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The Skull of Australopithecus afarensis

de William H. Kimbel, Yoel Rak, Donald C. Johanson ...

Series series Human Evolution Series
The book is the most in-depth account of the fossil skull anatomy and evolutionary significance of the 3.6-3.0 million year old early human species Australopithecus afarensis. Knowledge of this species is pivotal to understanding early human evolution, because 1) the sample of fossil remains of A. afarensis is among the most extensive for any early human species, and the majority of remains are of ... Leer más

$182.99 USD

The book is the most in-depth account of the fossil skull anatomy and evolutionary significance of the 3.6-3.0 million year old early human species Australopithecus afarensis. Knowledge of this species is pivotal to understanding early human evolution, because 1) the sample of fossil remains of A. afarensis is among the most extensive for any early human species, and the majority of remains are of
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Life Evolving

Molecules, Mind, and Meaning

de Christian de Duve ...

In just a half century, humanity has made an astounding leap in its understanding of life. Now, one of the giants of biological science, Christian de Duve, discusses what we've learned in this half century, ranging from the tiniest cells to the future of our species and of life itself. With wide-ranging erudition, De Duve takes us on a dazzling tour of the biological world, beginning with the ... Leer más

$53.99 USD

In just a half century, humanity has made an astounding leap in its understanding of life. Now, one of the giants of biological science, Christian de Duve, discusses what we've learned in this half century, ranging from the tiniest cells to the future of our species and of life itself. With wide-ranging erudition, De Duve takes us on a dazzling tour of the biological world, beginning with the
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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

$132.99 USD

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 and Speciation in Animals

de T. J. Pandian ...

This book represents the first attempt to quantify environmental factors and life history traits that accelerate or decelerate species diversity in animals. About 15%, 8% and 77% of species are distributed in marine (70% of earth’s surface), freshwater (terra firma fosters more diversity. The harsh hadal, desert and elevated montane habitats restrict diversity to 0.5-4.2%. Costing more time and ... Leer más

$94.99 USD

This book represents the first attempt to quantify environmental factors and life history traits that accelerate or decelerate species diversity in animals. About 15%, 8% and 77% of species are distributed in marine (70% of earth’s surface), freshwater (terra firma fosters more diversity. The harsh hadal, desert and elevated montane habitats restrict diversity to 0.5-4.2%. Costing more time and
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Investigating Life in the Universe

Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

de Christopher K. Walker ...

This textbook gives a lively introduction to the search for extraterrestrial life. It is a guidebook to understanding the possibility of life elsewhere, pointing out landmarks and providing background information to facilitate further exploration of those areas of most interest to the reader.We are a planet of winners – winners of a cosmic lottery that has been in play since the universe began ... Leer más

$91.99 USD

This textbook gives a lively introduction to the search for extraterrestrial life. It is a guidebook to understanding the possibility of life elsewhere, pointing out landmarks and providing background information to facilitate further exploration of those areas of most interest to the reader.We are a planet of winners – winners of a cosmic lottery that has been in play since the universe began
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Evolution and creation

Navigating the Intersection of Science and Faith: A Thought-Provoking Analysis of Evolution and Creation

de Herbert Junius Hardwicke ...

In "Evolution and Creation," Herbert Junius Hardwicke delves into the intricate relationship between scientific evolution and theological creation, presenting a meticulously researched argument that bridges two seemingly disparate perspectives. The book deploys a clear and accessible literary style, utilizing an array of compelling evidence and philosophical reasoning to engage readers. Hardwicke ... Leer más

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In "Evolution and Creation," Herbert Junius Hardwicke delves into the intricate relationship between scientific evolution and theological creation, presenting a meticulously researched argument that bridges two seemingly disparate perspectives. The book deploys a clear and accessible literary style, utilizing an array of compelling evidence and philosophical reasoning to engage readers. Hardwicke
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Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man, 1863

de Charles Lyell ...

Charles Lyell's argument in this classic volume is that the processes of nature are slow and uniform, and that the Earth is in consequence hundreds of millions of years old. This work includes his prediction that if our nearest relatives are great apes, then the places to look for human fossils will be central Africa and Indonesia. ... Leer más

$605.99 USD

Charles Lyell's argument in this classic volume is that the processes of nature are slow and uniform, and that the Earth is in consequence hundreds of millions of years old. This work includes his prediction that if our nearest relatives are great apes, then the places to look for human fossils will be central Africa and Indonesia.
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Charles Darwin's Life With Birds

His Complete Ornithology

de Clifford B. Frith ...

