Evolution

Initially received with muted applause, Darwin's The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was soon recognised as the breakthrough scient...

For as long as humans have been on Earth, we have looked up to the stars for clues to our own existence. Medical doctor and evolutionary biologist ...

Evolution helps us understand our own humble place in the rich tapestry of life. But what do we know about the theory of evolution itself? Based on...

A marvelously illustrated reference to the natural wonders of one of the most spectacular places on earthSeparated from Africas mainland for tens o...

How did time begin? What conditions led to humans evolving on Earth? Will we survive the Anthropocene? And is it really true that were all made fro...

Because all organisms, and all their characteristics, are products of a history of evolutionary change, the scope of an evolutionary biology course...

What do eggs, flour, and milk have in common? They form the basis of waffles, of course, but these staples of breakfast bounty also share an evolut...

The question of why an individual would actively kill itself has long been an evolutionary mystery. Pierre M. Durand's ambitious book answers this ...

A richly illustrated nature tour of Galápagosnow expanded, thoroughly updated, and with more than 650 color photographsGalápagos is a comprehensive...

An ecologist's investigation of the social lives of butterfliesThroughout his career, Henry Horn took a unique approach to the study of butterflies...

A Times Best Book of 2021 From the very first dog to glowing fish and designer pigs the human history of remaking nature. Virus-free mosquitoes,...

We feel therefore we are. Conscious sensations ground our sense of self. They are essential to our idea of ourselves as psychic beings: present, ex...

In Close Encounters with Humankind, paleoanthropologist Sang-Hee Lee explores some of our biggest evolutionary questions from unexpected new angles...

How can new insights into evolution help us solve problems in life, art, business and science? A wonderful, mind-expanding book. Prepare to be sur...

Dinosaurs are fascinating creatures and their popularity seems never ending, fuelled by films such as Jurassic Park and documentaries such as Walki...

In his fascinating and thought-provoking new book, Professor Luke ONeill, one of the leading voices of authority during the COVID-19 pandemic, grap...

Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going? In a generational work of clarity and passion, one of our greatest living scientists direc...

A comprehensive, richly illustrated introduction to the behavior and qualities of the catOf all the domesticated species, cats have enjoyed the mos...

Paleobiology struggled for decades to influence our understanding of evolution and the history of life because it was stymied by a focus on microev...

In this lavishly illustrated, first-ever book on how spider webs are built, function, and evolved, William Eberhard provides a comprehensive overvi...

Our breath catches and we jump in fear at the sight of a snake. We pause and marvel at the sublime beauty of a sunrise. These reactions are no acci...

Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to pu...

The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plant Monarch butterflies are one of nature's most...

Rudolf Steiner's watercolour painting 'The Archetypal Human-Animal' presents us with the enigmatic image of a strange creature apparently swimming ...

Sean Carroll explores how evolution has shaped nature's wondrous complexity and diversity, from insects to octopuses, from mice to men.We not only...

The phenomenon of friendship is universal. Friends, after all, are the family we choose. But what makes these bonds not just pleasant but essential...

The scientific consensus is that our ability to understand human speech has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years. After all, there are whole...

How did we come to have minds? For centuries, poets, philosophers, psychologists, and physicists have wondered how the human mind developed its unr...

This book is about the evolution of the sense of smell, from its bacterial origin 3.4 billion years ago, to today's modern, sophisticated humans wi...

Simone Marchi presents the emerging story of how cosmic collisions shaped both the solar system and our own planet, from the creation of the Moon ...

A fundamental and groundbreaking reassessment of how we view and manage cancer When we think of the forces driving cancer, we dont necessarily thin...

Richard Dawkins on how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. 'A masterly investigation of all asp...