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Transcendence

How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time

af Gaia Vince ...

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Zoölogische Philosophie

af Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ...

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af Catherine L. Craig ...

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af Peter S. Ungar ...

Serier serie Very Short Introductions
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af Warren B. Miller, Joseph Lee Rodgers ...

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af Matthew Carr ...

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Evolution and Special Creation

af Charles Watts ...

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The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior

Redigeret af Lance Workman, Will Reader, Jerome H. Barkow ...

Serier serie Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
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Redigeret af James F. White Jr., Charles W. Bacon, Nigel L. Hywel-Jones, Joseph W. Spatafora ...

This reference analyzes the ecology, evolution, genetics, physiology, and taxonomy of this diverse group of fungi for identification of common biological, biochemical, and genetic features and discovery of potential medical and agricultural applications. It traces and reconstruct the evolution of various host-endoparasite systems and studies recent taxonomic research and DNA sequence analyses on ... Læs mere

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Learning Strategies and Cultural Evolution during the Palaeolithic

Redigeret af Kenichi Aoki, Alex Mesoudi ...

Serier serie Social Sciences (R0)
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The Cambridge Handbook of Biolinguistics

Redigeret af Cedric Boeckx, Kleanthes K. Grohmann ...

Serier serie Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
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Darwin's Legacy

What Evolution Means Today

af John Dupré ...

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, the natural world, and religion. He explains the right and the wrong ways to understand evolution: in ... Læs mere

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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, the natural world, and religion. He explains the right and the wrong ways to understand evolution: in
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Here on Earth

A New Beginning

af Tim Flannery ...

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Darwin, Darwinism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands

The Legacy of Darwin and its New Applications

Redigeret af Diego Quiroga, Ana Sevilla ...

Serier serie Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
The book explores how Darwin´s legendary and mythologized visit to the Galapagos affected the socioecosystems of the Islands, as well as the cultural and intellectual traditions of Ecuador and Latin America. It highlights in what way the connection between Darwin and the Galapagos has had real, enduring and paradoxical effects in the Archipelago. This Twenty Century construct of the Galapagos as ... Læs mere

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Dog Is Love

Why and How Your Dog Loves You

af Clive D. L. Wynne ...

A pioneering canine behaviorist draws on cutting-edge research to show that a single, simple trait—the capacity to love—is what makes dogs such perfect companions for humans, and explains how we can better reciprocate their affection.“Lively and fascinating . . . The reader comes away cheered, better informed, and with a new and deeper appreciation for our amazing canine companions and their ... Læs mere

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Monarchs and Milkweed

A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution

af Anurag Agrawal ...

The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plantMonarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the monarch than its distinctive presence and mythic journeying. In Monarchs and Milkweed, Anurag ... Læs mere

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Understanding Human Evolution

af Ian Tattersall ...

Serier serie Understanding Life
Human life, and how we came to be, is one of the greatest scientific and philosophical questions of our time. This compact and accessible book presents a modern view of human evolution. Written by a leading authority, it lucidly and engagingly explains not only the evolutionary process, but the technologies currently used to unravel the evolutionary past and emergence of Homo sapiens. By ... Læs mere

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Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships

Redigeret af Sébastien Patiny ...

Serier Bog 81 - Systematics Association Special Volume Series
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Evolutionary Biology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Mechanisms

Redigeret af Pierre Pontarotti ...

Serier serie Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book presents 19 selected contributions to the 16th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in September 2012 in Marseilles. The aims of these annual meetings, which gather together leading evolutionary biologists and other scientists, are to promote the exchange of ideas and to encourage interdisciplinary collaborations. The first chapter deals with the history of a great discovery: ... Læs mere

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Transcendence

Zoölogische Philosophie

Spiderwebs and Silk

Dog Behaviour, Evolution, and Cognition

Teeth

The Ontogeny of Human Bonding Systems

Hayek and the Evolution of Capitalism

THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO OUR EVOLUTIONARY FUTURE

Origin 2.0 Revised Edition

Darwin’s Savages

Evolution and Special Creation

Génesis, la llegada de la Diosa I

The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior

Clavicipitalean Fungi

Learning Strategies and Cultural Evolution during the Palaeolithic

The Cambridge Handbook of Biolinguistics

Darwin's Legacy

Here on Earth

Darwin, Darwinism and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands

Dog Is Love

Monarchs and Milkweed

Understanding Human Evolution

Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships

Evolutionary Biology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Mechanisms