Much of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking work as an evolutionary biologist stemmed from his study of birds. It is universally acknowledged that Darwin's observation of bird groups and species like the Galapagos finches, mockingbirds, and rock doves was critical to the development of his theories on natural selection, evolution, and sexual selection. The significant number of diverse birds that ... Leer más

$97.99 USD

Much of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking work as an evolutionary biologist stemmed from his study of birds. It is universally acknowledged that Darwin's observation of bird groups and species like the Galapagos finches, mockingbirds, and rock doves was critical to the development of his theories on natural selection, evolution, and sexual selection. The significant number of diverse birds that
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The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles

Enriched edition. Unveiling the Evolutionary Secrets of Reptilian Jaw Muscles

de Richard C. Fox, Lucas Cross ...

In "The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles," Richard C. Fox delves into a niche yet vital aspect of paleobiology, examining the anatomical structures and evolutionary implications of jaw muscles in primitive reptiles. Employing a meticulous and systematic approach, Fox combines detailed anatomical descriptions with comparative analysis, drawing parallels with contemporary ... Leer más

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In "The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles," Richard C. Fox delves into a niche yet vital aspect of paleobiology, examining the anatomical structures and evolutionary implications of jaw muscles in primitive reptiles. Employing a meticulous and systematic approach, Fox combines detailed anatomical descriptions with comparative analysis, drawing parallels with contemporary
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Darwin's Psychology

de Ben Bradley ...

Darwin has long been hailed as forefather to behavioural science, especially nowadays, with the growing popularity of evolutionary psychologies. Yet, until now, his contribution to the field of psychology has been somewhat understated. This is the first book ever to examine the riches of what Darwin himself wrote about psychological matters. It unearths a Darwin new to contemporary science, whose ... Leer más

$41.99 USD

Darwin has long been hailed as forefather to behavioural science, especially nowadays, with the growing popularity of evolutionary psychologies. Yet, until now, his contribution to the field of psychology has been somewhat understated. This is the first book ever to examine the riches of what Darwin himself wrote about psychological matters. It unearths a Darwin new to contemporary science, whose
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Environmental Radiobiology

Edición de Paul N. Schofield, Carmel E. Mothersill ...

This book focuses on the impacts of anthropogenic radiation on wildlife and ecosystems and provides an in-depth look at the approaches and available tools we can use to gain information about biological effects of radiation in the environment.The nuclear accidents in Chornobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011 focussed the attention of the world on the vulnerability of ecosystems to radiation. In ... Leer más

$77.99 USD

This book focuses on the impacts of anthropogenic radiation on wildlife and ecosystems and provides an in-depth look at the approaches and available tools we can use to gain information about biological effects of radiation in the environment.The nuclear accidents in Chornobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011 focussed the attention of the world on the vulnerability of ecosystems to radiation. In
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Evolving Neural Crest Cells

Edición de Brian Frank Eames, Daniel Meulemans Medeiros, Igor Adameyko ...

Series series Evolutionary Cell Biology
Vertebrates possess lineage-specific characteristics. These include paired anterior sense organs and a robust, modular head skeleton built of cellular cartilage and bone. All of these structures are derived, at least partly, from an embryonic tissue unique vertebrates - the neural crest. The evolutionary history of the neural crest, and neural crest cells, has been difficult to reconstruct. This ... Leer más

$76.99 USD

Vertebrates possess lineage-specific characteristics. These include paired anterior sense organs and a robust, modular head skeleton built of cellular cartilage and bone. All of these structures are derived, at least partly, from an embryonic tissue unique vertebrates - the neural crest. The evolutionary history of the neural crest, and neural crest cells, has been difficult to reconstruct. This
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Infectious Disease

A Very Short Introduction

de Marta Wayne, Benjamin Bolker ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways that spread disease. But where does disease come from? How is it transmitted from one person to another? And why are some individuals more susceptible than others? ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways that spread disease. But where does disease come from? How is it transmitted from one person to another? And why are some individuals more susceptible than others?
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The Scopes Trial

An Encyclopedic History

de Randy Moore, Susan E. Brooks ...

