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Intelligent Design and Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

Volume V

Edición de John S. Wilkins ...

Series series The International Library of Essays on Evolutionary Thought
Over the past decade a strident public debate has arisen about the nature and origin of religions. Controversies include how exactly religion evolved, whether by individual or group selection, if it is adaptive, and if not, whether and how it is a side effect of evolution. This volume focuses on the issue of naturalizing religion: on the ways in which cognitive science and social sciences have ... Leer más

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Over the past decade a strident public debate has arisen about the nature and origin of religions. Controversies include how exactly religion evolved, whether by individual or group selection, if it is adaptive, and if not, whether and how it is a side effect of evolution. This volume focuses on the issue of naturalizing religion: on the ways in which cognitive science and social sciences have
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Not a Chimp

The hunt to find the genes that make us human

de Jeremy Taylor ...

Humans are primates, and our closest relatives are the other African apes - chimpanzees closest of all. With the mapping of the human genome, and that of the chimp, a direct comparison of the differences between the two, letter by letter along the billions of As, Gs, Cs, and Ts of the DNA code, has led to the widely vaunted claim that we differ from chimps by a mere 1.6% of our genetic code. A ... Leer más

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Humans are primates, and our closest relatives are the other African apes - chimpanzees closest of all. With the mapping of the human genome, and that of the chimp, a direct comparison of the differences between the two, letter by letter along the billions of As, Gs, Cs, and Ts of the DNA code, has led to the widely vaunted claim that we differ from chimps by a mere 1.6% of our genetic code. A
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Le Roi des Animaux : l’Homme

de Charles Richet ...

Le roi des animaux, ce n’est pas le lion : c’est l’homme. Tel est, en effet, le titre que l’homme s’est donné à lui-même. Il a même imaginé un règne spécial qu’il a appelé le règne humain. Nous allons examiner, à travers ce livre, jusqu’à quel point cette prétention à l’empire est justifiée ou chimérique, et dans quelles limites elle peut et doit s’exercer. ... Leer más

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Le roi des animaux, ce n’est pas le lion : c’est l’homme. Tel est, en effet, le titre que l’homme s’est donné à lui-même. Il a même imaginé un règne spécial qu’il a appelé le règne humain. Nous allons examiner, à travers ce livre, jusqu’à quel point cette prétention à l’empire est justifiée ou chimérique, et dans quelles limites elle peut et doit s’exercer.
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Lynn Margulis

The Life and Legacy of a Scientific Rebel

Edición de Dorion Sagan ...

Tireless, controversial, and hugely inspirational to those who knew her or encountered her work, Lynn Margulis was a scientist whose intellectual energy and interests knew no bounds. Best known for her work on the origins of eukaryotic cells, the Gaia hypothesis, and symbiogenesis as a driving force in evolution, her work has forever changed the way we understand life on Earth.When Margulis passed ... Leer más

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Tireless, controversial, and hugely inspirational to those who knew her or encountered her work, Lynn Margulis was a scientist whose intellectual energy and interests knew no bounds. Best known for her work on the origins of eukaryotic cells, the Gaia hypothesis, and symbiogenesis as a driving force in evolution, her work has forever changed the way we understand life on Earth.When Margulis passed
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Últimas noticias sobre los orígenes de la vida

Por qué la vida en la Tierra es mucho más antigua, más rica y más extraña de lo que nadie había imaginado

de Abderrazak El Albani ...

