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With profound implications for our most foundational assumptions about gender, Gender Mosaic explains why there is no such thing as a male or female brain. For generations, we've been taught that wo……続きを見る

A leading evolutionary psychologist and sex researcher provides a unified new theory of sexual conflict and shows how its battles play out in the bar room, the bedroom, and the boardroom. Sexual con……続きを見る

An "entertaining and enlightening" deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilizationーand the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication (Daniel E. Lieberman, author of Exerc……続きを見る

This book presents coverage of the principles and practice of molecular clocks, which have provided fascinating and unprecedented insights into the evolutionary timescale of life on earth. It begins……続きを見る

Wie sind Menschen entstanden? Wer waren ihre Vorfahren?Warum gibt es überhaupt Menschen? Warum sehen dieMenschen der verschiedenen Erdteile und Länder anders aus?Warum unterscheiden sich Frauen und ……続きを見る

'This is a book that required a great many research hours, the kind of volume you may be glad someone took the time to compile.' The Quarterly Review of Biology This is the ultimate guide to the lif……続きを見る

Biological evolution, the theory of natural selection and of common descent, is a triumph both of human reasoning and scientific undertaking. The biological discipline of evolution contains both a c……続きを見る

Echinoderms elaborate a calcite skeleton composed of numerous plates with a distinct microstructure (stereom) that can be modelled into different shapes thanks to the use of a transient amorphous ca……続きを見る

The quantification of morphology through time is a vital tool in elucidating macroevolutionary patterns. Studies of disparity require intense effort but can provide insights beyond those gained usin……続きを見る

The definitive volume on opossums, a group of ecologically and scientifically important mammals, covering natural history, evolution, behavior, and biogeography. Opossums are the most diverse and ec……続きを見る

A bold, provocative history of our species finds the roots of civilization’s success and failure in our evolutionary biology. We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, y……続きを見る

In order to understand common conditions such as coeliac disease and Crohn’s disease, one must view the gut in its evolutionary context. This is the novel approach to the gut and its diseases that i……続きを見る

A savory account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution Nature, it has been said, invites us to eat by appetite and rewards by flavor. But what exactly are flavors? Why are som……続きを見る

Marine Animal Forests (MAFs) are spread all over the world. Composed by suspension feeding organisms (e.g. corals, gorgonians, sponges, bryozoans, bivalves, etc.), MAFs constitute a vast number of m……続きを見る

From the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Charles Darwin, the scientist who changed the way people see the world. Although ……続きを見る

This book studies the application of green roofs in ecoregions of the western United States and Canada. While green roofs were intended to sustain local or regional vegetation, this volume describes……続きを見る

Humanity has precipitated a planetary crisis of resource consumptionーa crisis of stuff. So ingrained is our stuff-centric view that we can barely imagine a way out beyond substituting a new portman……続きを見る

«Mentre scrive delle sorprendenti strategie usate dagli animali per vivere su questo pianeta, Kenneth Catania dice di essersi fermato alla parola “miracoli”. Ma in Adattamenti meravigliosi descrive ……続きを見る

Understanding the interaction between cooperation and conflict in establishing effective social behaviour is a fundamental challenge facing societies. Reflecting the breadth of current research in t……続きを見る

The forgotten garden which inspired Charles Darwin becomes the modern-day setting for an exploration of memory, family, and the legacy of genius. Darwin never stopped thinking about the garden at hi……続きを見る

In the past few decades, it has been realized through research that fungal siderophores epitomize the uptake of iron as well as other essential elements like zinc, magnesium, copper, nickel and arse……続きを見る

Evidence for a purely Darwinian account of human origins is supposed to be overwhelming. But is it? In this provocative book, three scientists challenge the claim that undirected natural selection i……続きを見る

In 2000, biologist Jonathan Wells took the science world by storm with Icons of Evolution, a book showing how biology textbooks routinely promote Darwinism using bogus evidenceーicons of evolution l……続きを見る

More than thirty years after his landmark book Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (1985), biologist Michael Denton revisits his earlier thesis about the inability of Darwinian evolution to explain the hi……続きを見る

In this provocative history of contemporary debates over evolution, veteran journalist Tom Bethell depicts Darwin's theory as a nineteenth-century idea past its prime, propped up by logical fallacie……続きを見る

What happens when an up-and-coming European bioscientist flips from Darwin disciple to Darwin defector? Sparks fly. Just ask biotechnologist Matti Leisola. It all started when a student loaned the F……続きを見る

This book contains essays responding to criticism of Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design by Stephen Meyer. The book explores topics such as orphan……続きを見る

A un certo punto negli gli ultimi 100 000 anni gli esseri umani hanno cominciato a mostrare caratteristiche e comportamenti particolari, molto diversi rispetto a quelli degli altri animali. In breve……続きを見る

Il mondo è pieno di curiosità naturali; alcune di queste sono così bizzarre e improbabili che stentiamo a credere che possano esistere davvero. Come diavolo fa il pipistrello a «vedere» con i suoni?……続きを見る

La vita sessuale di insetti, uccelli e animali di ogni tipo può essere davvero strana. Ma ancora più bizzarri e contorti possono essere gli organi genitali. Ed è logico che sia così: se la selezione……続きを見る