The 1925 trial of John Scopes in tiny Dayton, Tennessee, remains a defining moment in American history. This "trial of the century"--a "media event" before the term was coined--addressed issues that still affect our society today, such as control of the school curriculum, the ongoing tensions between science and faith in public schools, and the ramifications of teaching evolution and human origins ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

The 1925 trial of John Scopes in tiny Dayton, Tennessee, remains a defining moment in American history. This "trial of the century"--a "media event" before the term was coined--addressed issues that still affect our society today, such as control of the school curriculum, the ongoing tensions between science and faith in public schools, and the ramifications of teaching evolution and human origins
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In Search of Human Evolution

Field Research in Diverse Environments

de Michael H. Crawford ...

Why would a researcher be willing to subject themselves to scorching heat, frigid conditions, or swarms of Anopheles mosquitoes? For author Michael H. Crawford, the answer is clear. Field research in anthropological genetics helps us answer several basic, universal questions. Who are we? Where did we come from? How did we get here? In Search of Human Evolution synthesizes more than 50 years of ... Leer más

$71.99 USD

Why would a researcher be willing to subject themselves to scorching heat, frigid conditions, or swarms of Anopheles mosquitoes? For author Michael H. Crawford, the answer is clear. Field research in anthropological genetics helps us answer several basic, universal questions. Who are we? Where did we come from? How did we get here? In Search of Human Evolution synthesizes more than 50 years of
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Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes

Edición de D T J Littlewood, R. A. Bray ...

Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes elucidates the role of the flatworms in the animal kingdom. It brings together results from an international group of experts, spanning many disciplines, who give evidence for the phylogeny of flatworms and constituent major taxa. A combined approach, using traditional comparative techniques along with the modern techniques of molecular phylogeny, is ... Leer más

$94.99 USD

Interrelationships of the Platyhelminthes elucidates the role of the flatworms in the animal kingdom. It brings together results from an international group of experts, spanning many disciplines, who give evidence for the phylogeny of flatworms and constituent major taxa. A combined approach, using traditional comparative techniques along with the modern techniques of molecular phylogeny, is
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The Human Evolutionary Transition

From Animal Intelligence to Culture

de Magnus Enquist, Stefano Ghirlanda, Johan Lind ...

A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other speciesThe Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, presenting a bold and provocative new account of how animals and humans have followed two powerful yet very different evolutionary paths to intelligence. This incisive book shows how animals rely on robust associative mechanisms that ... Leer más

$30.29 USD

A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other speciesThe Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, presenting a bold and provocative new account of how animals and humans have followed two powerful yet very different evolutionary paths to intelligence. This incisive book shows how animals rely on robust associative mechanisms that
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Remnants of Ancient Life

The New Science of Old Fossils

de Dale E. Greenwalt ...

The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct lifeWe used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces of life having vanished long ago. We were wrong. Remnants of Ancient Life reveals how the new science of ancient biomolecules—pigments, proteins, and DNA that once functioned in living organisms tens of millions of ... Leer más

$21.59 USD

The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct lifeWe used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces of life having vanished long ago. We were wrong. Remnants of Ancient Life reveals how the new science of ancient biomolecules—pigments, proteins, and DNA that once functioned in living organisms tens of millions of
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Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes

Edición de Jan Tachezy ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The new edition focuses on the latest information on mitochondrion-derived organelles, particularly on hydrogenosomes and mitosomes. It has become more and more evident that hydrogenosomes and mitosomes are just two specific members of larger family of organelles derived to various extent from mitochondria due to adaptation to oxygen-poor environment and to the parasitic life style. Since the 1st ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

The new edition focuses on the latest information on mitochondrion-derived organelles, particularly on hydrogenosomes and mitosomes. It has become more and more evident that hydrogenosomes and mitosomes are just two specific members of larger family of organelles derived to various extent from mitochondria due to adaptation to oxygen-poor environment and to the parasitic life style. Since the 1st
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Forms of Becoming

The Evolutionary Biology of Development

de Alessandro Minelli ...

