Evolution

In this spirited and irreverent critique of Darwin’s long hold over our imagination, a distinguished philosopher of science makes the case that, in...

Every day, people make life choices that, ideally, increase their evolutionary fitness – the chances of survival and successful reproduction – and ...

This book focuses on human anatomy and medicine and specifically on both muscular and skeletal birth defects in humans with trisomy. Moreover, this...

Every day, people make life choices that, ideally, increase their evolutionary fitness – the chances of survival and successful reproduction – and ...

The theories propounded by Charles Darwin in The Origin of Species have had a profound and revolutionary effect, not only on biology but also on ph...

Charles Darwin was a bumbling neophyte naturalist when he boarded the Beagle in 1831. Through the five years that followed, as the ship hugged the ...

Social behavior occurs in some of the smallest animals as well as some the largest, and the transition from solitary life to sociality is an unsolv...

Where and when did man make his first appearance on this earth? The object of this book is to bring before the public such further facts and values...

This work provides a unified theory that addresses the important problem of the origin and maintenance of genetic variation in natural populations....

The drama and historical significance of the Scopes case are given equal attention in this account of the Tennessee trial. Bibliogs

Prior to publication the study of animal coloration was plagued by fanciful speculations, post hoc explanations and untestable hypotheses. This tit...

Originally published in 1979, this book provides students with an example of the ways in which an evolutionary perspective can rephrase and clarify...

First published in 1909, this book collects the author’s lectures on the ‘problem of evolution’ and the resultant debate. The first considers the v...

This book provides an introduction to the significant role of physics in evolution, based on the ideas of matter and energy resource flow, organism...

Wie sieht die ideale Abiturvorbereitung aus? Lernen müssen Sie schon selbst, aber dieses Buch in leicht verständlicher Sprache macht das Lernen nac...

In The Symbol Theory, Norbert Elias draws together three central themes. At the first level the book is concerned with symbols in relation to langu...

A book on the emergence of modern humans

The Earliest Europeans explores a fundamental question: how did Europe’s first hominin occupants cope with the year-round practical challenges of l...

Soil invertebrates make up diverse communities living in soil pores and on the soil surface, digging burrows and tunnels, processing organic matter...

This is the first book to collate and synthesize the recent burgeoning primary research literature on dog behaviour, evolution, and cognition. The ...