The Piltdown Forgery
2,958円 On 21 November 1953, one of the most fascinating puzzles in science was finally solved. Three scientists--Joseph Weiner, Kenneth Oakley, and Wilfrid Le Gros Clark--described their investigations into the important fossilized human remains found at Piltdown in Sussex in the early 1900s. Their conc...
Our Inner Ape
2,022円 One of the world’s great primatologists and a renowned expert on social behavior in apes presents the provocative idea that our noblest qualitiesーgenerosity, kindness, altruismーare as much a part of our nature as our baser instincts. As genetically similar to man as the chimpanzee, the bonobo h...
Essential Personalities, and why humans f...
1,326円 A tour de force connecting the evolution of the human personality structure and the formation of parenting bonds with the passage of the sun through the year. The author builds a case for the realistic prediction of human type fundamentals from a birth date, and includes descriptions of the sixty...
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Na...
2,388円 "Gould is a natural writer; he has something to say and the inclination and skill with which to say it."ーP. B. Medawar, New York Review of Books With sales of well over one million copies in North America alone, the commercial success of Gould's books now matches their critical acclaim. Reissued...
Evo-Devo of Child Growth
21,862円 Working with principles from the fields of evolutionary and developmental biology (evo-devo), this fascinating work offers a new approach to analyzing child growth and development, examining each stage and transition in detail, from fetal development to preadulthood. Based on the author's in-dept...
Darwin: A Very Short Introduction
1,126円 Darwin's theory that our ancestors were apes caused a furore in the scientific world and outside it when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory, and scepticism about the value of Darwin's contribution to knowledge is wid...
On the Origin of Species (Illustrated + A...
164円 FEATURES: • Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations • A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book • Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book • Manually coded and crafted by professionals for highest formatting quality and standards Check out ngims P...
Not a Chimp
1,267円 Humans are primates, and our closest relatives are the other African apes - chimpanzees closest of all. With the mapping of the human genome, and that of the chimp, a direct comparison of the differences between the two, letter by letter along the billions of As, Gs, Cs, and Ts of the DNA code, h...
Life And Letters Of Charles Darwin (Mobi ...
164円 This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all ele...
Modelling Perception with Artificial Neur...
22,552円 Studies of the evolution of animal signals and sensory behaviour have more recently shifted from considering 'extrinsic' (environmental) determinants to 'intrinsic' (physiological) ones. The drive behind this change has been the increasing availability of neural network models. With contributions...
Darwin's Ghosts
2,506円 Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had expected criticism. Letters were arriving every day like swarms, some expressing praise, most outrage and accusations of heresy. But the letter from the Re...
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