Evolution / Evolutionary biology Books
University of Pennsylvania Press The Human Evolution Cookbook
Book SynopsisThis humorous account of human evolution, from the beginnings of bipedalism through the Upper Paleolithic, is set in the context of a cookbook, with recipes and cartoons to match the unfolding stories. Each chapter discusses a particular milestone or event in human development, and a dash of prehistory, a sprinkling of recipes, and a generous helping of humor painlessly lighten the professorial instruction. From leading us to understand the first tool makers to showing us how to prepare a Neanderthal dinner party at the site of the authors' most recent excavations in Pech de l'Aze in France's Dordogne Valley near the town of Sarlat, this book presents archaeology as never before.Table of ContentsFood and Evolution The Earliest Humans The First Tool-Makers Man the Hunter, or Man the Scavenger? World Colonists, or Out of Africa (Part 1) Neanderthals The Middle Paleolithic or Mousterian The Origins of Modern Humans, or Out of Africa (Part 2) The definition of "Modern" Homo sapiens (Part 1) The definition of "Modern" Homo sapiens (Part 2) Upper Paleolithic Industries of France A Prehistory Dinner Party FAQs
£23.18
ISI Books Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find
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£18.00
Roberts & Company Publishers Study Guide for The Tangled Bank Skills
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£32.78
Penguin Putnam Inc The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna
Book SynopsisThe past, present, and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover.Engaging and wide-ranging ... The Cat's Meow is a readable and informed exploration of the wildcat that lurks within Fluffy. —The Washington PostThe domestic cat—your cat—has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time into one of the most successful and diverse species on the planet. Jonathan Losos, writing as both a scientist and a cat lover, explores how researchers today are unraveling the secrets of the cat, past and present, using all the tools of modern technology, from GPS tracking (you’d be amazed where those backyard cats roam) and genomics (what is your so-called Siamese cat . . . really?) to forensic archaeology. In addition to solving the mysteries of your cat's past, it gives us a cat's-eye view of today's habitats, including meeting wild cousins around the world whose habits your sweet house cat sometimes eerily parallels.Do lions and tigers meow? If not, why not? Why does my cat leave a dead mouse at my feet (or on my pillow)? Is a pet ocelot a bad idea? When and why did the cat make its real leap off the African plain? What’s with all those cats in Egyptian hieroglyphics? In a genial voice, casually deciphering complex science and history with many examples from his own research and multi-cat household, Losos explores how selection, both natural and artificial, over the last several millennia has shaped the contemporary cat, with new breeds vastly different in anatomy and behavior from their ancestral stock. Yet the cat, ever a predator, still seems only one paw out of the wild, and readily reverts to its feral ways as it occupies new lands around the world.Humans are transforming cats, and they in turn are transforming the world around them. This charming and intelligent book suggests what the future may hold for both Felis catus and Homo sapiens.
£23.80
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG CoCreativity and Community
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£34.44
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press Prahistorische Lawinen: Nachweis Und Analyse
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£57.05
V&R unipress GmbH Wiener Forum fà r Theologie und
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£99.23
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Darwin's Shadow
Book SynopsisBiologismâs dehumanizing effect on our view of the human condition
£68.84
Mas Alla de Nuestras Mentes
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£32.65
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Homo Rebellis (Spanish Edition)
£30.89
Edaf Antillas El Origen de Las Especies
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£29.01
Alianza Una Grieta En La Creacion
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£32.85
