Evolution category: 1570 books
by Ladislav Kováč
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015
This volume analyses the evolution of humankind by combining approaches from science and the arts. It offers a novel perspective on the evolution of life on Earth, based on a recent reformulation of the second law of thermodynamics in terms of the “maximum entropy production principle.”
In...
Evolution Unraveled
How Science Disproves Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
Evolution is the cause of everything in the universe, or so we are taught. But is this based in scientific truth? Could much of what we have learned at school, and what the media and evolutionists suggest about the origins of life and the universe, be contrary to the real scientific facts? After...
by Mathias Kölliker
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Parental care includes a wide variety of traits that enhance offspring development and survival. It is taxonomically widespread and is central to the maintenance of biodiversity through its close association with other phenomena such as sexual selection, life-history evolution, sex allocation, sociality,...
Scars of Evolution
What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
In this lively and controversial book Elaine Morgan presents a challenging interpretation to the question of human evolution. With brilliant logic she argues that our hominid ancestors began to evolve in response to an aquatic environment. Millions of years ago something happened that caused our ancestors...
Evolution's Bite
A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
What teeth can teach us about the evolution of the human species
Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compared to those of our ancestors to teach us how we became human. In Evolution's Bite,...
by Steven Sabatino
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2016
This is a must-read before you debate an Evolutionist!
Have you ever wanted to talk about Evolution but didn't know where to begin? Or, maybe you've already had numerous discussions and felt you should know more about the subject. In this important book, the author provides the reader with...
Relics of Eden
The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human DNA
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Since the publication in 1859 of Darwin's Origin of Species, debate over the theory of evolution has been continuous and often impassioned. In recent years, opponents of "Darwin's dangerous idea" have mounted history's most sophisticated and generously funded attack, claiming that evolution is "a...
The Human Instinct
How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
From one of America’s best-known biologists, a revolutionary new way of thinking about evolution that shows “why, in light of our origins, humans are still special” (Edward J. Larson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Evolution).
Once we had a special place in the hierarchy of life on...
Evolution in Four Dimensions
Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
A pioneering proposal for a pluralistic extension of evolutionary theory, now updated to reflect the most recent research.
This new edition of the widely read Evolution in Four Dimensions has been revised to reflect the spate of new discoveries in biology since the book was first published...
Multicellularity
Origins and Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Scholars consider the origins and consequences of the evolution of multicellularity, addressing a range of organisms, experimental protocols, theoretical concepts, and philosophical issues.
The evolution of multicellularity raises questions regarding genomic and developmental commonalities...
by Sean B. Carroll
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2007
Throw out your fossils—the best evidence for evolution is now found in DNA.
DNA is the genetic blueprint of all creatures. Scientists have only recently discovered that it is also a living chronicle of evolution. In this book, leading biologist and writer Sean B. Carroll takes us on an exhilarating...
Intended Evolution
How Selection of Intelligence Guides Life Forward
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
Discover a new outlook on the process of life—and improve your health as a result
In Intended Evolution, authors Dongxun and Bob Zhang introduce a different perspective on the theory of evolution: Life is not only selected by nature but intentionally interacts with it, learning how to better...
How Evolution Shapes Our Lives
Essays on Biology and Society
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
It is easy to think of evolution as something that happened long ago, or that occurs only in "nature," or that is so slow that its ongoing impact is virtually nonexistent when viewed from the perspective of a single human lifetime. But we now know that when natural selection is strong, evolutionary...
by Phillip Duke
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
The most important book of the 19th Century is Charles Darwin's Origin Of Species, which presents Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Darwin's Theory was generally attacked as being anti-religious, since it supposedly eliminates God as taking part in the development of life, which is presented as a blind...