeterde gezondheidszorg, voeding en leefomstandigheden de gemiddelde levensduur van de mens blijven stijgen. Een leeftijd van honderddertig jaar moet mogelijk zijn. En mensen willen altijd meer. Tienduizenden jaren heeft de evolutionaire gulheid waarmee de natuur diversiteit bevordert ervoor gezorgd dat de overlevingskansen voor de mens maximaal zijn. De
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Die Entstehung der Arten

Bereicherte Ausgabe.

de Charles Darwin, Carsten Jäger ...

In "Die Entstehung der Arten" präsentiert Charles Darwin seine bahnbrechende Theorie der natürlichen Selektion, die das Verständnis der biologischen Entwicklung revolutionierte. Das Werk ist ein meisterhaftes Beispiel für Darwins klaren und analytischen Schreibstil, der komplexe wissenschaftliche Ideen mit einer zugänglichen Sprache verbindet. Im Kontext des 19. Jahrhunderts, als die ... Leer más

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In "Die Entstehung der Arten" präsentiert Charles Darwin seine bahnbrechende Theorie der natürlichen Selektion, die das Verständnis der biologischen Entwicklung revolutionierte. Das Werk ist ein meisterhaftes Beispiel für Darwins klaren und analytischen Schreibstil, der komplexe wissenschaftliche Ideen mit einer zugänglichen Sprache verbindet. Im Kontext des 19. Jahrhunderts, als die
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The Missing Lemur Link

An Ancestral Step in the Evolution of Human Behaviour

de Michael Huffman, Ivan Norscia, Elisabetta Palagi ...

Series Libro 74 - Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
Lemurs share a common distant ancestor with humans. Following their own evolutionary pathway, lemurs provide the ideal model to shed light on the behavioural traits of primates including conflict management, communication strategies and society building and how these aspects of social living relate to those found in the anthropoid primates. Adopting a comparative approach throughout, lemur ... Leer más

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Lemurs share a common distant ancestor with humans. Following their own evolutionary pathway, lemurs provide the ideal model to shed light on the behavioural traits of primates including conflict management, communication strategies and society building and how these aspects of social living relate to those found in the anthropoid primates. Adopting a comparative approach throughout, lemur
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Emerging Viruses in Latin America

Contemporary Virology

Edición de Flor H. Pujol, Alberto E. Paniz-Mondolfi ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
Latin America has extensive microbial diversity and is endemic for a wide array of infectious agents including dengue, chikungunya, malaria and tuberculosis. In 2014, the WHO cited 93 public health events of potential international concern in the Latin American region where over half (47 events) were caused specifically by chikungunya and other zoonotic pathogens, causing geographically widespread ... Leer más

$269.09 USD

Latin America has extensive microbial diversity and is endemic for a wide array of infectious agents including dengue, chikungunya, malaria and tuberculosis. In 2014, the WHO cited 93 public health events of potential international concern in the Latin American region where over half (47 events) were caused specifically by chikungunya and other zoonotic pathogens, causing geographically widespread
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40 Years of Evolution

Darwin's Finches on Daphne Major Island, New Edition

de Peter R. Grant, B. Rosemary Grant ...

A new edition of Peter and Rosemary Grant’s classic account of their groundbreaking forty-year study of Darwin’s finches40 Years of Evolution is a landmark study of the finches first made famous by Charles Darwin, one that documents as never before the evolution of species through natural selection. In this now-legendary study, renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant draw on a ... Leer más

$28.79 USD

A new edition of Peter and Rosemary Grant’s classic account of their groundbreaking forty-year study of Darwin’s finches40 Years of Evolution is a landmark study of the finches first made famous by Charles Darwin, one that documents as never before the evolution of species through natural selection. In this now-legendary study, renowned evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant draw on a
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An Anthropogenic Table of Elements

Experiments in the Fundamental

Edición de Timothy Neale, Courtney Addison, Thao Phan ...