What comes first, form or function? Trumpeted as the future of biological science, evolutionary developmental biology (or "evo-devo") answers this fundamental question by showing how evolution controls the development of organisms. In Forms of Becoming, Alessandro Minelli, a leading international figure in the field, takes an in-depth and comprehensive look at the history and key issues of evo ... Leer más

$35.29 USD

What comes first, form or function? Trumpeted as the future of biological science, evolutionary developmental biology (or "evo-devo") answers this fundamental question by showing how evolution controls the development of organisms. In Forms of Becoming, Alessandro Minelli, a leading international figure in the field, takes an in-depth and comprehensive look at the history and key issues of evo
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Alien Worlds

How Insects Conquered the Earth, and Why Their Fate Will Determine Our Future

de Steve Nicholls ...

A beautifully illustrated journey into the hidden realm of insectsLife on Earth depends on the busy activities of insects, but global populations of these teeming creatures are currently under threat, with grave consequences for us all. Alien Worlds presents insects and other arthropods as you have never seen them before, explaining how they conquered the planet and why there are so many of them, ... Leer más

$30.29 USD

A beautifully illustrated journey into the hidden realm of insectsLife on Earth depends on the busy activities of insects, but global populations of these teeming creatures are currently under threat, with grave consequences for us all. Alien Worlds presents insects and other arthropods as you have never seen them before, explaining how they conquered the planet and why there are so many of them,
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Evolution und Design: Logik und Beweise

de Ammar Adil ...

Die Evolution wird heutzutage als absolute Tatsache dargestellt und durch eine Vielzahl von Beweisen gestützt. Menschen, die nicht an die Evolution glauben, gelten als verzweifelte und religiös motivierte Verschwörungstheoretiker. Dieses Buch entlarvt diese irrige Vorstellung gründlich durch eine sorgfältige Analyse sowohl der Logik der Evolution als auch der wissenschaftlichen Beweise, die ... Leer más

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Die Evolution wird heutzutage als absolute Tatsache dargestellt und durch eine Vielzahl von Beweisen gestützt. Menschen, die nicht an die Evolution glauben, gelten als verzweifelte und religiös motivierte Verschwörungstheoretiker. Dieses Buch entlarvt diese irrige Vorstellung gründlich durch eine sorgfältige Analyse sowohl der Logik der Evolution als auch der wissenschaftlichen Beweise, die
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How Culture Makes Us Human

Primate Social Evolution and the Formation of Human Societies

de Dwight W Read ...

Series series Key Questions in Anthropology
What separates modern humans from our primate cousins—are we a mere blink in the march of evolution, or does human culture represent the definitive evolutionary turn? Dwight Read explores the dilemma in this engaging, thought-provoking book, taking readers through an evolutionary odyssey from our primate beginnings through the development of culture and social organization. He assesses the two ... Leer más

$58.99 USD

What separates modern humans from our primate cousins—are we a mere blink in the march of evolution, or does human culture represent the definitive evolutionary turn? Dwight Read explores the dilemma in this engaging, thought-provoking book, taking readers through an evolutionary odyssey from our primate beginnings through the development of culture and social organization. He assesses the two
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Evolution

Ein Lese-Lehrbuch

de Jan Zrzavý, Hynek Burda, David Storch, Sabine Begall, Stanislav Mihulka ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Diese ungewöhnlich konzipierte und gestaltete Einführung vermittelt in sehr verständlicher Form einen Überblick über die Grundlagen der Evolution und über die vielfältigen Facetten moderner Evolutionsforschung. Darwins Theorie ist immer noch ihre Grundlage, aber die Evolutionstheorie ist viel umfassender, interessanter und überraschender als die meisten Menschen denken. Das Buch ist erfrischend ... Leer más

$35.99 USD

Diese ungewöhnlich konzipierte und gestaltete Einführung vermittelt in sehr verständlicher Form einen Überblick über die Grundlagen der Evolution und über die vielfältigen Facetten moderner Evolutionsforschung. Darwins Theorie ist immer noch ihre Grundlage, aber die Evolutionstheorie ist viel umfassender, interessanter und überraschender als die meisten Menschen denken. Das Buch ist erfrischend
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