Evolution category: 1570 books

Cover of Origin and Evolution of Biodiversity
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Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2018

The book includes 19 selected contributions presented at the 21st Evolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in Marseille in September 2017. The chapters are grouped into the following five categories: ·       Genome/Phenotype Evolution ·       Self/Nonself Evolution ·      ...
Cover of Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles
by Juliana Sterli, Ignacio Maniel, Marcelo S. de la Fuente
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013

The extended continental South American turtle record (Norian to Lujanian) allows us to follow the evolution of this reptile clade from its origins. Several significant stem turtle taxa such as: Palaeochersis talampayensis and Condorchelys antiqua provide information on the first steps of turtle evolution....
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Evo-Illusion

Why Iid Trumps Id and Evolution

by Stephen T. Blume
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013

Evo-illusion takes a completely objective and science-based look at evolution. Blume details his pathway from his childhood of being raised very much a religious creationist, to his early fascination with science, and then to his becoming beguiled by evolution and Charles Darwin in his first paleontology...
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Darwin's Dice

The Idea of Chance in the Thought of Charles Darwin

by Curtis Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014

For evolutionary biologists, the concept of chance has always played a significant role in the formation of evolutionary theory. As far back as Greek antiquity, chance and "luck" were key factors in understanding the natural world. Chance is not just an important concept; it is an entire way of thinking...
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Evolution of Gibbons and Siamang

Phylogeny, Morphology, and Cognition

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Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016

This volume provides insight into gibbon diet and community ecology, the mating system and reproduction, and conservation biology, all topics which represent areas of substantial progress in understanding socio-ecological flexibility and conservation needs of the hylobatid family. This work analyzes...
Cover of Evolutionary History of the Robust Australopithecines
by Frederick E. Grine
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017

In paleoanthropology the group of hominids known as the "robust" australopithecines has emerged as one of the most interesting. Through them we have the opportunity to examine the origin, natural history, and ultimate extinction of not just a single species, but of an entire branch in the...
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Muscles of Chordates

Development, Homologies, and Evolution

by Rui Diogo, Janine M. Ziermann, Julia Molnar
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018

Chordates comprise lampreys, hagfishes, jawed fishes, and tetrapods, plus a variety of more unfamiliar and crucially important non-vertebrate animal lineages, such as lancelets and sea squirts. This will be the first book to synthesize, summarize, and provide high-quality illustrations to show what...
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A Pocket History of Human Evolution

How We Became Sapiens

by Silvana Condemi, François Savatier
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2019

A concise, illustrated update on our earliest ancestors, the first sapiens—and on how (and when) we distinguished ourselves Prehistory is changing quickly: Thanks to progress in genetics and dating methods, we now know more than ever about our ancient relatives. A Pocket History of Human...
Cover of A Definitive Reply to Evolutionist Propaganda
by Harun Yahya
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018

Between early 2001 and the present day there have been a number of very interesting and important developments in the world of science. the advances made in different scientific fields have once again revealed the terrible scientific dilemma the theory of evolution finds itself in. the theory of evolution...
Cover of Vom Urknall zur Überbevölkerung
by Siegfried Eckleben
Language: German
Release Date: April 27, 2011

VOM URKNALL ZUR ÜBERBEVÖLKERUNG ist die Geschichte des Weltalls, vom Anfang bis zur Gegenwart auf dem Planeten Erde, erzählt von einem Augenzeugen, Yog - dem Quark. Es schildert die Bildung von Materie, die Evolution des Weltalls, der Galaxien, unseres Sonnensystems, des Lebens auf dem Planeten...
Cover of Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution
by Iain McCalman
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010

"Sparkling…an extraordinary true-adventure story, complete with trials, tribulations and moments of exultation." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Award-winning cultural historian Iain McCalman tells the stories of Charles Darwin and his staunchest supporters: Joseph Hooker, Thomas...
Cover of The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution (Great Discoveries)
by David Quammen
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2007

"Quammen brilliantly and powerfully re-creates the 19th century naturalist's intellectual and spiritual journey."--Los Angeles Times Book Review Twenty-one years passed between Charles Darwin's epiphany that "natural selection" formed the basis of evolution and the scientist's...
Cover of New Thinking About Evolution
by John P Rafferty
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010

Notwithstanding its detractors, evolutionary science has anticipated modern genetic research and continued to illuminate mysteries about our past and our connectedness to the species around us. Detailing the evolutionary process and speciation as well as the continuing debates about evolution’s...
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The Story of the Human Body

Evolution, Health, and Disease

by Daniel Lieberman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013

In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity...
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