Series series Technoscience and Society
An Anthropogenic Table of Elements provides a contemporary rethinking of Dmitri Mendeleev’s periodic table of elements, bringing together "elemental" stories to reflect on everyday life in the Anthropocene.Concise and engaging, this book provides stories of scale, toxicity, and temporality that extrapolate on ideas surrounding ethics, politics, and materiality that are fundamental to this ... Leer más

$28.79 USD

An Anthropogenic Table of Elements provides a contemporary rethinking of Dmitri Mendeleev’s periodic table of elements, bringing together "elemental" stories to reflect on everyday life in the Anthropocene.Concise and engaging, this book provides stories of scale, toxicity, and temporality that extrapolate on ideas surrounding ethics, politics, and materiality that are fundamental to this
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Our Ancient Brain: Why We Think the Way We Do

de James S. Bucko ...

Belief, superstition, and conspiracy… Where did they come from? This book explains everything.How did our species evolve from stone axe chippers living in dank caves to the architects of artificial intelligence living in air-conditioned high-rise penthouses?As author Jim Bucko explains, our tool-making capability seems to have preceded and then paralleled other developments in human language, art, ... Leer más

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Belief, superstition, and conspiracy… Where did they come from? This book explains everything.How did our species evolve from stone axe chippers living in dank caves to the architects of artificial intelligence living in air-conditioned high-rise penthouses?As author Jim Bucko explains, our tool-making capability seems to have preceded and then paralleled other developments in human language, art,
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Spite

The Upside of Your Dark Side

de Simon McCarthy-Jones ...

Spite angers and enrages us, but it also keeps us honest. In this provocative account, a psychologist examines how petty vengeance explains human thriving.Spite seems utterly useless. You don't gain anything by hurting yourself just so you can hurt someone else. So why hasn't evolution weeded out all the spiteful people?As psychologist Simon McCarthy-Jones argues, spite seems pointless because we ... Leer más

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Spite angers and enrages us, but it also keeps us honest. In this provocative account, a psychologist examines how petty vengeance explains human thriving.Spite seems utterly useless. You don't gain anything by hurting yourself just so you can hurt someone else. So why hasn't evolution weeded out all the spiteful people?As psychologist Simon McCarthy-Jones argues, spite seems pointless because we
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 29, 1881

de Charles Darwin ...

Series series The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ... Leer más

$114.79 USD

This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging
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Systematics and Evolution

Part A

Edición de Joseph W. Spatafora, David J. McLaughlin ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This volume includes treatments of systematics and related topics for both fungi and fungus-like organisms in four eukaryotic supergroups, as well as specialized chapters on nomenclature, techniques and evolution. These organisms are of great interest to mycologists, plant pathologists and others, including those interested in the animal parasitic Microsporidia. Our knowledge of the systematics ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

This volume includes treatments of systematics and related topics for both fungi and fungus-like organisms in four eukaryotic supergroups, as well as specialized chapters on nomenclature, techniques and evolution. These organisms are of great interest to mycologists, plant pathologists and others, including those interested in the animal parasitic Microsporidia. Our knowledge of the systematics
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Beginnings

How Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood Shaped Our Species

de Tesla Monson, PhD ...

Eve meets Who We Are and How We Got Here in this exciting new examination of human evolution that puts motherhood at the center of the story.Seven million years ago, a pregnant, apelike ancestor to the whole of our species found a secluded space on the forest floor and began her labor. An hour or two later, her baby emerged into the world, alert and able to hold on to their mother’s fur within ... Leer más

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Eve meets Who We Are and How We Got Here in this exciting new examination of human evolution that puts motherhood at the center of the story.Seven million years ago, a pregnant, apelike ancestor to the whole of our species found a secluded space on the forest floor and began her labor. An hour or two later, her baby emerged into the world, alert and able to hold on to their mother’s fur within
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Cave Biodiversity

Speciation and Diversity of Subterranean Fauna

Edición de J. Judson Wynne ...

