Rui Diogo: 3 books
Evolution Driven by Organismal Behavior
A Unifying View of Life, Function, Form, Mismatches and Trends
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
This book proposes a new way to think about evolution. The author carefully brings together evidence from diverse fields of science. In the process, he bridges the gaps between many different--and usually seen as conflicting--ideas to present one integrative theory named ONCE, which stands for Organic...
Muscles of Chordates
Development, Homologies, and Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Chordates comprise lampreys, hagfishes, jawed fishes, and tetrapods, plus a variety of more unfamiliar and crucially important non-vertebrate animal lineages, such as lancelets and sea squirts. This will be the first book to synthesize, summarize, and provide high-quality illustrations to show what...
Photographic and Descriptive Musculoskeletal Atlas of Bonobos
With Notes on the Weight, Attachments, Variations, and Innervation of the Muscles and Comparisons with Common Chimpanzees and Humans
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Chimpanzees, including bonobos and common chimpanzees, are our closest living relatives. However, surprisingly, the information about the soft tissues of bonobos is very scarce, making it difficult to discuss and understand human evolution. This book, which is the first photographic and descriptive...