¿Cómo pasó la Tierra de ser una bola de magma en ebullición a estar poblada de seres vivos?En 2008, Abderrazak El Albani estudiaba sedimentos en Gabón cuando desenterró, sin pretenderlo, cientos de fósiles cuya existencia la ciencia consideraba imposible. Eran organismos multicelulares de 2.100 millones de años, mil quinientos millones de años anteriores a lo que el dogma heredado de Darwin ... Leer más

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PEDIDO ANTICIPADO

¿Cómo pasó la Tierra de ser una bola de magma en ebullición a estar poblada de seres vivos?En 2008, Abderrazak El Albani estudiaba sedimentos en Gabón cuando desenterró, sin pretenderlo, cientos de fósiles cuya existencia la ciencia consideraba imposible. Eran organismos multicelulares de 2.100 millones de años, mil quinientos millones de años anteriores a lo que el dogma heredado de Darwin
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The Evolved Apprentice

How Evolution Made Humans Unique

de Kim Sterelny ...

Series series Jean Nicod Lectures
A new theory of the evolution of human cognition and human social life that emphasizes the role of information sharing across generations.Over the last three million years or so, our lineage has diverged sharply from those of our great ape relatives. Change has been rapid (in evolutionary terms) and pervasive. Morphology, life history, social life, sexual behavior, and foraging patterns have all ... Leer más

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A new theory of the evolution of human cognition and human social life that emphasizes the role of information sharing across generations.Over the last three million years or so, our lineage has diverged sharply from those of our great ape relatives. Change has been rapid (in evolutionary terms) and pervasive. Morphology, life history, social life, sexual behavior, and foraging patterns have all
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The Foundations of Population Genetics

de Daniel M. Weinreich ...

An accessible but rigorous treatment of the theoretical foundations of population genetics.Population genetics—the branch of evolutionary biology concerned with understanding how and why populations’ genetic compositions change over time—rests on a well-developed theoretical foundation that draws on genetics, mathematics, and computer science. This textbook provides an approachable but rigorous ... Leer más

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An accessible but rigorous treatment of the theoretical foundations of population genetics.Population genetics—the branch of evolutionary biology concerned with understanding how and why populations’ genetic compositions change over time—rests on a well-developed theoretical foundation that draws on genetics, mathematics, and computer science. This textbook provides an approachable but rigorous
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Imperfection

A Natural History

de Telmo Pievani ...

Traducido por Michael Gerard Kenyon ...

In praise of imperfection: how life on our planet is a catalog of imperfections, errors, alternatives, and anomalies.In the beginning, there was imperfection, which became the source of all things. Anomalies and asymmetries caused planets to take shape from the bubbling void and sent light into darkness. Life on earth is a catalog of accidents, alternatives, and errors that turned out to work ... Leer más

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In praise of imperfection: how life on our planet is a catalog of imperfections, errors, alternatives, and anomalies.In the beginning, there was imperfection, which became the source of all things. Anomalies and asymmetries caused planets to take shape from the bubbling void and sent light into darkness. Life on earth is a catalog of accidents, alternatives, and errors that turned out to work
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Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

The Evolutionary Origins of Belief

de Lewis Wolpert ...

"Marvelously funny and provocative."—Publishers WeeklyWhy do 70 percent of Americans believe in angels, while others are convinced that they were abducted by aliens? What makes people believe in improbable things when all the evidence points to the contrary? And don't almost all of us, at some time or another, engage in magical thinking?In Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast, evolutionary ... Leer más

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"Marvelously funny and provocative."—Publishers WeeklyWhy do 70 percent of Americans believe in angels, while others are convinced that they were abducted by aliens? What makes people believe in improbable things when all the evidence points to the contrary? And don't almost all of us, at some time or another, engage in magical thinking?In Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast, evolutionary
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Concealing Coloration in Animals

de Judy Diamond, Alan B. Bond ...

