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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
by Matt Ridley
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Citing the Red Queen from "Through the Looking Glass, " who has to keep running to stay in the same place, Ridley demonstrates why sex is humanity's best strategy for outwitting its constantly mutating internal predators, and answers dozens of other... ( read more)
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The Butterfly Book: An Easy Guide to Butterfly Gardening, Identification and Behavior (Stokes Backyard Nature Books)
by Donald Stokes
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Copiously illustrated with maps, line drawings, and full-color photographs, each of these large-format (8 1/2 x 10 7/8) paperback books contains the essential information that backyard nature enthusiasts want and need -- to attract, identify, and... ( read more)
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The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit
by Melvin Konner
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-516) and index.... ( read more)
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Why We Do It: Rethinking Sex and the Selfish Gene
by Niles Eldredge
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OVER THE LAST THIRTY YEARS, many scientists have come to insist that our behavior is governed by our genes--above all when it comes to sex, which, we are told, is how genes perpetuate themselves. Not so, argues evolutionary biologist Niles Eldredge in... ( read more)
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The Future of Life
by Edward O. Wilson
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From one of the world's most influential scientists (and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author) comes his most timely and important book yet: an impassioned call for quick and decisive action to save Earth's biological heritage, and a plan to achieve... ( read more)
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Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
by Olivia Judson
From Powells.com
The sex act is, admittedly, a major preoccupation for most humans. But
consider the plight of the female stick insect whose mate has been copulating
with her for ten weeks straight while all she wants is a good night's
sleep, or the male... ( read more)
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Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo and the Making of the Animal Kingdom
by Sean B Carroll
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"I know a book on developmental biology isn't the sort of thing that usually leaps off the shelf into people's hands, but if you are at all interested in how our genetic toolboxes work, Endless Forms Most Beautiful is well worth a reading or two." Doug... ( read more)
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Darwin: Texts Commentary (Norton Critical Edition)
by Philip Appleman
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New edition of a volume that concerns the importance, and enduring
relevance, of Darwin and evolution. New material indicates the
voluminous scientific research that is currently being done in every
field of evolutionary study. Topics include Darwin... ( read more)
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Dragonflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to Dragonflies of North America (Butterflies Through Binoculars Series)
by Sidney W Dunkle
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Dragonfly watching is fast becoming an enjoyable and exciting hobby for many of those who love butterfly watching. This book picks up on that trend and brings it to the reader in an attractive and accessible format. A new addition to Oxford's acclaimed... ( read more)
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A Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guides)
by Donald Joyce Borror
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Detailed descriptions of insect orders, families, and many individual species are illustrated with 1,300 drawings and 142 superb color paintings. Illustrations - which use the unique Peterson Identification System to distinguish one insect from another -... ( read more)
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The Triumph of Evolution: And the Failure of Creationism
by Niles Eldredge
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-216) and index.... ( read more)
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Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
by Frans De Waal
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From a scientist and writer E.O. Wilson has called "the world authority on primate social behavior" comes a fascinating look at the most provocative aspects of human nature through our two closest cousins in the ape family.... ( read more)
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Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins
by Steve Olson
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-275) and index.... ( read more)
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The Butterflies of Costa Rica and Their Natural History, Volume II: Riodinidae
by Philip J. DeVries
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With habitats ranging from sea level to over 3,800 meters, the small Neotropical country of Costa Rica encompasses more than fifteen distinct life zones and contains a large percentage of all the butterfly species known from Central America. In this... ( read more)
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Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution (P.S.)
by Kenneth R. Miller
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Written by a distinguished professor at Brown University, this compelling and provocative book demolishing claims that belief in God is incompatible with evolution.... ( read more)
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Insects - Updated (Rev 01 Edition)
by Herbert S. Zim
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Enjoy and Learn!Expert Knowledge!Easy-to-Read!This handy guide to the most common, important and showy North American insects will help the novice begin a fascinating study. Includes: A key to insect groupsMature and immature formsHow insects grow and... ( read more)
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Living with Our Genes: The Groundbreaking Book about the Science of Personality, Behavior, and Genetic Destiny
by Dean Hamer
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A user's manual for understanding why we do the things we do, this up-to-dateand comprehensive guide presents a fascinating investigation into the cruciallink between DNA and behavior.... ( read more)
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Soul Made Flesh the Discovery of the BR
by Carl Zimmer
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In this unprecedented history of a scientific revolution, award-winning author and journalist Carl Zimmer tells the definitive story of the dawn of the age of the brain and modern consciousness. Told here for the first time, the dramatic tale of how the... ( read more)
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The Art of Being a Parasite
by Claude Combes
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Parasites are a masterful work of evolutionary art. The tiny mite Histiostoma laboratorium, a parasite of Drosophila, launches itself, in an incredible display of evolutionary engineering, like a surface-to-air missile at a fruit fly far above its head... ( read more)
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Timebomb the Coming Plague of Multi Drug
by Lee B Reichman
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Two billion people one-third of the world's populationare infected with latent tuberculosis. Ten percent of those infected will develop active TB in their lifetimes. A scourge supposedly defeated by antibiotics half a century ago, tuberculosis... ( read more)
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