Evolution category: 1570 books
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Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
This book presents 19 selected contributions to the 20th Evolutionary Biology Meeting in Marseille, which took place in September 2016. They are grouped under the following major themes:
· Self/Nonself Evolution
· Species Evolution and Evolution of Complex...
by Kostas Kampourakis
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
Current books on evolutionary theory all seem to take for granted the fact that students find evolution easy to understand when actually, from a psychological perspective, it is a rather counterintuitive idea. Evolutionary theory, like all scientific theories, is a means to understanding the natural...
by OIe Therkelsen
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Darwin takes as his starting point a gradual evolution on the basis of mutations and natural selection. Intelligent Design attempts to show in a purely scientific way that a supreme intelligence exists behind all of creation. As against these two theories, Ole Therkelsen, public speaker and former...
by Everett Schultz
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
This book presents interesting thoughts and facts about both evolution and intelligent design. It looks at each from a unique perspective. If you as a human were to evolve, how would you do that? What would you evolve into? How could you devise an experiment to prove evolution? How does DNA work into...
Man's Selection
Charles Darwin's Theory of Creation, Evolution, And Intelligent Design
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Man’s Selection sets the scientific record straight by taking a fresh look at Charles Darwin’s phenomenal theories regarding Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design. In The Origin of Species, Darwin stated that “the Creator” originated one or more forms of life, that “the Creator” established...
Darwin's Legacy
What Evolution Means Today
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2003
Charles Darwin transformed our understanding of the universe and our place in it with his development of the theory of evolution. 150 years later, we are still puzzling over the implications. John Dupré presents a lucid, witty introduction to evolution and what it means for our view of humanity,...
Human Evolution
An Introduction to Man's Adaptations
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
In this new fourth edition, Campbell has revised and updated his classic introduction to the field. Human Evolution synthesizes the major findings of modern research and theory and presents a complete and integrated account of the evolution of human beings. New developments in microbiology and recent...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
The purpose of this book is to show the essential and indispensable role of prokaryotes in the evolution of aliving world. The evolutionary success of prokaryotes is explained together with their role in the evolution of the geosphere, the biosphere and its functioning, as well as their ability to...
by Greg Krukonis, Tracy Barr
Language: German
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Language: German
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Von Darwin bis DNA – Ihr Wegweiser durch die Evolution
Von Ihrem Körperbau bis zu Ihrem Verhalten bei der Partnerwahl – all Ihre vererbbaren Eigenschaften sind
wie bei allen Lebewesen durch die Evolution bestimmt. Aber was ist Evolution überhaupt? Was treibt sie an? In diesem Buch erfahren...
Gene, Zufall, Selektion
Populäre Vorstellungen zur Evolution und der Stand des Wissens
Language: German
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Gene, Zufall, Selektion
Dieses Buch misst populäre Evolutionsvorstellungen (Ultradarwinismus, Genzentrismus, Teleologie, epigenetischen Lamarckismus sowie die Ausweitung des Evolutionsbegriffs über die Biologie hinaus) am aktuellen Wissenstand der Evolutionsbiologie. Der Autor erläutert,...
Darwin and Evolution for Kids
His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
Darwin and Evolution for Kids traces the transformation of a privileged and somewhat scatterbrained youth into the great thinker who proposed the revolutionary theory of evolution. Through 21 hands-on activities, young scientists learn about Darwin’s life and work and assess current evidence of...
Undeniable
Evolution and the Science of Creation
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
"Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story...
by Jerry A. Coyne
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2009
"Coyne's knowledge of evolutionary biology is prodigious, his deployment of it as masterful as his touch is light." -Richard Dawkins
In the current debate about creationism and intelligent design, there is an element of the controversy that is rarely mentioned-the evidence. Yet the...
The Evolution of Beauty
How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - and Us
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
**A FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, SMITHSONIAN, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL
A major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences—what Darwin termed "the taste for the beautiful"—create...