The biological functions of coloration in animals are sometimes surprising. Color can attract mates, intimidate enemies, and distract predators. But color patterns can also conceal animals from detection. Concealing coloration is unusual because it is an adaptation not only to the visual features of the environment but also to the perceptual and cognitive capabilities of other organisms. Judy ... Leer más

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The biological functions of coloration in animals are sometimes surprising. Color can attract mates, intimidate enemies, and distract predators. But color patterns can also conceal animals from detection. Concealing coloration is unusual because it is an adaptation not only to the visual features of the environment but also to the perceptual and cognitive capabilities of other organisms. Judy
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Southern Hemisphere Palaeobiogeography of Triassic-Jurassic Marine Bivalves

de Susana E. Damborenea, Javier Echevarría, Sonia Ros-Franch ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Palaeobiogeography is a complex subject which processes information provided by both Biology and Earth Sciences. It is conceptually and philosophically equivalent to neobiogeography. Nevertheless, its methods are somewhat different, since it is limited by the incompleteness of the fossil record. On the other hand, it has direct access to the time dimension, a key ingredient of organic evolution. ... Leer más

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Palaeobiogeography is a complex subject which processes information provided by both Biology and Earth Sciences. It is conceptually and philosophically equivalent to neobiogeography. Nevertheless, its methods are somewhat different, since it is limited by the incompleteness of the fossil record. On the other hand, it has direct access to the time dimension, a key ingredient of organic evolution.
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Evolution: Was macht den Menschen einzigartig? (GEO eBook Single)

Edición de GEO Magazin, GEO eBook, GEO ...

Was ist der Mensch? Auch nur ein besonders intelligentes Tier? Ein singuläres Kulturwesen? Oder beides? Die Frage, was den Mensch zum Menschen macht und woher er seine Fertigkeiten hat, beschäftigt Anthropologen noch immer. Das mag verwundern. Denn liegt nicht auf der Hand, worin unsere Einzigartigkeit besteht? Das könnte man denken. Aber so einfach ist es nicht ... Die großen Themen der Zeit sind ... Leer más

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Was ist der Mensch? Auch nur ein besonders intelligentes Tier? Ein singuläres Kulturwesen? Oder beides? Die Frage, was den Mensch zum Menschen macht und woher er seine Fertigkeiten hat, beschäftigt Anthropologen noch immer. Das mag verwundern. Denn liegt nicht auf der Hand, worin unsere Einzigartigkeit besteht? Das könnte man denken. Aber so einfach ist es nicht ... Die großen Themen der Zeit sind
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How Men Age

What Evolution Reveals about Male Health and Mortality

de Richard G. Bribiescas ...

A groundbreaking book that examines all aspects of male aging through an evolutionary lensWhile the health of aging men has been a focus of biomedical research for years, evolutionary biology has not been part of the conversation—until now. How Men Age is the first book to explore how natural selection has shaped male aging, how evolutionary theory can inform our understanding of male health and ... Leer más

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A groundbreaking book that examines all aspects of male aging through an evolutionary lensWhile the health of aging men has been a focus of biomedical research for years, evolutionary biology has not been part of the conversation—until now. How Men Age is the first book to explore how natural selection has shaped male aging, how evolutionary theory can inform our understanding of male health and
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Search Before the Dog: Domestication, Persistence, and the Origins of the Dog

de L. Jack Rhodes ...

Before the Dog offers a new account of how wolves became dogs—one that does not begin with taming, affection, or deliberate human design.Instead of asking when humans decided to domesticate wolves, this book asks a quieter question: how did certain canids manage to persist at the margins of human activity while others did not?Drawing on archaeology, paleopathology, evolutionary biology, behavioral ... Leer más

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Before the Dog offers a new account of how wolves became dogs—one that does not begin with taming, affection, or deliberate human design.Instead of asking when humans decided to domesticate wolves, this book asks a quieter question: how did certain canids manage to persist at the margins of human activity while others did not?Drawing on archaeology, paleopathology, evolutionary biology, behavioral
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Bruder Tier

Mensch und Tier in Mythos und Evolution

de Karl König ...

