Evolution / Evolutionary biology Books
Little, Brown Spark When Men Behave Badly The Hidden Roots of Sexual
Book Synopsis“An exceptional book” (Helen Fisher) by a leading evolutionary psychologist and sex researcher that lays out a new theory of sexual conflict, exposing the roots of the dangerous dynamics that underpin men’s predatory behavior — and what can be done to address it.Sexual conflict permeates ancient religions, from injunctions about thy neighbor's wife to the permissible rape of infidels. It is etched in written laws that dictate who can and cannot have sex with whom. Its manifestations shape our sexual morality, evoking approving accolades or contemptuous condemnation. It produces sexual double standards that flourish even in the most sexually egalitarian cultures on earth. And although every person alive struggles with sexual conflict, most of us see only the tip of the iceberg: dating deception, a politician's unsavory sexual grab, the slow crumbling of a once-happy marriage, a romantic breakup that turns nasty.
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Little, Brown Spark Ritual
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Random House USA Inc Mother Nature
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Mariner Books The Sediments Of Time
Book SynopsisMeave Leakey’s thrilling, high-stakes memoir—written with her daughter Samira—encapsulates her distinguished life and career on the front lines of the hunt for our human origins, a quest made all the more notable by her stature as a woman in a highly competitive, male-dominated field. In The Sediments of Time, preeminent paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey brings us along on her remarkable journey to reveal the diversity of our early prehuman ancestors and how past climate change drove their evolution. She offers a fresh account of our past, as recent breakthroughs have allowed new analysis of her team’s fossil findings and vastly expanded our understanding of our ancestors. Meave’s personal story is replete with drama, from thrilling discoveries on the shores of Lake Turkana—including the 3.5-million-year-old skull of the flat-faced man from Kenya, representing an important new branch of
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Living on Earth
Book SynopsisOne of the Washington Post's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.If the history of the Earth were compressed down to a year, our species would arise in the last thirty minutes or so of the final hour. But life itself is not such a late arrival: It has existed on Earth for something like 3.7 billion years-most of our planet's history and over a quarter of the age of the universe (as far as we can tell). What have these organisms-bacteria, animals, plants, and the rest-done in all this time? In Living on Earth, the philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith proposes a new way of understanding how the actions of living beings have shaped our planet. Where his acclaimed books Other Minds and Metazoa explored the riddle of how conscious minds came to exist on Earth, Living on Earth turns to what happens when we look at the mind f
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Random House USA Inc The Origin of Species Modern Library By Means of
Book SynopsisIntroduction by Edward J. Larson Perhaps the most readable and accessible of the great works of scientific inquiry, The Origin of Species sold out its first printing on the very day it was published in 1859. Theologians quickly labeled Charles Darwin the most dangerous man in England and, as the Saturday Review noted, the uproar over the book quickly “passed beyond the bounds of the study and lecture-room into the drawing-room and the public street.” Based largely on Darwin’s experience as a naturalist while on a five-year voyage aboard H. M. S. Beagle, The Origin of Species set forth a theory of evolution and natural selection that challenged contemporary beliefs about divine providence and the immutability of species. This Modern Library edition includes a Foreword by the Pulitzer Prize–winning science historian Edward J. Larson, an introductory historical sketch, and a glossary Darwin later added to th
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WW Norton & Co Wired for Culture
Book Synopsis“Does an excellent job of using evolutionary biology to discuss the origins of religion, music, art, and . . . morality.”—Publishers Weekly, starred reviewTrade Review"Starred review. Readers of diverse perspectives will recognize [Pagel’s] timely wisdom." -- Booklist"Gorgeously written, elegantly argued, Pagel demonstrates that genes are only a small part of the human success story; minds and culture are the larger part. A compelling read that allows us to appreciate everything around us with fresh eyes." -- David Eagleman, author of Tales of the Afterlives and Incognito"An intriguing combination of information...with an optimistic prediction of a future global society in which inventiveness and cooperation prevail." -- Kirkus Reviews"Starred review. Pagel does an excellent job of using evolutionary biology to discuss the origins of religion, music, and art, and the reason why, cross-culturally, we generally share a sense of morality." -- Publishers Weekly"This richly rewarding work of science explains the evolutionary significance of living in a collaborative culture. Human evolution may be the hottest area in popular science writing, ahead even of books about cosmology and the brain. Within this crowded field, Mark Pagel’s Wired for Culture stands out for both its sweeping erudition and its accessibility to the non-specialist reader." -- Clive Clarkson - Financial Times