A deep-dive into the evolutionary biology, biogeography, and conservation of the most elusive subterranean creatures in the world.Far from the austere, sparsely populated ecosystems often conjured in the imagination, caves host some of the most mysterious and biodiverse natural systems in the world. Subterranean environments, however, are the least explored terrestrial habitats, contributing to ... Leer más

$78.69 USD

A deep-dive into the evolutionary biology, biogeography, and conservation of the most elusive subterranean creatures in the world.Far from the austere, sparsely populated ecosystems often conjured in the imagination, caves host some of the most mysterious and biodiverse natural systems in the world. Subterranean environments, however, are the least explored terrestrial habitats, contributing to
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The Green Evolution

How we can survive the global ecological collapse and continue as a technological civilization

de Jeffrey Ravage ...

"The Green Evolution, or: How we can survive the global ecological collapse and continue as a technological civilization, " is a work inspired by a love of nature and humanity as well. For human nature evolved from nature. It is designed to inform the reader about how life works, not what we have been told about how it works or how we wish it would. Life has existed on this planet for over 4 ... Leer más

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"The Green Evolution, or: How we can survive the global ecological collapse and continue as a technological civilization, " is a work inspired by a love of nature and humanity as well. For human nature evolved from nature. It is designed to inform the reader about how life works, not what we have been told about how it works or how we wish it would. Life has existed on this planet for over 4
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Richard Dawkins contra Stephen Jay Gould

de Kim Sterelny ...

Dawkins y Gould. Oxford y Harvard. Un zoólogo y un paleontólogo. Un liberal y un socialista. Un inglés y un estadounidense. Una gran batalla intelectual. Dos visiones contrapuestas acerca de la verdadera naturaleza de la evolución.La historia de la ciencia está repleta de rivalidades y conflictos: Newton discutió con Leibniz sobre la naturaleza del espacio, Edison y Tesla fueron protagonistas de ... Leer más

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Dawkins y Gould. Oxford y Harvard. Un zoólogo y un paleontólogo. Un liberal y un socialista. Un inglés y un estadounidense. Una gran batalla intelectual. Dos visiones contrapuestas acerca de la verdadera naturaleza de la evolución.La historia de la ciencia está repleta de rivalidades y conflictos: Newton discutió con Leibniz sobre la naturaleza del espacio, Edison y Tesla fueron protagonistas de
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La società egoista e i residui caratteristici dell'evoluzione

de Danilo Paglino ...

Oggi siamo circondati da tecnologie e siamo abituati a dilettarci con congegni che dovrebbero semplificarci la vita, ma siamo poco propensi a riflettere su cosa ci renderebbe realmente felici. Le relazioni umane sembra proprio che siano state sostituite del tutto da feticci, che ci fanno sempre più somigliare a dei robot privi di emozioni e sentimenti; tendiamo a giudicare superficialmente i ... Leer más

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Oggi siamo circondati da tecnologie e siamo abituati a dilettarci con congegni che dovrebbero semplificarci la vita, ma siamo poco propensi a riflettere su cosa ci renderebbe realmente felici. Le relazioni umane sembra proprio che siano state sostituite del tutto da feticci, che ci fanno sempre più somigliare a dei robot privi di emozioni e sentimenti; tendiamo a giudicare superficialmente i
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A New Unfeathered Bird

de Katrina van Grouw ...

A marvelous, original fusion of art and scienceThis extensively revised and expanded edition of The Unfeathered Bird features hundreds of new illustrations and a new text exploring the origins, anatomy, evolution and diversity of birds across deep timeSince it was first published in 2013, The Unfeathered Bird has established itself as a favourite among bird lovers and dinosaur enthusiasts ... ... Leer más

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A marvelous, original fusion of art and scienceThis extensively revised and expanded edition of The Unfeathered Bird features hundreds of new illustrations and a new text exploring the origins, anatomy, evolution and diversity of birds across deep timeSince it was first published in 2013, The Unfeathered Bird has established itself as a favourite among bird lovers and dinosaur enthusiasts ...
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