Evolution category: 1570 books
The Long and the Short of It
The Science of Life Span and Aging
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Everything that lives will die. That’s the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age: people vary wildly in their patterns of aging and their life spans—and that variation is nothing compared to what’s found in other animal and plant species. A giant fungus found in Michigan...
by Howard C. Stutz,
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
In addition to fascinating examples of speciation by mutation and the lesser-known processes of sexual recombination and polyploidy, Howard Stutz examines the evidence from the embryo stages of human beings and other creatures to show how selection and differentiation moved development in certain...
The Fossil Chronicles
How Two Controversial Discoveries Changed Our View of Human Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
Two discoveries of early human relatives, one in 1924 and one in 2003, radically changed scientific thinking about our origins. Dean Falk, a pioneer in the field of human brain evolution, offers this fast-paced insider’s account of these discoveries, the behind-the-scenes politics embroiling the...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
This volume had its origin in a symposium on the Reproduction and Development of Cartilaginous Fishes that was held at the annual meetings of the American Elasmobranch Society and the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists in Charleston, South Carolina in 1990. The cartilaginous fishes,...
by Ian Tattersall, Robert DeSalle
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
What happens now that human population has outpaced biological natural selection? Two leading scientists reveal how we became who we are—and what we might become.
When you think of evolution, the picture that most likely comes to mind is a straight-forward progression, the iconic illustration...
by Nicholas Beecroft
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Dr Nicholas Beecroft describes the evolution of our culture from a materialistic machine into being a fully conscious living system. This is the transcript of a speech given at the at the 21 Century Network. The question posed to the speakers was “What’s the Next Big Shift?” in our culture and...
Summary & Analysis of The Tangled Tree
A Radical New History of Life | A Guide to the Book by David Quammen
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2019
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The Tangled Tree is David Quammen's detailed, fascinating, and artful look into the history of evolutionary...
The Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia
Paleoenvironments, Prehistory and Genetics
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2009
The romantic landscapes and exotic cultures of Arabia have long captured the int- ests of both academics and the general public alike. The wide array and incredible variety of environments found across the Arabian peninsula are truly dramatic; tro- cal coastal plains are found bordering up against...
by Stephen Carpenter
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
All knowledge is essentially one. The object-matter upon which intellect exerts itself, does not affect the subjective act of knowing. Physics, when stripped of that which is merely contingent, becomes metaphysics. Physical science deals with object-matter, and discusses the signs by which nature...
by Grant Allen
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Canadian writer Grant Allen gained prominence as an ardent defender of Darwin's theory of evolution. In this volume, a select group of Allen's writings on the topic of evolution are presented. They range in tone from serious to lighthearted and take the form of essays, poems, and vignettes.
Gesammelte Werke von Charles Darwin (Mit Illustrationen)
Die Entstehung der Arten durch Naturauslese + Die Abstammung des Menschen + Der Ausdruck der Gemütsbewegungen bei dem Menschen und den Tieren + Geologische Beobachtungen über die Vulkanischen Inseln
Language: German
Release Date: August 17, 2017
Dieses eBook wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. Die Ausgabe ist mit interaktiven Inhalt und Begleitinformationen versehen, einfach zu navigieren und gut gegliedert. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) war ein britischer Naturforscher. Er gilt wegen seiner wesentlichen...
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Language: German
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Language: German
Release Date: October 29, 2012
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...
Darwinian Agriculture
How Understanding Evolution Can Improve Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
As human populations grow and resources are depleted, agriculture will need to use land, water, and other resources more efficiently and without sacrificing long-term sustainability. Darwinian Agriculture presents an entirely new approach to these challenges, one that draws on the principles of evolution...
by Herbert Spencer
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era. Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as the progressive development of the physical world, biological organisms, the human...