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WW Norton & Co Darwin Texts Commentary Third Edition
Book SynopsisThe best Darwin anthology on the market (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970.Table of ContentsThe best Darwin anthology on the market (Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard) has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970. The impact of Charles Darwin’s work on Western civilization has been broad and deep. As much as anyone in the modern era, he changed human thought, and his influence is still felt in virtually all aspects of our lives. This new edition, larger and more varied than the previous ones, includes more of Darwin's own work and also presents the most recent research and scholarship on all aspects of Darwin’s legacy. The biological sciences, as well as social thought, philosophy, ethics, religion, and literature, have all been shaped and reshaped by evolutionary concepts Excerpts from the most important books and articles of recent years confirm this Darwinian heritage. New work by Richard Dawkins, Edward O. Wilson, Kevin Padian, Eugene C. Scott, Steven Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Michael Ruse, Frans de Waal, Noretta Koertge, George C. Williams, George Levine, Stephen Jay Gould, Gillian Beer, Ernst Mayr, and many others illuminates this exciting intellectual history. A wide-ranging new introduction by the editor provides context and coherence to this rich body of engaging material, much of which will be shaping human thought well into the new century. This edition will be useful to scientists and historians alike: The Norton Darwin explains Darwinian evolution and illustrates the social and intellectual conflicts of the past two centuries better than any other book that I am aware of. (Charles Taylor, Professor of Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, University of California, Los Angeles) And it will be of great value to the humanities and social sciences as well: The edition provides the sharpest and most exciting access to Darwin we have ever had. It shows all of us interested in the heart of our intellectual heritage how that heritage is sustained, manipulated, and honored. (James R. Kincaid, Aerol Arnold Professor of English, University of Southern California) A Selected Bibliography and an Index are included.
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The Perseus Books Group Why Is Sex Fun The Evolution of Human Sexuality
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Basic Books The Folly of Fools
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Mariner Books The Ancestors Tale
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Gill Never Mind the Bllcks Heres the Science A
Book SynopsisProfessor Luke O’Neill, one of the leading voices of authority during the Covid 19 Pandemic, grapples with life’s biggest questions and tells us what science has to say about them. From gender to pandemics, a fascinating and thought-provoking addition to current popular debates.
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Save the People
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Beginning of the Age of Mammals
Book SynopsisThe life's work of one of the most knowledgeable researchers in the field, this richly illustrated, magisterial book combines sound scientific principles and meticulous research and belongs on the shelf of every paleontologist and mammalogist.Trade ReviewThis beautiful and thorough book will be an essential tool for all those who work on fossil and extant mammals, and for both advanced undergraduate and graduate students. It is a 'must buy' for palaeontological libraries. -- Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska Nature 2007 This volume will be extremely valuable, particularly for mammalogists used to dealing only with the time slice of the Recent... Highly recommended. Choice 2007 The first comprehensive synthesis of mammal evolution in more than 20 years. It is arguably the most significant contribution to the field since George Simpson's classic work Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals. -- Amy Chew Quarterly Review of Biology 2007 Will almost certainly become a heavily used reference and mainstay in the classroom for students and teachers of mammalian evolution... Deserving of accolades as a particularly noteworthy achievement. -- Christopher C. Gilbert Evolutionary Anthropology 2007 Remarkable book. -- Peter Langer Mammalian Biology 2008 Authoritative, up-to-date, and full of references to corroborate synthetic overviews of major events in mammalian evolution. Ken Rose does his profession a service by providing a compact analysis of the history of the diverse Class Mammalia through the end of the Eocene Epoch and beyond. -- Lawrence J. Flynn Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2009 A must reference for all mammalian and aspiring mammalian paleontologists. -- J.D. Archibald Journal of Mammalian Evolution 2009Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. IntroductionThe Early Cenozoic Mammalian RadiationTiming of the Crown-Therian RadiationMammalian