Books in category Life Sciences
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Author: Michael Ruse
Publisher : Harvard Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780674016316
Author: Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. Cheney
Publisher : Univ of Chicago Pr
ISBN : 9780226102436
Author: Richard L. Thompson, Michael A. Cremo
Publisher : Torchlight Pub
ISBN : 9780892133253
Over the past two centuries, researchers have found bones and artifacts showing that people existed on earth millions of years ago. Deploying an unexpectedly great number of suppressed but convincing facts, Cremo and Thompson challenge readers to rethink their understanding of human origins, identity and destiny. 69 illustrations.
Author: Barbara J. King
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN : 9780385511049
This cutting-edge book--with echoes of both Jane Goodall and Joseph Campbell--adds a fascinating new dimension to the debate about the origins of religion. The study of evolution has uncovered invaluable information about many aspects of human behavior and culture, from the physiology of our bodies and brains to the development of hunting, technology, and social groups. But an understanding of the
Author: Michael Ruse
Publisher : Harvard Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780674022553
Creation versus evolution: What seems like a cultural crisis of our day, played out in courtrooms and classrooms across the county, is in fact part of a larger story reaching back through the centuries. The views of both evolutionists and creationists originated as inventions of the Enlightenment--two opposed but closely related responses to a loss of religious faith in the Western world. In his l
Author: Carl Zimmer
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN : 9780684856230
At the Water`s Edge delves into evolution`s most dramatic transitions -- the journey of animal life from water to land, and the return of some land creatures to the sea. In a story that encompasses four billion years, Carl Zimmer describes the changes -- in bodies, minds, and living habits -- that occurred as descendants of fish evolved to become a dynasty of animals ranging from dinosaurs and sna
Author: Paul R. Ehrlich
Publisher : Penguin Group USA
ISBN : 9780142000533
In this accessible survey of human evolution, a biologist and environmentalist challenges readers to approach evolutionary science from an interdisciplinary perspective, balancing the study of genetics with a fundamental understanding of environmental and cultural factors that influence human development.
Author: Peter Ward, David W. Ehlert
Publisher : Natl Academy Pr
ISBN : 9780309100618
A renowned scientist provides a startling explanation that is rewriting the history of the Age of Dinosaurs.
Author: Barry R. Komisaruk, Carlos Beyer-flores, Beverly Whipple
Publisher : Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780801884900
Covering every type of sexual peak experience in women and men--from intense to phantom--this informative and entertaining work illuminates the hows, whats, and wherefores of orgasm. Photos.
Author: Eric J. Murphy, Thad A. Rosenberger
Publisher : CRC Pr I Llc
ISBN : 9780849381416
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Author: Alla A. Kornilova, Igor V. Smirnov, Vladimir I. Vysotskii
Publisher : World Scientific Pub Co Inc
ISBN : 9789814271189
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Author: Austin Burt, Robert Trivers
Publisher : Harvard Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780674017139
Author: Steven Mithen
Publisher : Harvard Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780674025592
The propensity to make music is the most mysterious, wonderful, and neglected feature of humankind. In this book, Mithen explores music as a fundamental aspect of the human condition, encoded into the human genome during the evolutionary history of our species.
