Evolution 100

«È l’uomo che deriva dalla scimmia o la scimmia che deriva dall’uomo?» Il dilemma non ha senso, se è vero che una specie che ha già imboccato una strada non può uscirne. L’idea dell’origine di una s……続きを見る

Nel corso della nostra storia millenaria, quanto siamo cresciuti in altezza? La statura può essere influenzata, oltre che dalle caratteristiche genetiche, anche dalle condizioni di vita di una deter……続きを見る

Secondo la visione comunemente accettata della selezione naturale, perché un carattere si evolva è necessario che sia adattativo, che aumenti cioè la probabilità di sopravvivenza dell’individuo. Con……続きを見る

Let us start with the obvious. Living matter, having once emerged from obscure beginnings on this planet Earth - the home selected for it in the Universe - has continued to exist in countless differ……続きを見る

««Di una portata impressionante... Splendidamente dettagliato». » «Science» ««Una combinazione di competenza scientifica e talento di scrittura». » «The Guardian» «Un libro splendido, evocativo, aut……続きを見る

The Evolutionary Imperative provides a unifying perspective on the evolution of the universe in all its physical and biological detail, with a call to action for redirecting the evolutionary traject……続きを見る

Veniamo tutti dall’Africa. Lo hanno scoperto gli scienziati percorrendo a ritroso la storia genetica dell’umanità, trasmessa solo per via femminile. Oggi in quel continente le ragazze subiscono piu……続きを見る

A scientific look at creationism from a former creationist A significant number of Americans, especially evangelical Christians, believe Earth and humankind were created in their present form someti……続きを見る

The first modern scholarly synthesis of animal domestication Across the globe and at different times in the past millennia, the evolutionary history of domesticated animals has been greatly affected……続きを見る

Tom Wolfe, feroz y sagaz polemista, arremete contra las verdades absolutas del evolucionismo aplicado a la lingüística en su testamento literario. Además de un gran periodista y narrador, Tom Wolfe ……続きを見る

The question of the origins of the universe is probably one of the most dwelled upon and argued about over the last couple of centuries. Ever since Charles Darwin proposed his theory, evolutionists ……続きを見る

This volume constitutes the most recent and most comprehensive consideration of the largest family of bony fishes, the Cichlidae. This book offers an integrated perspective of cichlid fishes ranging……続きを見る

Plants are an important source of fats and oils, which are essential for the human diet. In recent years, genomics of oil biosynthesis in plants have attracted great interest, especially in high oil……続きを見る

How did the dog become man’s best friend? A celebrated anthropologist unearths the mysterious origins of the unique partnership that rewrote the history of both species. Dogs and humans have been in……続きを見る

A psychologist confronts our pervasive misunderstanding of anxiety and presents a powerful new framework for reimagining and reclaiming the confounding emotion as the advantage it evolved to be. We ……続きを見る

The study of religion by the humanities and social sciences has become receptive for an evolutionary perspective. Some proposals model the evolution of religion in Darwinian terms, or construct a sy……続きを見る

En el presente, gran parte de las actitudes que poseen los seres humanos es el resultado de miles de años de evolución. Mecanismos tan sencillos a nuestra actual mirada, son vestigio del desarrollo ……続きを見る

Ever wondered why you have those strange "waking dreams" just before you wake up in the morning? Those weird dreams that are just too vivid, too graphic, too "real" to be just ordinary dreams. They ……続きを見る

How did the elephant seal survive being driven to the brink of extinction in the nineteenth century? What variables determine the lifetime reproductive success of individual seals? How have elephant……続きを見る

Darwinian evolution is an imaginative problem that has been passed down to us unsolved. It is our most powerful explanation of humanity’s place in nature, but it is also more cognitively demanding a……続きを見る

The protein molecule is the basic building block of every living entity. Its deficiency leads to restricted growth and development of individuals. Globally, such malnutrition is on the rise due to v……続きを見る

This book attempts to develop a Marxist theory of the human individual. It contends that the standard description of the human as a bio-psycho-social being is fundamentally deficient as it doesn’t s……続きを見る

How do some birds, turtles, and insects possess navigational abilities that rival the best manmade navigational technologies? Who or what taught the honey bee its dance, or its hive mates how to rea……続きを見る

This book charts the history of how biological evolution has been depicted on British television and radio, from the first radio broadcast on evolution in 1925 through to the 150th anniversary of Ch……続きを見る

A zoologist’s “compelling and often hilarious” (Science) look at the queens of the animal kingdom Somewhere in the ocean, an orca matriarch leads her pod to better hunting grounds. At the same time,……続きを見る

The study of echinoid evolution, diversity, and ecology has always suffered from the fact that they are represented by taxa showing widely differing architectural designs of their multi-plated skele……続きを見る

Quali forme di vita potremmo trovare su altri pianeti? Obbediranno a leggi e regole che conosciamo, o la loro biologia sarà del tutto differente? Chi, o cosa, accoglierà i primi esploratori terrestr……続きを見る

Science and technology have profoundly altered the cosmic and societal perceptions of the world. Regrettably, the Christian imagination has not kept pace. Most believers still adhere to pre-scientif……続きを見る

Spider Evolution: Genetics, Behavior, and Ecological Influences provides a thorough exploration of the evolutionary trail of arachnids, particularly spider species, from prehistoric origins to curre……続きを見る

This book defends that the pursuit of originality constitutes one of the most important characteristics of creativity, but that originality refers, etymologically, to both origin and originary. Henc……続きを見る