Phylogeny, Interrelationships, and ClassificationGeochronology and Biochronology of the Early CenozoicPaleogeographic Setting during the Beginning of the Age of MammalsPaleocene-eocene Climate and FloraOrganization of the Volume2. Mammalian Skeletal Structure and AdaptationsSkullDentitionPostcranial SkeletonSkeletal Adaptations3. The Origin of MammalsWhat is a Mammal?The Evolutionary Transition to Mammals4. Synopsis of Mesozoic Mammal EvolutionHistorical BackgroundThe Oldest MammalsDocodontaMultituberculataEutriconodontaSymmetrodontsEupantotheresTribosphenic MammalsMesozoic Mammals of Uncertain Affinity5. Metatheria: Marsupials and Their RelativesBasal MetatheriansPrimitive Marsupials6. Earliest Eutherian Mammals7. CimolestaDidelphodonta and Other Primitive CimolestaDidymoconidaePantolestaApatotheriaTaeniodontaTillodontiaPantodonta8. Creodonta and CarnivoraCreodontaCarnivora9. InsectivoraLeptictidaLipotyphla10. Archonta: Bats, Dermopterans, Primates, and Tree ShrewsChiropteraDermopteraPrimates and PlesiadapiformesScandentia11. "Edentates": Xenarthra and PholidotaXenarthraPholidota12. Archaic UngulatesOldest Ungulate RelativesCondylarthra: Archaic UngulatesArctostylopidaMeridiungulata: Endemic South American UngulatesDinocerata13. Altungulata: Perissodactyls, Hyraxes, and TethytheresPerissodactylaPaenungulata14. Cete and ArtiodactylaCete and CetaceaArtiodactyla15. Anagalida: Rodents, Lagomorphs, and Their RelativesPrimitive Asian Anagalidans and Possible AnagalidansMacroscelideaGlires16. Reflections and Speculations on the Beginning of the Age of MammalsEarly Cenozoic Mammal RecordSynopsis of Paleocene and Eocene MammalsA Final NoteLiterature CitedIndex
£142.02
Johns Hopkins University Press Charles Darwin The Concise Story of an
Book SynopsisThis small gem of a book includes 20 color plates and 60 black-and-white illustrations, along with an annotated list of Darwin's publications and a chronology of his life.Trade ReviewThe ensemble of text and illustrations will render an indelible image of Darwin for those beginning to study him, and evolution, while a brief bibliography points the way to further exploration. Booklist 2008 This succinct biography spans Darwin's life in 15 brief chapters and reads like a museum guide, hitting the high points in an easily assimilated style. The copious illustrations, though, including reproductions of period paintings, title page facsimiles, and many of the author's own photographs, are worth poring over and may hold readers' attention longer than it takes to peruse the text. Patrons who want a quick, no-frills but still authoritative read on Darwin's life couldn't find a better source. Library Journal 2008 A splendid overview derived from a series of lectures, and beautifully illustrated, with a detailed publishing history of all of Darwin's works. -- Nicholas Basbanes finebooksmagazine.com 2009 Charles Darwin: The Concise Story of an Extraordinary Man is the best brief biography on the market. Northern Territory News 2009 Berra moves quickly through the life, yet finds time to include telling details, as well as sketches of appealing secondary characters. -- David Lumsden Australian Book Review 2009 Berra, a retired professor of evolution who gives popular lectures on Darwin, writes leanly and to the point, but still produces a vivid and detailed portrait. -- Scott LaFee San Diego Union-Tribune 2009 This work will be useful for introductory students and the general public... Recommended. All undergraduate and public libraries. Choice 2009 This jewel box of a book offers an imminently readable tour of the great man. Every spread includes illustrations with fascinating captions. -- Jeffrey Cyphers Wright Brooklyn Rail 2009 Berra has done masterful work, providing a lively and succinct account of Darwin's life that will provide an excellent introduction for the new reader who is interested in Darwin as well as a helpful review for knowledgeable Darwin enthusiasts! -- Charles F. Urbanowicz Reports of the National Center for Science Education 2010Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. An Admirable Pedigree2. A Privileged Youth3. Exploration4. Discovery5. Maturity6. A Proposal7. Life at Down House8. Correspondence9. Daily Routine10. Taxonomy and Selection11. Alfred Russel Wallace and The Origin12. What Darwin Said13. Darwin's Bulldog14. A Man of Enlarged Curiosity15. Darwin's Death16. EpilogueAppendixesA. BooksB. ChronologyC. Darwin OnlineD. DatesReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Rise of Horses
Book SynopsisAccessibly written and featuring full-color photographs and illustrations throughout, The Rise of Horses is the complete chronicle of the evolution of the equids.Trade ReviewOverall, a useful popular book for the intended audience. Choice 2010 Goff combines teaching and research to create a novel way of looking at athletics. Choice 2010 A comprehensive account, with full-coloured photographs and clear drawings that are very useful for teachers and students. -- Evelyne Bremond-Hoslet & Christian Denys Mammalia 2011Table of ContentsPreface to the English Edition1. Prologue2. Introduction3. The Depths of Time4. Europe in the Eocene5. The Dawn Horses of the Morning Cloud6. Constructions and Functions7. Discovering Horse Evolution8. Evolution and Expansion of the Horses9. Pseudo Horses and Relatives of Horses10. The Ice Age and the Roots of Modern Horses11. ConclusionExhibits on the Evolution of HorsesFurther ReadingIndex
