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Reticulate Evolution

Symbiogenesis, Lateral Gene Transfer, Hybridization and Infectious Heredity

Edición de Nathalie Gontier ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Written for non-experts, this volume introduces the mechanisms that underlie reticulate evolution. Chapters are either accompanied with glossaries that explain new terminology or timelines that position pioneering scholars and their major discoveries in their historical contexts. The contributing authors outline the history and original context of discovery of symbiosis, symbiogenesis, lateral ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

Written for non-experts, this volume introduces the mechanisms that underlie reticulate evolution. Chapters are either accompanied with glossaries that explain new terminology or timelines that position pioneering scholars and their major discoveries in their historical contexts. The contributing authors outline the history and original context of discovery of symbiosis, symbiogenesis, lateral
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Neuroptera (Including Megaloptera)

de Charles W. Heckman ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This order once encompassed all insects with a complex network of wing veins, regardless of whether their metamorphosis was incomplete or complete. By the early 20th century, most of the species had been transferred to new orders, leaving only a small percentage of the insects once assigned to the Neuroptera remaining in that order. By the second half of the 20th century, some of the taxonomists ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

This order once encompassed all insects with a complex network of wing veins, regardless of whether their metamorphosis was incomplete or complete. By the early 20th century, most of the species had been transferred to new orders, leaving only a small percentage of the insects once assigned to the Neuroptera remaining in that order. By the second half of the 20th century, some of the taxonomists
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Biology and Conservation of the European Sturgeon Acipenser sturio L. 1758

The Reunion of the European and Atlantic Sturgeons

Edición de Patrick WILLIOT, Eric Rochard, Nathalie Desse-Berset, Frank Kirschbaum, Jörn Gessner ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The book aims at synthesizing our current knowledge of Acipenser sturio and its management. This species, one of the most widespread sturgeon species all over Western Europe ranging from the Black Sea to the Baltic, is now on the verge of extinction. Major aspects of its biology and management, including mismanagement, are provided in a historic perspective. Similarly, the changes in the ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

The book aims at synthesizing our current knowledge of Acipenser sturio and its management. This species, one of the most widespread sturgeon species all over Western Europe ranging from the Black Sea to the Baltic, is now on the verge of extinction. Major aspects of its biology and management, including mismanagement, are provided in a historic perspective. Similarly, the changes in the
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Changer grâce à Darwin

La théorie de votre évolution

de Jean-Louis Monestès ...

Darwin nous a appris comment l’évolution avait façonné notre espèce. Mais sa théorie peut aussi être utile à chacun d’entre nous au quotidien !Jean-Louis Monestès explique comment les mécanismes naturels qui ont fait leur preuve pour l’espèce humaine peuvent aider chacun de nous à évoluer dans sa vie : nous pouvons favoriser une sélection de nos comportements, et ne plus laisser le hasard gérer ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

Darwin nous a appris comment l’évolution avait façonné notre espèce. Mais sa théorie peut aussi être utile à chacun d’entre nous au quotidien !Jean-Louis Monestès explique comment les mécanismes naturels qui ont fait leur preuve pour l’espèce humaine peuvent aider chacun de nous à évoluer dans sa vie : nous pouvons favoriser une sélection de nos comportements, et ne plus laisser le hasard gérer
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Time in World History

de Peter Stearns ...

Series series Themes in World History
In this book, Peter Stearns presents the fascinating concept of time through a global historical lens. Covering both calendrical time and clock time, the volume shows how significant changes in conceptions of time are in world history, as they translate many key historical developments from religion to industrialization, into daily experience.The book explores why and how early societies became ... Leer más

$58.99 USD

In this book, Peter Stearns presents the fascinating concept of time through a global historical lens. Covering both calendrical time and clock time, the volume shows how significant changes in conceptions of time are in world history, as they translate many key historical developments from religion to industrialization, into daily experience.The book explores why and how early societies became
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Мајмун у раскошном оделу.

