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Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live by Marlene Zuk Publisher Comments An exposé of pseudoscientific myths about our evolutionary past and how we should live today. We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play football — or did we?... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Social Conquest of Earth (13 Edition) by Edward O. Wilson Publisher Comments Sparking vigorous debate in the sciences, The Social Conquest of Earth upends “the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first” (Discover). Refashioning the story of human evolution, Wilson draws on his... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary by Caspar Henderson Publisher Comments From medieval bestiaries to Borges’s Book of Imaginary Beings, we’ve long been enchanted by extraordinary animals, be they terrifying three-headed dogs or asps impervious to a snake charmer’s song. But bestiaries are more than just zany... (read more) Your price: $29.00 New - Hardcover
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Odd Couples: Extraordinary Differences Between the Sexes in the Animal Kingdom by Daphne J. Fairbairn Publisher Comments "Odd couples indeed! Fairbairn takes us on a journey through oceans, grasslands, beaches, and backyards, plunging us into the worlds of nature's most weird and wonderful creatures, all to answer one question: why are males and females different? By... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Studies in Rhetoric & Religion #14: After the Genome: A Language for Our Biotechnological Future by Michael J. (edt) Hyde Publisher Comments Biotechnological advancements during the last half-century have forced humanity to come to grips with the possibility of a post-human future. The ever-evolving opinions about how society should anticipate this biotechnological frontier demand a language... (read more) Your price: $47.95 New - Hardcover
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Concealing Coloration in Animals by Judy Diamond Publisher Comments The biological functions of coloration in animals are sometimes surprising. Color can attract mates, intimidate enemies, and distract predators. But color patterns can also conceal animals from detection. Concealing coloration is unusual because it is an... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Antarctic Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species of the Antarctic Continent and Subantarctic Environments (Pocket Naturalist Guides) by James Kavanagh Publisher Comments Familiar species, common plants, and natural phenomena are introduced in these beautifully illustrated guides to nature and the outdoors. Printed on laminated, water-resistant paper in a folded format, Pocket Naturalist® Guides are highly durable... (read more) Your price: $5.95 New - Folded
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Beyond Human?: Science and the Changing Face of Humanity by John Bryant Publisher Comments An exploration of what the most significant scientific advances of recent years mean for us as humans Recent scientific advances have made it possible to do the unthinkable—clone, design one's own babies, "genetically enhance" soldiers, and... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Genomes and What to Make of Them by Barry Barnes Publisher Comments In 2003 the Human Genome Project announced that it had achieved a stunning scientific breakthrough: the full map of the human genome, and with it our first complete picture of the basic building block of human life. Since then, boasts about the benefits... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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What on Earth?: 100 of Our Planet's Most Amazing New Species by Quentin Wheeler Publisher Comments A chameleon so tiny it can fit on your thumbnail? A spider named after David Bowie? A fungus that turns ants into zombies? What on Earth? What on Earth? is a compendium of the 100 coolest, weirdest, and most intriguing new species of this century as... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Big, Bad Book of Beasts: The World's Most Curious Creatures by Michael Largo Publisher Comments The world's wildest collection of animal knowledge and lore! Lions, and tigers, and bears . . . and dinosaurs, dragons, and monsters. Oh my! For hundreds of years, the most popular books in the Western world next to the Bible were "bestiaries... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter by Terrence W. Deacon Publisher Comments As scientists study the minutiae of subatomic particles, neural connections, and molecular compounds, their attempts at a "theory of everything" harbor a glaring omission: they still cannot explain us, the thoughts and perceptions that truly make us what... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Willapa National Wildlife Refuge: An Introduction to Common Plants & Animals (Pocket Naturalist Guides) by James Kavanagh Publisher Comments Familiar species, common plants, and natural phenomena are introduced in these beautifully illustrated guides to nature and the outdoors. Printed on laminated, water-resistant paper in a folded format, Pocket Naturalist® Guides are highly durable... (read more) Your price: $5.95 New - Trade Paper
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Seashells: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar North American Species (Pocket Naturalist Guides) by James Kavanagh Publisher Comments Familiar species, common plants, and natural phenomena are introduced in these beautifully illustrated guides to nature and the outdoors. Printed on laminated, water-resistant paper in a folded format, Pocket Naturalist® Guides are highly durable... (read more) Your price: $5.95 New - Folded
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The Last Lost World: Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene by Stephen J. Pyne Publisher Comments An enthralling scientific and cultural exploration of the Ice Age—from the author of How the Canyon Became Grand From a remarkable father-daughter team comes a dramatic synthesis of science and environmental history—an exploration of the... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Jonathan Gottschall Publisher Comments “A jaunty, insightful new book . . . [that] draws from disparate corners of history and science to celebrate our compulsion to storify everything around us.”—New York Times Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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My Beloved Brontosaurus Signed Edition by Brian Switek Publisher Comments One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Spring Science Books Dinosaurs, with their awe-inspiring size, terrifying claws and teeth, and otherworldly abilities, occupy a sacred place in our childhoods. They loom over museum halls, thunder through movies, and... (read more) Available May 22, 2013 Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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The Unpredictable Species: What Makes Humans Unique by Philip Lieberman Publisher Comments "In this wonderfully readable book, Lieberman argues that evolution has equipped humans with the most marvelous gift in the animal kingdom--the freedom to be unpredictable. The Unpredictable Species is educational, entertaining, challenging, aggravating,... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism among the Primates by Frans de Waal Publisher Comments For many years, de Waal has observed chimpanzees soothe distressed neighbors and bonobos share their food. Now he delivers fascinating fresh evidence for the seeds of ethical behavior in primate societies that further cements the case for the biological... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.57 Sale - Hardcover
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Thrive in Cell Biology by Qiuyu Wang Publisher Comments The Thrive in Bioscience guides are written to help students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience. Each title in the series encourages students to follow four simple steps to maximize learning potential: Step 1: Review the facts The... (read more) Your price: $47.95 New - Trade Paper
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