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Tectonic plates are constantly moving, either crashing into one another creating a mosaic of mountains and shallow seas, or tearing apart and isolating large swathes of land. In both cases plate tec……続きを見る

In this unique amalgam of neuroscience, genetics, and evolutionary psychology, Ryan argues that leftists and rightists are biologically distinct versions of the human species that came into being at……続きを見る

From deep ocean trenches and the geographical poles to outer space, organisms can be found living in remarkably extreme conditions. This book provides a captivating account of these systems and thei……続きを見る

We have puzzled over dreams for centuries. From ancient societies, believing dreams to be messages from the gods, Freud's theory of dreams revealing our unconscious minds to modern day experiments i……続きを見る

In 1929, Charles Upson Clark (1875-1960), a history Professor at Columbia University carrying out bibliographic research on the early history of the Americas in the Vatican Library, came across a re……続きを見る

The agricultural sector of medicinal (including plant stimulants) and aromatic plants is characterized by an enormous number and diversity of species. Only a few of them can be considered cultivated……続きを見る

In their rapid colonization of soil exposed by fires, floods, and grazing animals, weeds resemble the human specialists we label Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). Weeds are the first responders ……続きを見る

Hello, I am Emoruk Ashyma. Humankind often ponders morality. What is morality? What is good, bad, right, or wrong? I read Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics – a philosophical framework that is over 2,00……続きを見る

Tracing the development of population genetics through the writings of such luminaries as Darwin, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Haldane, and Wright, William B. Provine sheds light on this complex field a……続きを見る

Thomas Henry Huxley’s "Lectures on Evolution", delivered in New York City in September of 1876, was reported extensively in newspapers, particularly because in addition to presenting evidence suppor……続きを見る

Plant growth and development is closely dependent on the plant environment, including the wide-spread presence of organic and inorganic xenobiotics and pollutants. Currently, heavy metals are the mo……続きを見る

This book presents the latest information on canine parasites with zoonotic potential, to help avoid human infections. Compiled by international specialists, it covers protozoa, ectoparasites and he……続きを見る

The Tropics are home to the greatest biodiversity in the world, but tropical species are at risk due to anthropogenic activities, mainly land use change, habitat loss, invasive species, and pathogen……続きを見る

A groundbreaking theory of how language arose from primate gestures It is often said that speech is what distinguishes us from other animals. But are we all talk? What if language was bequeathed to ……続きを見る

Dawkins y Gould. Oxford y Harvard. Un zoólogo y un paleontólogo. Un liberal y un socialista. Un inglés y un estadounidense. Una gran batalla intelectual. Dos visiones contrapuestas acerca de la verd……続きを見る

Nearshore hardbottom reefs of Florida’s east coast are used by over 1100 species of fishes, invertebrates, algae, and sea turtles. These rocky reefs support reproduction, settlement, and habitat use……続きを見る

In the last fifty years our butterfly populations have declined by more than eighty per cent and butterflies are now facing the very real prospect of extinction. It is hard to remember the time when……続きを見る

**“Full of fascinating insights drawn from an impressive range of disciplines, The Ascent of Information casts the familiar and the foreign in a dramatic new light.” ーBrian Greene, author of The El……続きを見る

In onze westerse samenleving is eeuwig jong het motto. Ouder worden boezemt angst in en oudere mensen worden al te vaak als 'niet meer nuttig' weggezet. Gedragsbioloog Mark Nelissen toont het tegend……続きを見る

Het nieuwe boek van gedragsbioloog Mark Nelissen Waarom raken veel mensen zo gemakkelijk verslaafd aan hun smartphone? Wat hebben de vele kookprogramma's op tv met porno te maken? Waarom laten vrouw……続きを見る

Gedragsbioloog Mark Nelissen toont met veel humor aan dat Darwin om elke hoek loert. Waarom krijgen vrouwelijke obers grotere fooien dan hun mannelijke collega's? Wat is het nut van pijn? Zijn wij a……続きを見る

Populaire wetenschap op zijn best: helder, humoristisch en stevig onderbouwd 'Sociaal en egoïstisch gedrag zijn geen tegengestelde uitersten, maar lopen sterk door elkaar. De mens is niet goed en n……続きを見る

Dieser Prüfungstrainer führt als roter Faden durch das komplexe Gebiet der Speziellen Zoologie mit einem Überblick über alle systematisch relevanten Tiergruppen. Anhand vieler Beispiele bietet diese……続きを見る

The human specificity can be described by verticality/bipedalism, technique use, articulated language, high cognitive capacities, complex society at three levels: body, mind, social. In this book, i……続きを見る

This book discusses the evolution of sleep and its possible function in the higher invertebrates and vertebrates, including humans. It describes the current concept of sleep and its functions, based……続きを見る

In this book, Jonathan H. Turner combines sociology, evolutionary biology, cladistic analysis from biology, and comparative neuroanatomy to examine human nature as inherited from common ancestors sh……続きを見る

Scientific philosophers examine the nature and significance of levels of organization, a core structural principle in the biological sciences. This volume examines the idea of levels of organization……続きを見る

Showcases the latest developments in literary Darwinism, a powerful approach that integrates evolutionary social science with literary humanism. As the founder and leading practitioner of "literary ……続きを見る

John Tyler Bonner makes a new attack on an old problem: the question of how progressive increase in the size and complexity of animals and plants has occurred. "How is it," he inquires, "that an egg……続きを見る

What makes humans unique? What makes us the most successful animal species inhabiting the Earth today? Most scientists agree that the key to our success is the unusually large size of our brains. Ou……続きを見る