£60.00
Johns Hopkins University Press The Other Sabertooths Scimitartooth Cats of the
Book SynopsisRichly illustrated and featuring the latest information on scimitar-tooth cats of the New World, The Other Saber-tooths is an engaging and comprehensive collection of information about these fascinating felines that will appeal to paleontologists and anyone else interested in the prehistoric world.Trade ReviewBeautifully illustrated... and featuring the latest information on scimitar-tooth cats of the New World, The Other Saber-tooths is an interesting and comprehensive collection of information about these fascinating felines that will appeal to paleontologists and everyone else interested in the prehistoric world. -- Mike Fredericks Prehistoric Times This pairs fine drawings with the latest information in a college-level collection suitable for any paleontological collection. Midwest Book Review A valuable contribution to the study of paleontology and comparative anatomy and an important addition to the literature on saber-toothed cats. Highly recommended. Choice A very interesting read for those who are even remotely interested in the saber-tooth cats of North America... shows attention to both detail and quality of work. -- Cynthia D. Crane-Muston Priscum Succeeds in its aspirations and will become a must-have for professional and avocational paleontologists alike. -- Xiaoming Wang Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology A must-read for all saber-tooth researchers and educated readers interested in these awe-inspiring predators. -- Francois Therrien Quarterly Review of Biology The Other Saber-tooths is, without a doubt, the authoritative work on homotheriins in North America... [It] will be an invaluable tool for researchers interested in ecological, phylogenetic, and related questions regarding the paleobiology of the machairodontine felids. As such, this book is indispensable for anyone with an interest in fossil carnivorans, and would make a valuable addition to the library of anyone studying Cenozoic mammals. -- John D. Orcutt Journal of Mammalian EvolutionTable of ContentsList of ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Experimental Paleontology of the Scimitar-tooth and Dirk-tooth Killing BitesChapter 3. Pathology in Saber-tooth CatsChapter 4. The Osteology of a Cookie-cutter Cat, Xenomilus hodsonaeChapter 5. The Musculature of Xenosmilus, and the Reconstruction of Its AppearanceChapter 6. Osteology and Myology of Homotherium ischyrus from IdahoChapter 7. Revision of the New World HomotheiiniChapter 8. A Saber-tooth Cat Skull from Tajikistanm Central Asia, and the Relationships between Eurasian and North American HomotheresChapter 9. A Frameworth for the North American HomotheriiniAppendix AAppendix BGlossaryLiterature CitedIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Mammal Teeth Origin Evolution and Diversity
Book SynopsisHis book is a must-read for paleontologists, mammalogists, and anthropologists.Trade ReviewA pick for any college-level collection strong in natural history. Midwest Book Review 2011 In this wonderful volume, anthropologist-paleontologist Ungar provides the most complete source available (or imaginable) on the subject... Highly recommended. Choice 2011Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionEndothermyFood Energy and TeethA Very Brief History of the Study of Mammal TeethOrganization of This BookPart I: Key Terms and Concepts1. Tooth Structure and FormBasic Tooth StructureTooth TypesDeciduous and Permanent TeethDental Formulas, Tooth Notations, and Direction TermsNomenclature for Features on the Occlusal SurfaceCategories of Cheek Teeth2. Dental Histology and DevelopmentFracture Mechanics and Tooth DesignDental HistologyDental DevelopmentGenetics of Dental Development and Occlusal Morphology3. Food and FeedingNutrient RequirementsEnergy Flow and Food SelectionDiet CategoriesPhysical Properties of FoodsFinal Thoughts4. Food Acquisition and ProcessingFood AcquisitionFood ProcessingFinal Thoughts5. Classification of the MammalsSome Basic Terms and ConceptsA Very Brief History of Classification of the MammalsClassification Used in This BookTaxonomy, Systematics, and TeethPart II: The Evolution of Mammal Teeth6. Teeth before the MammalsThe Origin(s) of TeethThe Early Evolution of TeethFinal Thoughts7. The Origin of Mammalian MasticationThe Early Evolution of the SynapsidsKey Adaptations for Mammalian MasticationFinal Thoughts8. The Fossil Record for Mesozoic MammalsThe Evolution of Mesozoic MammalsThe Evolution of Molar Form in Mesozoic MammalsThe Cretaceous/Paleogene Extinctions9. Cenozoic Mammalian EvolutionFossil MonotremesFossil MarsupialsFossil PlacentalsCenozoic Mammalian RadiationsFinal ThoughtsPart III: The Teeth of Recent Mammals10. Monotremata and MarsupialiaProtheriaMonotremataMarsupialiaDidelphimorphiaPaucituberculataMicrobiotheriaNotoryctemorphiaPeramelemorphiaDasyuromorphiaDiprotodontiaFinal Thoughts11. Xenarthra and AfrotheriaXenarthraCingulataPilosaAfrotheriaAfrosoricidaMacroscelideaTubulidentataHyracoideaProboscideaSireniaFinal Thoughts12. LaurasiatheriaCetartiodactylaPerissodactylaChiropteraCarnivoraPholidotaEulipotyphlaFinal Thoughts13. EuarchontogliresScandentiaDermopteraPrimatesLagomorphaRodentiaFinal ThoughtsConclusionsAdaptive Radiation of the MammalsHow Do Teeth Work?Where Did Teeth Come From, and How Did They Evolve?Dental Diversity Today and What We Can Learn from ItFinal ThoughtsAppendixLiterature CitedIndex