Series series Karl König Werkausgabe
Karl Königs auf Brüderlichkeit begründetes Denken und Sinnen galt neben dem Menschen gleichermaßen den Tieren. Seine Tierbetrachtungen erlauben einen imaginativen Zugang zur Tierwelt und ein vertieftes Verständnis des Evolutionsgeschehens. Letztlich zeigt sich die unzertrennliche Verbundenheit von Mensch und Tier sowie die Notwendigkeit, das gegenwärtige Schicksal der Tiere in den Blick zu nehmen ... Leer más

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Karl Königs auf Brüderlichkeit begründetes Denken und Sinnen galt neben dem Menschen gleichermaßen den Tieren. Seine Tierbetrachtungen erlauben einen imaginativen Zugang zur Tierwelt und ein vertieftes Verständnis des Evolutionsgeschehens. Letztlich zeigt sich die unzertrennliche Verbundenheit von Mensch und Tier sowie die Notwendigkeit, das gegenwärtige Schicksal der Tiere in den Blick zu nehmen
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Moonstruck

How lunar cycles affect life

de Ernest Naylor ...

Throughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has featured in folklore and myths. Yet it has become increasingly apparent that many organisms really are influenced indirectly, and in some cases directly, by the lunar cycle. Breeding behaviour among some marine animals has been demonstrated to be controlled by internal circalunar biological clocks, to the point where ... Leer más

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Throughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has featured in folklore and myths. Yet it has become increasingly apparent that many organisms really are influenced indirectly, and in some cases directly, by the lunar cycle. Breeding behaviour among some marine animals has been demonstrated to be controlled by internal circalunar biological clocks, to the point where
... Leer más
Evolutionary Psychiatry

Current Perspectives on Evolution and Mental Health

Edición de Riadh Abed, Paul St John-Smith ...

Evolutionary psychiatry attempts to explain and examine the development and prevalence of psychiatric disorders through the lens of evolutionary and adaptationist theories. In this edited volume, leading international evolutionary scholars present a variety of Darwinian perspectives that will encourage readers to consider 'why' as well as 'how' mental disorders arise. Using insights from ... Leer más

$59.99 USD

Evolutionary psychiatry attempts to explain and examine the development and prevalence of psychiatric disorders through the lens of evolutionary and adaptationist theories. In this edited volume, leading international evolutionary scholars present a variety of Darwinian perspectives that will encourage readers to consider 'why' as well as 'how' mental disorders arise. Using insights from
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Impronta, les heuristiques cognitives de la nature

de Javier Valle ...

MPRONTA : Les heuristiques cognitives de la natureEt si l'intelligence n'était pas un privilège du cerveau, mais le langage secret de la vie elle-même ?Imaginez un colibri qui « calcule » l'efficacité de sa chasse avant l'aube, ou un virus qui externalise la quasi-totalité de son travail biologique pour optimiser sa survie. Pensez à la Mimosa pudica, cette plante qui se rétracte au moindre contact ... Leer más

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MPRONTA : Les heuristiques cognitives de la natureEt si l'intelligence n'était pas un privilège du cerveau, mais le langage secret de la vie elle-même ?Imaginez un colibri qui « calcule » l'efficacité de sa chasse avant l'aube, ou un virus qui externalise la quasi-totalité de son travail biologique pour optimiser sa survie. Pensez à la Mimosa pudica, cette plante qui se rétracte au moindre contact
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The Design of Mammals

A Scaling Approach

de John William Prothero ...

Despite an astonishing 100 million-fold range in adult body mass from bumblebee bat to blue whale, all mammals are formed of the same kinds of molecules, cells, tissues and organs and to the same overall body plan. A scaling approach investigates the principles of mammal design by examining the ways in which mammals of diverse size and taxonomy are quantitatively comparable. This book presents an ... Leer más

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Despite an astonishing 100 million-fold range in adult body mass from bumblebee bat to blue whale, all mammals are formed of the same kinds of molecules, cells, tissues and organs and to the same overall body plan. A scaling approach investigates the principles of mammal design by examining the ways in which mammals of diverse size and taxonomy are quantitatively comparable. This book presents an
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Il topo che amava i gatti

E altre stranezze dell’evoluzione

de Michel Raymond ...