Од изворне крхкости до универзалне свести.

de Bruno Del Medico ...

Series Libro 953 - SRP - PenmsareDiverso
Вековима смо себе описивали као "голе мајмуне": крхке животиње, изненада бачене у свет без канџи или оклопа, окружене неспознатљивим природним силама и боље наоружаним предаторима, које је прославио десмонд Морис, етолог и антрополог, захваљујући својој чувеној књизи из 1967. године под називом "Голи мајмун". Уплашено створење које је научило да преживи измишљајући приче, симболе, богове и ритуале ... Leer más

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Вековима смо себе описивали као "голе мајмуне": крхке животиње, изненада бачене у свет без канџи или оклопа, окружене неспознатљивим природним силама и боље наоружаним предаторима, које је прославио десмонд Морис, етолог и антрополог, захваљујући својој чувеној књизи из 1967. године под називом "Голи мајмун". Уплашено створење које је научило да преживи измишљајући приче, симболе, богове и ритуале
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20 Soruda Evrim Teorisinin Çöküşü

de Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) ...

Evrim teorisi, yaklaşık 150 yıldır dünyanın gündemindedir ve insanların dünyaya bakış açılarını derinden etkilemektedir.Bu teori, yeryüzündeki canlılığın tesadüfler ve doğal şartlar sonucunda, kendiliğinden meydana geldiğini savunur.Ne var ki evrim, bilimsel kanıtları olan bir teori değil, bilimsellik kisvesi altında toplumlara empoze edilmeye çalışılan materyalist bir dogmadır.Modern bilim ... Leer más

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Evrim teorisi, yaklaşık 150 yıldır dünyanın gündemindedir ve insanların dünyaya bakış açılarını derinden etkilemektedir.Bu teori, yeryüzündeki canlılığın tesadüfler ve doğal şartlar sonucunda, kendiliğinden meydana geldiğini savunur.Ne var ki evrim, bilimsel kanıtları olan bir teori değil, bilimsellik kisvesi altında toplumlara empoze edilmeye çalışılan materyalist bir dogmadır.Modern bilim
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Oxford Handbook of Cultural Evolution

Edición de Jamshid Tehrani, Rachel L. Kendal, Jeremy Kendal ...

Series series Oxford Library of Psychology
This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Evolution, which has in recent years matured into an increasingly diverse and wide-reaching but intellectually coherent research programme. The book showcases the disciplinary spectrum of research into Cultural Evolution, from primatology and medieval literature to gene-culture co-evolution, computer science, ... Leer más

$188.99 USD

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Evolution, which has in recent years matured into an increasingly diverse and wide-reaching but intellectually coherent research programme. The book showcases the disciplinary spectrum of research into Cultural Evolution, from primatology and medieval literature to gene-culture co-evolution, computer science,
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The Human Shadow

de J.F. Irwin ...

The Human Shadow: How Our Evolution Shaped the Wild WorldA Comprehensive History of Human Impact on Non-Domesticated AnimalsIn the summer of 1804, Lewis and Clark encountered landscapes that seemed to pulse with limitless wildlife, herds of bison darkening prairies, skies thick with passenger pigeons, rivers running silver with salmon. Yet they were witnessing an illusion. These apparently ... Leer más

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The Human Shadow: How Our Evolution Shaped the Wild WorldA Comprehensive History of Human Impact on Non-Domesticated AnimalsIn the summer of 1804, Lewis and Clark encountered landscapes that seemed to pulse with limitless wildlife, herds of bison darkening prairies, skies thick with passenger pigeons, rivers running silver with salmon. Yet they were witnessing an illusion. These apparently
... Leer más
Darwiniana: Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism

de Asa Gray ...