Author: Merritt Ruhlen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN : 9780471159636
Just as archaeologists study fossils and ancient artifacts for clues about mankind's origins, linguistic researchers today are sifting through word roots and grammatical conventions and coming up with some startling revelations about our beginnings. In The Origin of Language noted linguist Merritt Ruhlen takes you on a fascinating journey of discovery back through nearly 100,000 years of human his
Author: Aaron G. Filler, David Pilbeam
Publisher : Career Pr Inc
ISBN : 9781564149336
The author exploresand some would say resolvesa 200-year-long controversy surrounding the origin of species. Drawing on such diverse antecedents as history, myth, and religion (including Egyptian myth, Christian iconography, and the Hindu Veda), as well as modern developments in biology and genetics, the author bravely questions and rejects the reigning scientific orthodoxy and shows how humans an
Author: Dorion Sagan
Publisher : Sciencewriters Books
ISBN : 9781933392325
Operating on the precept that truth is stranger than fiction, and the universe more bizarre than we can know, innovative science writer Dorion Sagan takes us on a whirlwind tour of the current scientific status of Earth, humanity, and the universe. Irreverently he takes our cultural temperature and gives our temporal context: we are not the be-all and end-all but merely tribal nomads dwelling in t
Author: Laurie R. Godfrey, Andrew J. Petto
Publisher : W W Norton & Co Inc
ISBN : 9780393050905
With creationist arguments forever morphing and reappearing under new aliases, this new confrontation is a must-read for teachers, students, and general readers, and a ringing and lasting refutation of creationism's fraudulent claims. Includes 12 illustrations.
Author: David P. Mindell
Publisher : Harvard Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780674025585
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Author: Tony Hallam
Publisher : Oxford Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780192806680
In Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities, renowned geologist Tony Hallam takes us on a tour of the Earth's history, and of the cataclysmic events, as well as the more gradual extinctions, that have punctuated life on Earth throughout the past 500 million years. While comparable books in this field of study tend to promote only one likely cause of mass extinctions, such as extraterrestrial impact, vol
Author: Gabrielle Walker
Publisher : Crown Pub
ISBN : 9781400051250
Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator? In Snowball Earth, gifted writer Gabrielle Walker has crafted an intriguing global adventure story, following maverick scientist Paul Hoffman's quest to prove a theory so audacious and profound that it is shaking the world of earth sciences to its core. In lyrical prose that brings each remo
Darwin and Design
Author: Michael RusePublisher : Harvard Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780674016316
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Baboon Metaphysics
Author: Robert M. Seyfarth, Dorothy L. CheneyPublisher : Univ of Chicago Pr
ISBN : 9780226102436
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The Hidden History of the Human Race
Author: Richard L. Thompson, Michael A. CremoPublisher : Torchlight Pub
ISBN : 9780892133253
Over the past two centuries, researchers have found bones and artifacts showing that people existed on earth millions of years ago. Deploying an unexpectedly great number of suppressed but convincing facts, Cremo and Thompson challenge readers to rethink their understanding of human origins, identity and destiny. 69 illustrations.
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Evolving God
Author: Barbara J. KingPublisher : Doubleday
ISBN : 9780385511049
This cutting-edge book--with echoes of both Jane Goodall and Joseph Campbell--adds a fascinating new dimension to the debate about the origins of religion. The study of evolution has uncovered invaluable information about many aspects of human behavior and culture, from the physiology of our bodies and brains to the development of hunting, technology, and social groups. But an understanding of the
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The Evolution-creation Struggle
Author: Michael RusePublisher : Harvard Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780674022553
Creation versus evolution: What seems like a cultural crisis of our day, played out in courtrooms and classrooms across the county, is in fact part of a larger story reaching back through the centuries. The views of both evolutionists and creationists originated as inventions of the Enlightenment--two opposed but closely related responses to a loss of religious faith in the Western world. In his l
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At the Water's Edge
Author: Carl ZimmerPublisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN : 9780684856230
At the Water`s Edge delves into evolution`s most dramatic transitions -- the journey of animal life from water to land, and the return of some land creatures to the sea. In a story that encompasses four billion years, Carl Zimmer describes the changes -- in bodies, minds, and living habits -- that occurred as descendants of fish evolved to become a dynasty of animals ranging from dinosaurs and sna
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Human Natures
Author: Paul R. EhrlichPublisher : Penguin Group USA
ISBN : 9780142000533
In this accessible survey of human evolution, a biologist and environmentalist challenges readers to approach evolutionary science from an interdisciplinary perspective, balancing the study of genetics with a fundamental understanding of environmental and cultural factors that influence human development.
