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This book introduces the value of a Darwinian social evolutionary approach to understanding social change. The chapters discuss several different perspectives on social evolutionary theory, and go o……続きを見る

Life is a peculiar feature in the Universe. At present, we know of no place, other than our planet, where it has arisen. However life arose, the Earth has been populated by quite different species a……続きを見る

‘Developmental biology’ is widely understood as processes, which mainly concern embryonic animal development and differentiation of cells and tissue. It is also often defined as the timeline for the……続きを見る

It's time to honor the significant scientific contributions of Esther Zimmer Lederberg. In A Hidden Legacy, Thomas E. Schindler shares the story of this remarkable microbiologist and offers insight ……続きを見る

The Bahía Blanca Estuary is one of the largest coastal systems in Atlantic South America. This mesotidal estuary, situated in a sharp transition between humid subtropical and semiarid climates, has ……続きを見る

Darwin's revolutionary offering of the theory of evolution is captured here, in one of the most important (and, to some, controversial) biological texts of all time. His theory can be distilled to t……続きを見る

The Xaris have possessed the Universe. But they just hired the wrong guy... Enter the Layo Galaxy: an asteroid so massive that it converges into various ends of the universe. It is the 'heart' of al……続きを見る

What does it mean for the Christian doctrine of the Fall if there was no historical Adam? If humanity emerged from nonhuman primatesーas genetic, biological, and archaeological evidence seems to sug……続きを見る

Se una sorprendente concatenazione di accidenti ecologici non si fosse verificata, noi non saremmo qui. Lo stesso vale per la nascita di piante e animali nel Cambriano, per l’estinzione dei dinosaur……続きを見る

La vespa «Glyptapanteles» inietta le proprie uova in un bruco, così dopo la schiusa le larve possono mangiare parte della vittima, uscir fuori dal suo corpo e controllare la mente del poveretto (in ……続きを見る

Prefazione all’edizione italiana di Telmo Pievani Per millenni filosofi, teologi e scienziati non sono riusciti a trovare risposte verificabili alle domande che definiscono il significato stesso del……続きを見る

Explorer-naturalists Robert Brown and Mungo Park played a pivotal role in the development of natural history and exploration in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. This work is a fre……続きを見る

From famed zoologist Anthony Sinclair, an account of his decades-long quest to understand one of Earth's most spectacular ecosystems With its rich biodiversity, astounding wildlife, and breathtaking……続きを見る

This new edition captures the advances made in the field of evolutionary systems biology since the publication of the first edition. The first edition focused on laying the foundations of evolutiona……続きを見る

Macroevolutionary inference has historically been treated as a two-step process, involving the inference of a tree, and then inference of a macroevolutionary model using that tree. Newer models blen……続きを見る

102 black-and-white illustrations. According to Wikipedia: "The Voyage of the Beagle is a title commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks,……続きを見る

Many complex traits define the primate condition, including behaviors as fundamental as locomotion and traits as scrutinized as the dentition, and their study reveals dramatic evolutionary change ac……続きを見る

Many complex traits define the human condition, including encephalization and bipedalism. The specific molecular signals and cellular processes producing these traits are the result of dramatic evol……続きを見る

Il contributo di Lamarck alla fondazione del pensiero evoluzionista è stato spesso sottovalutato. All’epoca della pubblicazione di Filosofia zoologica (nel 1809, cinquant’anni prima de L’origine del……続きを見る

From two of the world’s leading authorities on dogs, an imaginative journey into a future of dogs without people What would happen to dogs if humans simply disappeared? Would dogs be able to survive……続きを見る

« On ne peut qu’admirer l’art avec lequel l’auteur présente des notions scientifiques les plus arides à une jeunesse la plupart du temps peu préparée, peu réceptive. C’est le but recherché, c’est le……続きを見る

Discover the wonders of the natural world and the animals that inhabit it in this stunningly visual hardcover guide. Nature writer Marianne Taylor guides readers through the development of life on e……続きを見る

This volume focuses on the huge advances in the last 25 years on the use of this animal model for biomedical research (cancer, heart disease and neurodegeneration), fundamental neuroscience and basi……続きを見る

Evolução Espontânea oferece um ponto de vista animador sobre o destino da humanidade e é um desses livros que podem mudar a visão do mundo. Com pitadas de humor espiritual e sólidos conhecimentos ci……続きを見る

Studying human migratory patterns can help us make sense of evolution, biology, linguistics, and so much more. Human Migration takes readers through population development and their respective orig……続きを見る

This book argues that organisms and their interactions create and maximize biodiversity. The evidence for this autocatalytic hypothesis has been collated and integrated into this provocative argumen……続きを見る

Are we now entering a mass extinction event? What can mass extinctions in Earth's history tell us about the Anthropocene? What do mass extinction events look like and how does life on Earth recover ……続きを見る

How does death help us understand the living? Death is more than the last event of life; it is interwoven into our growth, development, protection against disease, and more. It influences the direct……続きを見る

In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions th……続きを見る

Dalla comparsa del celebre saggio di Darwin sull'Origine della specie (1859) il falso dilemma tra la teoria scientifica dell'evoluzione e la dottrina filosofica e teologica della creazione continua ……続きを見る