Evolution category: 1570 books
by Goldmine Reads
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
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by Milos Kapor
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
Theory of basic particles, for the first time explains the principles (urges) by which is originated and functions the universe. In this way, it is simply explained the genesis of our galaxy (and other galaxies), stars, atoms and cells. According to these findings, the theory explains all the misconceptions...
Speaking Our Minds
Why human communication is different, and how language evolved to make it special
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language is an essential part of what makes us human. Where did it come from? How did it develop into the complex system we know today? And what can an evolutionary perspective tell us about the nature of language and communication?
Drawing on a range of disciplines including cognitive science,...
Why Think?
Evolution and the Rational Mind
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2007
In a world where natural selection has shaped adaptations of astonishing ingenuity, what is the scope and unique power of rational thinking? In this short but wide-ranging book, philosopher Ronald de Sousa looks at the twin set of issues surrounding the power of natural selection to mimic rational...
Moonstruck
How lunar cycles affect life
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Throughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has featured in folklore and myths. Yet it has become increasingly apparent that many organisms really are influenced indirectly, and in some cases directly, by the lunar cycle. Breeding behaviour among some marine animals has...
Hermaphroditism
A Primer on the Biology, Ecology, and Evolution of Dual Sexuality
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
While it is true that members of most sexually reproducing species can be defined as either male or female, those who belong to the rest of the biological world are not so simply understood. Hermaphroditic creatures reproduce both as male and as female individuals, providing a fascinating glimpse...
Homoplasy
The Recurrence of Similarity in Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 1996
Why do unrelated organisms sometimes appear almost identical in details of the anatomy, behavior, physiology, and ecology? Homoplasy assembles leaders in evolutionary biology to explore issues of parallelism, convergence, and reversals. This innovative book is certain to provoke discussion of homoplasy...
與達爾文共進晚餐：演化如何造就美食，食物又如何形塑人類的演化
Dinner with Darwin: Food, Drink, and Evolution
Language: Chinese
Release Date: October 31, 2018
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Summary & Study Guide - Microbia
A Journey into the Unseen World Around You
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2019
Microbes connect all living and nonliving things on Earth
The must-read summary of “Microbia: A Journey into the Unseen World Around You,” by Eugenia Bone.
New discoveries about how microbes affect our lives occur every day, but it seems to require an advanced degree in biology to...
Evolved
Chronicles of a Pleistocene Mind
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
From which side of the bed you sleep on to where to play a backyard game of hide-and-go-seek, Maximilian Werner examines elements of everyday behavior through the eye-opening lens of evolutionary theory in this memoir-infused nonfiction. Werner applies an intriguingly fresh take to seldom-explored habits...
Mortal Rituals
What the Story of the Andes Survivors Tells Us About Human Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
On December 21, 1972, sixteen young survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 were rescued after spending ten weeks stranded at the crash site of their plane, high in the remote Andes Mountains. The incident made international headlines and spawned several best-selling books, fueled partly by the...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
These original contributions on the evolution of primates and the techniques for studying the subject cover an enormous range of material and incorporate the work of specialists from many different fields, showing the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach to problems of primate morphology and...
Bones, Genetics, and Behavior of Rhesus Macaques
Macaca Mulatta of Cayo Santiago and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Foreword by Phillip V. Tobias
The introduction of rhesus macaques to Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico in 1938, and the subsequent development of the CPRC for biomedical research, continues its long history of stimulating studies in physical anthropology. The CPRC monkey colonies, and the precise...
Where Darwin Meets the Bible
Creationists and Evolutionists in America
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2002
The conflict between creationists and evolutionists has raged ever since the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. And yet, even as generations of Americans have fought and re-fought the same battles, the contours of the debate have in recent years shifted dramatically. Tracking the dizzying...