Il mondo è pieno di curiosità naturali; alcune di queste sono così bizzarre e improbabili che stentiamo a credere che possano esistere davvero. Come diavolo fa il pipistrello a «vedere» con i suoni? Possibile che esistano topi attirati dall’odore dei gatti, tanto da andare loro incontro ed esserne sbranati? Sono stupidi? Possiamo anche prendere le cose nel senso opposto e chiederci per quale ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

Il mondo è pieno di curiosità naturali; alcune di queste sono così bizzarre e improbabili che stentiamo a credere che possano esistere davvero. Come diavolo fa il pipistrello a «vedere» con i suoni? Possibile che esistano topi attirati dall’odore dei gatti, tanto da andare loro incontro ed esserne sbranati? Sono stupidi? Possiamo anche prendere le cose nel senso opposto e chiederci per quale
... Leer más
Oxidative Stress and Hormesis in Evolutionary Ecology and Physiology

A Marriage Between Mechanistic and Evolutionary Approaches

de David Costantini ...

This book discusses oxidative stress and hormesis from the perspective of an evolutionary ecologist or physiologist. In the first of ten chapters, general historical information, definitions, and background of research on oxidative stress physiology, hormesis, and life history are provided. Chapters 2-10 highlight the different solutions that organisms have evolved to cope with the oxidative ... Leer más

$143.99 USD

This book discusses oxidative stress and hormesis from the perspective of an evolutionary ecologist or physiologist. In the first of ten chapters, general historical information, definitions, and background of research on oxidative stress physiology, hormesis, and life history are provided. Chapters 2-10 highlight the different solutions that organisms have evolved to cope with the oxidative
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Microbiome Community Ecology

Fundamentals and Applications

de Muhammad Saleem ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book reviews the mechanisms, patterns, and processes that regulate prokaryotic diversity through different habitats in the context of evolutionary and ecological hypotheses, principles, and theories. Despite the tremendous role of prokaryotic diversity in the function of the global ecosystem, it remains understudied in comparison to the rest of biological diversity. In this book, the authors ... Leer más

$53.99 USD

This book reviews the mechanisms, patterns, and processes that regulate prokaryotic diversity through different habitats in the context of evolutionary and ecological hypotheses, principles, and theories. Despite the tremendous role of prokaryotic diversity in the function of the global ecosystem, it remains understudied in comparison to the rest of biological diversity. In this book, the authors
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Earth: The Nitty Gritty

de Hassan Rasheed ...

Humanity was born into a different world than the one it finds itself living in at this moment. The world back then was a simple one guided by Nature and void of the amalgam of taboos and draconian rules that have only one purpose: to complicate and confuse the human condition. So, instead of simple desires and wants the human element has been amplified beyond what Earth can sustain. This is a ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

Humanity was born into a different world than the one it finds itself living in at this moment. The world back then was a simple one guided by Nature and void of the amalgam of taboos and draconian rules that have only one purpose: to complicate and confuse the human condition. So, instead of simple desires and wants the human element has been amplified beyond what Earth can sustain. This is a
... Leer más
The Evolution of Life Worth Living

Why we choose to live

de C. A. Soper ...

Why do most of us enjoy being alive? Psychologist Dr C A Soper argues that a zest for life evolved as a survival necessity, ultimately because our species, and ours alone, has to live with the possibility of suicide. Suicide may have been our ancestors' most formative evolutionary problem, solutions to which have shaped the construction of the human mind and touch on almost every aspect of our day ... Leer más

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Why do most of us enjoy being alive? Psychologist Dr C A Soper argues that a zest for life evolved as a survival necessity, ultimately because our species, and ours alone, has to live with the possibility of suicide. Suicide may have been our ancestors' most formative evolutionary problem, solutions to which have shaped the construction of the human mind and touch on almost every aspect of our day
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