This vintage book contains Asa Gray’s 1889 collection of essays on the subject of Darwinism. The articles champion the theory of evolution from a botanical standpoint, but also seek to reconcile Darwin’s theory with religion, which Gray did by making a case for theistic evolution – a marriage of theology and the theory of evolution. This fascinating volume is highly recommended for those with an ... Leer más

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This vintage book contains Asa Gray’s 1889 collection of essays on the subject of Darwinism. The articles champion the theory of evolution from a botanical standpoint, but also seek to reconcile Darwin’s theory with religion, which Gray did by making a case for theistic evolution – a marriage of theology and the theory of evolution. This fascinating volume is highly recommended for those with an
... Leer más
Vivir en la Tierra

La vida, la consciencia y la formación del mundo natural

de Peter Godfrey-Smith ...

Traducido por Abraham Gragera ...

Vuelve el autor de Otras mentes con un ensayo fascinante y revelador sobre lo que une a todos los habitantes de la Tierra.Si la historia de la Tierra se redujera a un año, nuestra especie surgiría en los últimos treinta minutos. Pero la vida ha existido durante 3.700 millones de años, la mayor parte de la historia de nuestro planeta y más de una cuarta parte de la edad del universo. ¿Qué ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

Vuelve el autor de Otras mentes con un ensayo fascinante y revelador sobre lo que une a todos los habitantes de la Tierra.Si la historia de la Tierra se redujera a un año, nuestra especie surgiría en los últimos treinta minutos. Pero la vida ha existido durante 3.700 millones de años, la mayor parte de la historia de nuestro planeta y más de una cuarta parte de la edad del universo. ¿Qué
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Humans chimpanzees and genetic similarity: a deeper critique

de Mehdi Ghram ...

Are humans really 99% chimpanzee? This thought-provoking book dives deep into the controversial claim, unraveling the science, assumptions, and biases that underpin it. Humans, Chimpanzees, and Genetic Similarity: A Deeper Critique offers a comprehensive examination of genome comparison studies, exposing methodological flaws, circular reasoning, and the oversimplifications that have shaped the ... Leer más

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Are humans really 99% chimpanzee? This thought-provoking book dives deep into the controversial claim, unraveling the science, assumptions, and biases that underpin it. Humans, Chimpanzees, and Genetic Similarity: A Deeper Critique offers a comprehensive examination of genome comparison studies, exposing methodological flaws, circular reasoning, and the oversimplifications that have shaped the
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Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 3

Ecdysozoa I: Non-Tetraconata

Edición de Andreas Wanninger ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This multi-author, six-volume work summarizes our current knowledge on the developmental biology of all major invertebrate animal phyla. The main aspects of cleavage, embryogenesis, organogenesis and gene expression are discussed in an evolutionary framework. Each chapter presents an in-depth yet concise overview of both classical and recent literature, supplemented by numerous color illustrations ... Leer más

$49.49 USD

This multi-author, six-volume work summarizes our current knowledge on the developmental biology of all major invertebrate animal phyla. The main aspects of cleavage, embryogenesis, organogenesis and gene expression are discussed in an evolutionary framework. Each chapter presents an in-depth yet concise overview of both classical and recent literature, supplemented by numerous color illustrations
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Stephen J. Gould: The Scientific Legacy

Edición de Gian Antonio Danieli, Alessandro Minelli, Telmo Pievani ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
Stephen J. Gould’s greatest contribution to science is a revised version of the theory of evolution which offers today a useful framework for understanding progress in many evolutionary fields. His intuitions about the conjunction of evolution and development, the role of ecological factors in speciation, the multi-level interpretation of the units of selection, and the interplay between ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

Stephen J. Gould’s greatest contribution to science is a revised version of the theory of evolution which offers today a useful framework for understanding progress in many evolutionary fields. His intuitions about the conjunction of evolution and development, the role of ecological factors in speciation, the multi-level interpretation of the units of selection, and the interplay between
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Biosystematics of Triticeae

Volume II. Genera: Secale, Tritiosecale, Pseudosecale, Eremopyrum, Henrardia, Taeniantherum, Heteranthelium, Crithopsis, and Hordeum

de Chi Yen, Junliang Yang ...

