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A timeless and majestic portrait of Africa by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise A finalist for t……続きを見る

According to Wikipedia: "Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 ? 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. After becoming eminent among scientists for his field work and inquiries into geology, he……続きを見る

Is it possible to explain and predict the development of living things? What is development? Articulate answers to these seemingly innocuous questions are far from straightforward. To date, no syste……続きを見る

We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, competitive nature to his animal ancestry. But what if we are just as given to cooperation, empathy and morality by virtue of our genes? From a sci……続きを見る

How did social communication evolve in primates? In this volume, primatologists, linguists, anthropologists, cognitive scientists and philosophers of science systematically analyze how their specifi……続きを見る

Charles Darwin is often credited with discovering evolution through natural selection, but the idea was not his alone. The naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, working independently, saw the same proce……続きを見る

Evolution logically begins with a consideration of the structure and evolutionary role of DNA. The unit recognizes that evolutionary change occurs as a result of both natural and artificial mechanis……続きを見る

Having indicators to assess the effect of zootechnical, sanitary, economic or political intervention or the impact of environmental risks makes it possible to draw up strategies for improving domest……続きを見る

Chapter One begins: "During the summer of 1860, I was surprised by finding how large a number of insects were caught by the leaves of the common sun-dew (Drosera rotundifolia) on a heath in Sussex. ……続きを見る

The Critical Introduction begins: "Of the remarkable "trilogy" constituted by Darwin's writings which deal with the geology of the "Beagle," the member which has perhaps attracted least attention, u……続きを見る

In het moderne model van de evolutietheorie gedraagt de evolutie van een eiwit of orgaan zich als de toevallige koerswijzigingen in de wandeling van een dronken man. Mutaties in het erfelijk materia……続きを見る

Comparative Virology provides an integrated comparison of viruses, based on their chemical and morphological characteristics. These descriptions will not only give the reader a background but also a……続きを見る

Introduction to Genetics: Science of Heredity presents a linear programmed text about hereditary and genetics. This book discusses a variety of topics related to heredity and genetics, including chr……続きを見る

Laboratory Methods in Microbiology is a laboratory manual based on the experience of the authors over several years in devising and organizing practical classes in microbiology to meet the requireme……続きを見る

The eye is one of the most remarkable achievements of evolution, and has evolved up to 40 times in different parts of the animal kingdom. In humans, vision is the most important sense, and much of t……続きを見る

Dies ist die Geschichte zweier abenteuerlicher Expeditionen. Die erste startet 1831 mit dem Vermessungsschiff »Beagle", auf dem Charles Darwin fünf Jahre lang um die Erde segelt. Die zweite dauert m……続きを見る

Since the 1970s, behavioural ecologists and evolutionary biologists have been fascinated by the biological implications of sperm from different males competing for fertilization of the egg in the fe……続きを見る

Was ist der Mensch? Auch nur ein besonders intelligentes Tier? Ein singuläres Kulturwesen? Oder beides? Die Frage, was den Mensch zum Menschen macht und woher er seine Fertigkeiten hat, beschäftigt ……続きを見る

This book collects three outstanding examples of the work of Mexican biologist Alfonso Luis Herrera (1868-1943), a pioneer in experimental origins of life research. Two of the collected works appear……続きを見る

This is the first 60,000 'letters' of chromosome one of the draft public domain human genome, formatted in arbitrary 60 column lines. This represents a portion of the structure of the double helix D……続きを見る

Absolute proof…there is a God! From Darwin to Design shows how Dr. Cagan, a staunch atheist, gradually began realizing that the laws governing the universe are too precise to point to anything but I……続きを見る

When this classic work was first published in 1975, it created a new discipline and started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. Although voted by officers and fellows of ……続きを見る

“We are the primary drivers of change. We will directly and indirectly determine what lives, what dies, where, and when. We are in a different phase of evolution; the future of life is now in our ha……続きを見る

Sometimes a small change in the way we define a basic term can have major repercussions on the way we look at the world. What happens, for example, when you change the way you look at concepts such ……続きを見る

Paarden hebben een uniek orgaan in hun hoofd: de luchtzakken. In dit korte artikel worden de grote raadselen van de evolutie, de functie en de reden van de schimmelinfectie ervan voor het eerst verk……続きを見る

There are unique organs in the head of the horse: guttural pouches. In this short article the mysteries of their evolution, function and the reason of their mycosis are explained for the first time.……続きを見る

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex - Fully Illustrated Edition. is a book on evolutionary theory by Charles Darwin, It was Darwin's second book on evolutionary theory, following h……続きを見る

On the Origin of Species, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that p……続きを見る

The Voyage of the Beagle is a title commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin as his Journal and Remarks, bringing him considerable fame and respect. The title refers to the second survey……続きを見る

Written partly in response to Social Darwinism and in particular to Thomas H. Huxley's Nineteenth Century essay, "The Struggle for Existence", Kropotkin's book drew on his experiences in scientific ……続きを見る