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Out of Thin Air
Author: Peter Ward, David W. EhlertPublisher : Natl Academy Pr
ISBN : 9780309100618
A renowned scientist provides a startling explanation that is rewriting the history of the Age of Dinosaurs.
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The Science of Orgasm
Author: Barry R. Komisaruk, Carlos Beyer-flores, Beverly WhipplePublisher : Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780801884900
Covering every type of sexual peak experience in women and men--from intense to phantom--this informative and entertaining work illuminates the hows, whats, and wherefores of orgasm. Photos.
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Lipid-mediated Signaling (Hardcover)
Author: Eric J. Murphy, Thad A. RosenbergerPublisher : CRC Pr I Llc
ISBN : 9780849381416
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Applied Biophysics of Activated Water (Hardcover)
Author: Alla A. Kornilova, Igor V. Smirnov, Vladimir I. VysotskiiPublisher : World Scientific Pub Co Inc
ISBN : 9789814271189
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Genes In Conflict
Author: Austin Burt, Robert TriversPublisher : Harvard Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780674017139
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The Singing Neanderthals
Author: Steven MithenPublisher : Harvard Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780674025592
The propensity to make music is the most mysterious, wonderful, and neglected feature of humankind. In this book, Mithen explores music as a fundamental aspect of the human condition, encoded into the human genome during the evolutionary history of our species.
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The Origin of Language
Author: Merritt RuhlenPublisher : John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN : 9780471159636
Just as archaeologists study fossils and ancient artifacts for clues about mankind's origins, linguistic researchers today are sifting through word roots and grammatical conventions and coming up with some startling revelations about our beginnings. In The Origin of Language noted linguist Merritt Ruhlen takes you on a fascinating journey of discovery back through nearly 100,000 years of human his
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The Upright Ape
Author: Aaron G. Filler, David PilbeamPublisher : Career Pr Inc
ISBN : 9781564149336
The author exploresand some would say resolvesa 200-year-long controversy surrounding the origin of species. Drawing on such diverse antecedents as history, myth, and religion (including Egyptian myth, Christian iconography, and the Hindu Veda), as well as modern developments in biology and genetics, the author bravely questions and rejects the reigning scientific orthodoxy and shows how humans an
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Notes from the Holocene
Author: Dorion SaganPublisher : Sciencewriters Books
ISBN : 9781933392325
Operating on the precept that truth is stranger than fiction, and the universe more bizarre than we can know, innovative science writer Dorion Sagan takes us on a whirlwind tour of the current scientific status of Earth, humanity, and the universe. Irreverently he takes our cultural temperature and gives our temporal context: we are not the be-all and end-all but merely tribal nomads dwelling in t
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Scientists Confront Intelligent Design And Creationism
Author: Laurie R. Godfrey, Andrew J. PettoPublisher : W W Norton & Co Inc
ISBN : 9780393050905
With creationist arguments forever morphing and reappearing under new aliases, this new confrontation is a must-read for teachers, students, and general readers, and a ringing and lasting refutation of creationism's fraudulent claims. Includes 12 illustrations.
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The Evolving World
Author: David P. MindellPublisher : Harvard Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780674025585
Description not available.
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Catastrophes And Lesser Calamities
Author: Tony HallamPublisher : Oxford Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780192806680
In Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities, renowned geologist Tony Hallam takes us on a tour of the Earth's history, and of the cataclysmic events, as well as the more gradual extinctions, that have punctuated life on Earth throughout the past 500 million years. While comparable books in this field of study tend to promote only one likely cause of mass extinctions, such as extraterrestrial impact, vol
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Snowball Earth
Author: Gabrielle WalkerPublisher : Crown Pub
ISBN : 9781400051250
Did the Earth once undergo a super ice age, one that froze the entire planet from the poles to the equator? In Snowball Earth, gifted writer Gabrielle Walker has crafted an intriguing global adventure story, following maverick scientist Paul Hoffman's quest to prove a theory so audacious and profound that it is shaking the world of earth sciences to its core. In lyrical prose that brings each remo
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