Traducido por Jirui Wang, Hui Zhao, Qin Zhang, Chao Tan ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book discusses the natural classification and biosystematics of Triticeae and presents the most significant findings of comprehensive studies on the Triticeae, an important tribe in the grass family (Poaceae) that includes major crops such as wheat, barley, rye, and triticale, as well as various forage crops found in different genera. The five-volume Chinese version of Biosystematics of ... Leer más

$161.99 USD

This book discusses the natural classification and biosystematics of Triticeae and presents the most significant findings of comprehensive studies on the Triticeae, an important tribe in the grass family (Poaceae) that includes major crops such as wheat, barley, rye, and triticale, as well as various forage crops found in different genera. The five-volume Chinese version of Biosystematics of
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Meaning of Life, Human Nature, and Delusions

How Tales about Love, Sex, Races, Gods and Progress Affect Our Lives and Earth's Splendor

de Rui Diogo ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Whatever are your beliefs, background, education, political views or interests, one thing is sure: this book will engage you, teach you something new, and more importantly make you to re-think deeply about critical aspects of your daily-life, including sex, love, food, physical activities, diseases, work and stress, and how you see and deal with other people, other animals, and the planet in ... Leer más

$31.49 USD

Whatever are your beliefs, background, education, political views or interests, one thing is sure: this book will engage you, teach you something new, and more importantly make you to re-think deeply about critical aspects of your daily-life, including sex, love, food, physical activities, diseases, work and stress, and how you see and deal with other people, other animals, and the planet in
... Leer más
The Extraordinary Biology of the Naked Mole-Rat

Edición de Rochelle Buffenstein, Thomas J. Park, Melissa M. Holmes ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This volume focuses on the huge advances in the last 25 years on the use of this animal model for biomedical research (cancer, heart disease and neurodegeneration), fundamental neuroscience and basic subterranean biology. In 2013, Science magazine named the naked mole-rat as the Vertebrate of the Year. This was partly due to research carried out documenting its extreme longevity, negligible ... Leer más

$152.09 USD

This volume focuses on the huge advances in the last 25 years on the use of this animal model for biomedical research (cancer, heart disease and neurodegeneration), fundamental neuroscience and basic subterranean biology. In 2013, Science magazine named the naked mole-rat as the Vertebrate of the Year. This was partly due to research carried out documenting its extreme longevity, negligible
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Derived Embodiment in Abstract Language

de Theresa Schilhab ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
How does knowledge of phenomena and events we have no direct experiences of emerge? Having a brain that learns from being in the world, how can we conceive of prehistoric dinosaurs, Atlantis, unicorns or even ‘desire’? This book is about how abstract knowledge becomes anchored in direct experiences through well-formed conversations.Within the framework of evolutionary biology and through the lens ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

How does knowledge of phenomena and events we have no direct experiences of emerge? Having a brain that learns from being in the world, how can we conceive of prehistoric dinosaurs, Atlantis, unicorns or even ‘desire’? This book is about how abstract knowledge becomes anchored in direct experiences through well-formed conversations.Within the framework of evolutionary biology and through the lens
... Leer más
Evolutionary Biology of Carabus Ground Beetles

How Species Richness Increases

de Teiji Sota ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book presents the whole picture of the ecological and evolutionary study on the ground beetle group, the subgenus Ohomopterus of the genus Carabus, endemic to Japan. This flightless beetle group consists of many geographic races. They show divergence in key traits for reproductive isolation—body size and genital morphology, which leads to coexistence of two or more species. This beetle group ... Leer más

$134.09 USD

This book presents the whole picture of the ecological and evolutionary study on the ground beetle group, the subgenus Ohomopterus of the genus Carabus, endemic to Japan. This flightless beetle group consists of many geographic races. They show divergence in key traits for reproductive isolation—body size and genital morphology, which leads to coexistence of two or more species. This beetle group
... Leer más
Consciousness V Catastrophe

de Gillian Ross ...

