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Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin  Publisher Comments "The Origin of Species" sold out on the first day of its publication in 1859. It is the major book of the nineteenth century, and one of the most readable and accessible of the great revolutionary works of the scientific imagination. "The Origin of...
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Investigations (00 Edition)
by Stuart Kauffman Publisher Comments A bold exploration of the very essence of life itself, "Investigations" supplies a novel answer to the question, "What is life?" 44 illustrations....
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
by Carl Sagan Publisher Comments Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries...
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Evolution and Human Behavior, 2nd Edition: Darwinian Perspectives on Human Nature (Bradford Books)
by John Cartwright Publisher Comments Evolutionary psychology occupies an important place in the drive to understand and explain human behavior. Darwinian ideas provide powerful tools to illuminate how fundamental aspects of the way humans think, feel, and interact derive from reproductive...
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are
by Carl Sagan Publisher Comments "Dazzling...A feast. Absorbing and elegantly written, it tells of theorigins of life on earth, describes its variety and charaacter, and culminates in a discussion of human nature and teh complex traces ofhumankind's evolutionary past...It is an amazing...
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Darwin's Legacy: Scenarios in Human Evolution
by Sue Taylor Parker Synopsis Darwin's Legacy provides a fascinating history of ideas about the origins of uniquely human characteristics from bipedalism to language, male and female secondary sex characteristics to culture, and evaluates them in light of recent knowledge about...
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The Human Evolution Coloring Book, 2e (HarperCollins Coloring Books)
by Adrienne Zihlman Publisher Comments The completely revised "Human Evolution Coloring Book"<UL><LI><LI> Provides an authoritative, scientific background for understanding the origins of humanity<LI>Includes new discoveries and information essential for students of...
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Discoveries: Darwin and the Science of Evolution (Discoveries)
by Patrick Tort Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed...
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Mother Nature : Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species (99 Edition)
by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Publisher Comments Maternal instinct -- the all-consuming, utterly selfless love that mothers lavish on their children -- has long been assumed to be an innate, indeed defining element of a woman's nature. But is it? In this provocative, groundbreaking book, renowned...
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The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology
by Robert Wright Publisher Comments Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animal one of the most provocative science books in recent years. Wright unveils the genetic strategies behind...
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Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution
by David Rains Wallace Publisher Comments A general interest exploration of mammal evolution and the scientific history of major fossil discoveries, their discoverers, and changing ideas about these extinct "beasts."It's both a grand mystery and a Cinderella story: mammal origins were one of...
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Evolution's Captain: The Story of the Kidnapping That Led to Charles Darwin's Voyage aboard the Beagle
by Peter Nichols Publisher Comments This is the story of the man without whom the name Charles Darwin might be unknown to us today. That man was Captain Robert FitzRoy, who invited the 22-year-old Darwin to be his companion on board the Beagle . This is the remarkable story of how a...
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Perspectives on an Evolving Creation
by Keith B. (edt) Miller Publisher Comments A strong Christian case for evolutionary theory According to the authors of this book, who explore evolutionary theory from a clear Christian perspective, the common view of conflict between evolutionary theory and Christian faith is mistaken. Written by...
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Sense and Nonsense : Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour (02 Edition)
by Kevin N. Laland Publisher Comments Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring of scientific ideas. It offers a battery of methods that can be used to help us understand human behavior. Nevertheless, the legitimacy of this exercise is at the center of a heated...
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Human Origins: What Bones and Genomes Tell Us about Ourselves (Peter N. Nevraumont Books)
by Rob Desalle Synopsis Ever since the recognition of the Neanderthals as an archaic form of human in the mid-nineteenth century, the fossilized bones of extinct humans have been used by paleoanthropologists to explore human origins. These bones tell the story of how the...
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At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
by Stuart A Kauffman Publisher Comments A major scientific revolution has begun, a new paradigm that rivals Darwin's theory in importance. At its heart is the discovery of the order that lies deep within the most complex of systems, from the origin of life, to the workings of giant...
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Evolution for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Greg Krukonis Publisher Comments Today, most colleges and universities offer evolutionary study as part of their biology curriculums. Evolution For Dummies will track a class in which evolution is taught and give an objective scientific view of the subject. This balanced guide explores...
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Darwin : a Very Short Introduction (82 Edition)
by Jonathan Howard Publisher Comments Darwin's theory that man's ancestors were apes caused an uproar within the scientific world, as well as public frenzy when The Origin of Species was published in 1859. Arguments still rage about the implications of his evolutionary theory, and skepticism...
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The Broken Dice, and Other Mathematical Tales of Chance
by Ivar Ekeland Publisher Comments Ivar Ekeland extends his consideration of the catastrophe theory of the universe begun in his widely acclaimed Mathematics and the Unexpected, by drawing on rich literary sources, particularly the Norse saga of Saint Olaf, and such current topics as...
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Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence
by Richard Wrangham Publisher Comments Whatever their virtues, men are more violent than women. Why do men kill, rape, and wage war, and what can be done about it? Drawing on the latest discoveries about human evolution and about our closest living relatives, the great apes, "Demonic Males...
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