Evolution

Interactive Evolution of Earth and Life aims to provide readers with detailed, current knowledge of the oldest geological terrains reported on Eart...

In Evolutionary Neuropsychology, Frederick L. Coolidge examines the evolutionary origins of the human brain's present structures and functions, and...

Evolutionary biology has increasingly relied upon tools developed in molecular biology that allow for the structure and function of macromolecules ...

The Collective Spirit (1925) lays down a rough outline of what science can tell us as to the progress of evolution, and criticises the various inte...

In the autumn of 2005, researchers cracked the code of the chimpanzee genome and provided a startling new window into the differences between human...

This is the first comprehensive listing of Amazon fruits from an ethnobotanical perspective. This detailed book covers 50 botanical families, 207 s...

Biodiversitythe genetic variety of lifeis an exuberant product of the evolutionary past, a vast human-supportive resource (aesthetic, intellectual,...

A rigorous and scientific analysis of the myriad possibilities of life beyond our planet.Are we alone in the universe? This tantalizing question ha...

The central goal of the In the Light of Evolution (ILE) series is to promote the evolutionary sciences through state-of-the-art colloquiain the ser...

An invaluable guide for students and researchers working at the interface of evolution and ecologyScientists are increasingly realizing that evolut...

This book is about the evolution of human consciousness, but the evolutionary path that the author describes is not precisely in accordance with Da...

The concept of evolution has evolved over time. This is the conclusion reached by Carlo Bellieni and Lourdes Velàzquez, examining the biological an...

Our perception of the brain structure and function as an organ full of secrets and mysteries must change, and it is necessary to consider it as a p...

Are humans unwitting partners in evolution with psychedelic plants? Darwins Pharmacy shows they are by weaving the evolutionary theory of sexual se...

This book is the first comprehensive reference work ever published on the systematics, ecology, conservation status, and management of all the worl...

The book presents a re-reading of H. G. Wells' novel The Island of Doctor Moreau as a key to addressing the controversies of our own humanity. Ron ...

We have puzzled over dreams for centuries. From ancient societies, believing dreams to be messages from the gods, Freud's theory of dreams revealin...

What are the genomic signatures of adaptations in DNA? How often does natural selection dictate changes to DNA? How does the ebb and flow in the ab...

Progress in genetics today would not be possible without Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who laid the rational basis for undermining be...

This book offers a step-by-step introduction to an integrated theory of physical and biological evolution, from the early universe to the world we ...

A multidisciplinary exploration of extinction and what comes next What comes after extinction? Including both prominent and unusual voices in curre...

The wolf evolved into the Pekingese, the wildcat into the tabby cat and the auroch into the milk-producing cow. This happened through the process c...

All species, extant and extinct, from the simplest unicellular prokaryotes to humans, have an existential consciousness. Without sentience, the fir...

Dieses Buch bietet eine erfrischend neue Perspektive auf existentielle Fragen und setzt die Erkenntnisse moderner Wissenschaft widerspruchsfrei mit...

In our modern world, it is easy to overlook the natural world all around us. Only major life events, such as birth, injury, disease, and death, rem...

This edited volume offers an incisive exploration of the intersection between Islam and evolutionary theory a topic that remains a focal point of ...

This book represents the culmination of more than four years of work by many rhino experts, primarily from Africa, Asia, the United States, and Eur...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve i...