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein. The current crises besetting humanity call for a revolution in consciousness and a mystical renaissance that will bring about a whole new story of what it means to be human. To this end, Consciousness v Catastrophe introduces the reader to the new philosophy of ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein. The current crises besetting humanity call for a revolution in consciousness and a mystical renaissance that will bring about a whole new story of what it means to be human. To this end, Consciousness v Catastrophe introduces the reader to the new philosophy of
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Eva era africana

de Rita Levi-Montalcini ...

Ilustraciones de Giuliano Ferri ...

Veniamo tutti dall’Africa. Lo hanno scoperto gli scienziati percorrendo a ritroso la storia genetica dell’umanità, trasmessa solo per via femminile. Oggi in quel continente le ragazze subiscono più che altrove le conseguenze della miseria e dell’ignoranza. Con la scuola, Internet e il loro entusiasmo il futuro sarà migliore. ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

Veniamo tutti dall’Africa. Lo hanno scoperto gli scienziati percorrendo a ritroso la storia genetica dell’umanità, trasmessa solo per via femminile. Oggi in quel continente le ragazze subiscono più che altrove le conseguenze della miseria e dell’ignoranza. Con la scuola, Internet e il loro entusiasmo il futuro sarà migliore.
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Evolutionary Thinking Across Disciplines

Problems and Perspectives in Generalized Darwinism

Edición de Agathe du Crest, Martina Valković, André Ariew, Hugh Desmond, Philippe Huneman, Thomas A. C. Reydon ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This volume aims to clarify the epistemic potential of applying evolutionary thinking outside biology, and provides a survey of the current state of the art in research on relevant topics in the life sciences, the philosophy of science, and the various areas of evolutionary research outside the life sciences. By bringing together chapters by evolutionary biologists, systematic biologists, ... Leer más

$161.09 USD

This volume aims to clarify the epistemic potential of applying evolutionary thinking outside biology, and provides a survey of the current state of the art in research on relevant topics in the life sciences, the philosophy of science, and the various areas of evolutionary research outside the life sciences. By bringing together chapters by evolutionary biologists, systematic biologists,
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Impronta

The Cognitive Heuristics of Nature

de Pablo Javier Valle ...

Impronta: The Cognitive Heuristics of NatureDiscover the hidden intelligence woven into the fabric of life!What if intelligence isn't a uniquely human trait, but an ancient survival strategy embedded in life itself?In Impronta, the author takes you on an expansive journey through biology, cognition, and design. He reveals that the fundamental principles guiding a plant's growth, a bacterium's ... Leer más

$9.90 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Impronta: The Cognitive Heuristics of NatureDiscover the hidden intelligence woven into the fabric of life!What if intelligence isn't a uniquely human trait, but an ancient survival strategy embedded in life itself?In Impronta, the author takes you on an expansive journey through biology, cognition, and design. He reveals that the fundamental principles guiding a plant's growth, a bacterium's
... Leer más
The Dusk of Design

Exploring Multidisciplinary Approaches and Evolutionary Biology in Architecture

Edición de Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, Alessandro Melis, Paola Boarin, Priscila Besen ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The Dusk of Design explores the intersection of evolutionary theories and architectural design. Drawing inspiration from the concept of exaptation in biology, the book argues that natural selection, as the most successful designer on our planet, thrives on the diversity, variability, and redundancy of creative structures. By transferring these mechanisms to architectural design, the book contends ... Leer más

$116.09 USD

The Dusk of Design explores the intersection of evolutionary theories and architectural design. Drawing inspiration from the concept of exaptation in biology, the book argues that natural selection, as the most successful designer on our planet, thrives on the diversity, variability, and redundancy of creative structures. By transferring these mechanisms to architectural design, the book contends
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