Evolution category: 1570 books
The Woolly Monkey
Behavior, Ecology, Systematics, and Captive Research
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Woolly monkeys are large, attractive and widespread primates found throughout many parts of the Amazon basin. It is only in the last twenty-five years or so that long-term studies of woollies in their forest habitat have been successful; they have not generally been successfully kept in captivity....
Human and Mammalian Cytogenetics
An Historical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The history of science is mostly written retrospec tively, a generation or two after the actual events being discussed. Science historians are now analyzing and evaluating the origins of evolutionary and genetical theory in the nineteenth century and a sort of "Darwin industry" seems to...
The Social Life of Greylag Geese
Patterns, Mechanisms and Evolutionary Function in an Avian Model System
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
The flock of greylag geese established by Konrad Lorenz in Austria in 1973 has become an influential model animal system and one of the few worldwide with complete life-history data spanning several decades. Based on the unique records of nearly 1000 free-living greylag geese, this is a synthesis...
Understanding Scientific Theories of Origins
Cosmology, Geology, and Biology in Christian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
The question of origins remains a stumbling block for many. But just as the Psalmist gained insight into God's character through the observation of nature, modern scientific study can deepen and enrich our vision of the Creator and our place in his creation. In this often contentious field Bishop,...
by R White
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
A Brief History of Time #2 - At Last The Truth!
This brilliant sequel demolishes the lies and ideologies of the warring armies of Creationists and Evolutionists with startling new revelations that will rock cherished beliefs just as surely as did Stephen Hawking's original book.
Scientific research...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA) is one of the flagship conferences on Bio-Computing, bringing together the world’s leading scientists from different areas of Natural Computing. Since 2006, the conferences have taken place at Wuhan (2006), Zhengzhou...
Etudes Février 2013
La saine famille
Language: French
Release Date: December 15, 2013
Pour un héritage inventif de François Euvé ; Internet, accélérateur des transformations de la Russie de Julien Nocetti ; La saine famille de Michel Serres ; Évaluation des médecines alternatives de Jean-Marie Gueullette ; L’homme originaire ne descend pas du singe d'Olivier Rey ; Du spirituel...
Hacking Darwin
Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
"A gifted and thoughtful writer, Metzl brings us to the frontiers of biology and technology, and reveals a world full of promise and peril." — Siddhartha Mukherjee MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene
Passionate, provocative, and highly illuminating,...
Toward Consilience
The Bioneurological Basis of Behavior, Thought, Experience, and Language
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The present work is the second in a series constituting an extension of my doctoral thesis done at Stanford in the early 1970s. Like the earlier work, The Reciprocal Modular Brain in Economics and Politics, Shaping the Rational and Moral Basis ofOrganization, Exchange, and Choice (Plenum Publishing,...
by James Constant
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2019
The coming of rapid scientific innovations since 1950 account for the accelerating human population growth. The human population increases by natural selection amplified by innovation which it uses to increase food production and to increase human comforts available in developed countries (food, clothes,...
by Michael Mathiesen
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Recently Discovered - Electrons that become 'Entangled' learn about a partner Electron and never forget. is this the first level of Consciousness in the universe? The author - Scientist, Michael Mathiesen believes it is and has penned an easy to understand explanation of the latest Particle Physics...
The Evolving Animal Orchestra
In Search of What Makes Us Musical
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2019
A music researcher's quest to discover other musical species.
Even those of us who can't play a musical instrument or lack a sense of rhythm can perceive and enjoy music. Research shows that all humans possess the trait of musicality. We are a musical species—but are we the only musical species?...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The preparation of a volume of worldwide research contributions can be a time consuming task which is frequently more difficult than many other types of book. This particular venture was made easier by the assistance of many people. Therefore, we wish to acknowledge: the suggestions, academic support...
Amphibian and Reptile Adaptations to the Environment
Interplay Between Physiology and Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Despite their diversity, amphibians and reptiles share many physiological traits, such as their dependence on external heat sources for body temperature regulation, that are of pivotal importance to their ability to cope with the environment. Considerable variation in physiological capabilities exists...