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The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix, The Seven Daughters of Eve reveals the remarkable story behind a groundbreaking scientific discovery. After being summoned in 1997 to an archaeological site to... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner Publisher Comments Winner of the Pulitzer Prize On a desert island in the heart of the Galapagos archipelago, where Darwin received his first inklings of the theory of evolution, two scientists, Peter and Rosemary Grant, have spent twenty years proving that Darwin did not... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Adam's Curse: A Future Without Men by Bryan Sykes Publisher Comments Timely and fascinating, this work covers a wealth of controversial topics, including whether there is a genetic cause for male greed, aggression, and promiscuity; the possible existence of a male homosexual gene; and what, if anything, can be done to... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson Staff Pick One of the most revealing, readable books about the mind to come along in years. A simply fascinating glimpse into animal behavior — on the farm, at home, and even in the mirror.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Angels and Ages (09 Edition) by Adam Gopnik Publisher Comments On a memorable day in human history, February 12, 1809, two babies were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English country estate. It was a time of backward-seeming notions, when almost everyone... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks Publisher Comments With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman Publisher Comments If Colette had studied science and spent time listening to icebergs in Antarctica and interviewing a professional nose in New York, she might have written a book as luscious and erudite as A Natural History of the Senses. In the course of this grand tour... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier Publisher Comments With the clarity, insight, and sheer exuberance of language that make her one of "The New York Times's premier stylists, Pulitzer Prize-winner Natalie Angier lifts the veil of secrecy from that most enigmatic of evolutionary masterpieces, the female body.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration in Science & Philosophy by Guy Murchie Publisher Comments "All life in all worlds" -- this was the object of the author's seventeen-year quest for knowledge and discovery, culminating in this book. In a manner unmistakably his own, Murchie delves into the interconnectedness of all life on the planet and of such... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Stephen Jay Gould and the Politics of Evolution by David F Prindle Synopsis While many people have written about Gould's science, pro and con, and a few have written about his politics, this is the first book to explore his science and politics as a consistent whole.... (read more) List Price $26.98 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Symbolic Species : the Co-evolution of Language and the Brain (97 Edition) by Terrence W. Deacon Publisher Comments This revolutionary book provides fresh answers to long-standing questions of human origins and consciousness. Drawing on his breakthrough research in comparative neuroscience, Terrence Deacon offers a wealth of insights into the significance of symbolic... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers by V. S. Ramachandran Publisher Comments How can people come to believe that their poodle is an impostor? Or see colors in numbers? Francis Crick, co-discoverer of DNA, said of V.S. Ramachandran's first book, "The patients he describes are fascinating, and his experiments on them are both... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mean Genes: From Sex to Money to Food: Taming Our Primal Instincts by Terry Burnham Publisher Comments "The Mean Genes message is optimistic . . . a self-help book for the merely average human being." (The Washington Post Book World) "An unusual cross between a social Darwinist monograph and a self-help manual." (The New Yorker) Why do we want-and do-so... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Harpercollins Dictionary of Biology (91 Edition) by W. G. Hale Publisher Comments As widespread debate swirls around topics like genetic engineering and the environment, a thorough understanding of biology is becoming more and more important. The HarperCollins Dictionary of Biology is a valuable reference tools for students and... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Atlas of Oregon Wildlife: Distribution, Habitat, and Natural History by Blair A Csuti Synopsis A standard reference for anyone interested in Oregon's wildlife and natural areas.... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $10.98 Used - Hardcover
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The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution by Gregory Cochran Publisher Comments Resistance to malaria. Blue eyes. Lactose tolerance. What do all of these traits have in common? Every one of them has emerged in the last 10,000 years. Scientists have long believed that the “great leap forward” that occurred some 40,000 to... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Edge of Evolution : Search for the Limits of Darwinism (07 Edition) by Michael J. Behe Publisher Comments When Michael J. Behe's first book, Darwin's Black Box, was published in 1996, it launched the intelligent design movement. Critics howled, yet hundreds of thousands of readers -- and a growing number of scientists -- were intrigued by Behe's claim that... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity by Daniel J Kevles Publisher Comments Daniel Kevles traces the study and practice of eugenics--the science of "improving" the human species by exploiting theories of heredity--from its inception in the late nineteenth century to its most recent manifestation within the field of genetic... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Microbiology (Cliffs Quick Review) - Study Notes by Cliffs Notes Publisher Comments 'Cliffs Quick Reviews are Produced By The People Who Know Student Needs and Respond to Them. This logically presented, easy-to-grasp review gives you the reference you want to effectively organize your introductory-level course work. Each Review Gives... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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