Evolution category: 1570 books

Cover of Evolution: What Darwin Did Not Know by Then..! [And the Origin of Species Through Species-Branding]
by J Joseph Ph.D
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2015

We all know that during the days of Darwin, the field of microscopy was at its infancy, and genetics did not exist as a field at all... at these times Darwin made remarkable achievements in the understanding of the origins of life... but science has come a long way since the days of Darwin...This...
Cover of Lampreys: Biology, Conservation and Control
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Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2019

This book, published in two volumes, provides the most comprehensive review of lamprey biology since Hardisty and Potter’s “The Biology of Lampreys” published more than 30 years ago. This second volume offers a synthesis of topics related to the lamprey gonad  (e.g., lamprey sex ratios, sex...
Cover of Die Evolution des Menschen
by Thomas Junker
Language: German
Release Date: August 28, 2018

Wie sind Menschen entstanden? Wer waren ihre Vorfahren? Warum gibt es überhaupt Menschen? Warum sehen die Menschen der verschiedenen Erdteile und Länder anders aus? Warum unterscheiden sich Frauen und Männer in Merkmalen wie Größe und Behaarung? Warum werden Menschen krank, warum sterben sie?...
Cover of Die Evolution des Menschen
by Thomas Junker
Language: German
Release Date: January 18, 2016

Warum gibt es Menschen? Wie lassen sich ihre körperlichen Merkmale und typischen Verhaltensweisen – von der Sexualität und Aggression bis zur Intelligenz und Kunst – erklären? Das Buch zeigt, wie diese uralten und zugleich höchst aktuellen Rätsel durch die neuesten Erkenntnisse der Evolutionsbiologie gelöst werden können.
Cover of Schöpfung oder Evolution: Kennen Sie alle Fakten?
by Gute Nachrichten
Language: German
Release Date: October 4, 2013

Die Evolutionstheorie besagt, dass sich aus einer Pflanzenart andere Pflanzenarten entwickelt haben, dass sich jeweils eine Tierart über lange Zeiträume in andere Tierarten weiterentwickelt hat. Aus einer Tierart soll der Mensch entstanden sein.
Cover of Alfred Russel Wallace und die Entstehung der modernen Selektionstheorie
by Stefanie Hanau
Language: German
Release Date: April 5, 2010

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Biologie - Evolution, Note: 1,3, Universität Bremen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Mit dem Begriff der Evolutionstheorie (und als Teil davon der Selektionstheorie) verbinden die meisten von uns unweigerlich den Namen eines Mannes: Charles Robert Darwin;...
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Kooperative Intelligenz

Das Erfolgsgeheimnis der Evolution

by Martin A. Nowak
Language: German
Release Date: September 3, 2013

Im Spiel des Lebens treibt uns das Streben nach Erfolg an. Wir alle wollen Sieger sein. Selbst unsere Gene, so heißt es, seien egoistisch. Aber Konkurrenz erzählt nicht die ganze Geschichte der Biologie. Etwas Grundlegendes fehlt. Um zu überleben, betreiben die Geschöpfe jeder Spezies und auf...
Cover of Neanderthal Man

Neanderthal Man

In Search of Lost Genomes

by Svante Pääbo
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014

A preeminent geneticist hunts the Neanderthal and Denisovan genomes to answer the biggest question of them all: how did our ancestors become human? Neanderthal Man tells the riveting personal and scientific story of the quest to use ancient DNA to unlock the secrets of human evolution. Beginning...
Cover of The Mind of the Market

The Mind of the Market

Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics

by Michael Shermer
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2007

Bestselling author Michael Shermer explains how evolution shaped the modern economy—and why people are so irrational about money How did we make the leap from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumers and traders? Why do people get so emotional and irrational about bottom-line financial...
Cover of On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection
by Alfred Russel Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1858 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties' is a landmark article on Wallace's ideas of natural selection in relation to evolutionary theory. Alfred...
Cover of On the Zoological Geography of the Malay Archipelago
by Alfred Russel Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1859 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'On the Zoological Geography of the Malay Archipelago' is an article detailing Wallace's observations during his travels in Asia. Alfred Russel Wallace...
Cover of Mimicry, and Other Protective Resemblances Among Animals
by Alfred Russel Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1867 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Mimicry, and Other Protective Resemblances Among Animals' outlines the many uses of mimicry employed by creatures such as insects, lizards, and birds....
Cover of The Unpredictable Species

The Unpredictable Species

What Makes Humans Unique

by Philip Lieberman
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2013

The Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our cognitive flexibility and capacity for innovation and imitation. In doing so, the book challenges the central claim of evolutionary psychology that we are locked into predictable patterns of behavior that were...
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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015

New York Times Bestseller A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and...
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