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Beacon Press Inferior
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£15.30
University of Arizona Press People and Plants in Ancient Western North
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University of Arizona Press Birds Bats and Blooms
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Theosophical Publishing House,U.S. The Theatre of the Mind Evolution in the
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Mountain Press Roadside Geology of Oklahoma Roadside Geology
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Penguin Books Ltd She Has Her Mothers Laugh
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd WileyBlackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution
Book SynopsisThis reprint of Bernard Wood's best-selling 2-volume encyclopedia is now available as a single-volume paperback. It is ideal for grad students and individual researchers wanting to purchase their own desk copy of this comprehensive work.Trade ReviewReviews from the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution, 2 Volume Set: “This two volume hardbound set aims to provide a fairly comprehensive reference work to the fascinating area of human evolution; or as the book terms it “an authoritative and accessible source of information about the hominin clade of the tree of life.” (Reference Reviews, 2012) Editor Bernard Wood and a veritable “who’s who” of scholars have produced a volume (in fact two) that is unquestionably the most authoritative and thorough compilation of information regarding human evolutionary studies ever packaged between two (actually four) hardcovers. Often such encyclopedic undertakings end up resembling a soup dish – broad and shallow. Not so the Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution. It is destined to become the true tureen (broad and deep) of this genre for years to come. This compilation is a stunning editorial achievement and should find a place on the book shelf of any serious student of paleoanthropology - at ~ 900 pages, it is guaranteed to fill, both literally and figuratively, the gap in any personal or academic library. "This is both an enjoyable and a truly useful book. If you're rolling in money, go and get it; if not, check it out from the library fast. It'll be an old friend before you know it." (Evolutionary Anthropology, 2012) "In addition to being an excellent resource for one's own research, Wood's encyclopedia is indispensable for preparing lectures at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. It provides comprehensive treatments of topics that one should remember (but inevitably does not) from their own graduate training. The paleoanthropological perspective and focus on each topic is very useful and difficult to find anywhere else". (UCL Anthropology, 2012) "The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia's overall comprehensiveness is assured not only by the very ecumenical view of paleoanthropology's scope that is so amply reflected in the volumes' diverse coverage, but by the division of the extensive subject-matter into a huge number of snappy bite-sized pieces." (Elsevier, 2 January 2012) "As Senior Editor, Professor Wood has assembled a resource of great value to a wide audience across the disciplines. Nowhere else is there a complete inventory of fossils by site of discovery! Francisco Ayala's graceful introductory essay is followed by a list of topics that gives a unique overview of the riches beyond in the full entries. The level of detail is superb, but not overwhelming. About 2500 references." (Professor Caleb E. Finch, University of Southern California, 2011) "The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution is to date the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information on the topic. It is top-level science made appealing to professonals and non-professionals alike. Its cleverly structured cross-indexed entries make it an irreplaceable book for anyone interested in Paleoanthropology, an absolute must..." (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 2011) "Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution is the most comprehensive and authoritative compilation of information pertaining to the origin of humans that currently exists. Most importantly these volumes are accessible and "user friendly" to the amateur as well as the most sophisticated specialist. I refer to these volume regularly." (The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 2011) "Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers." (Choice, 1 October 2011)Table of ContentsContributors vii Editor Executive Editor Assistant Executive Editor Senior Editorial Assistant Editorial Assistant Associate Editors Advisory Editors Section and Topic Editors Contributors Foreword by Francisco J. Ayala xi Preface xviii Acknowledgments xxi Topic Entry List xxiii List of Abbreviations lxxvii A–Z 1 References i
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Genes and Behaviour
Book SynopsisProvides a broad snapshot of recent findings showing how the environment and genes influence behavior The great debate of nature versus nurture rages on but our understanding of the genetic basis of many behaviors has expanded over the last decade, and there is now very good evidence showing that seemingly complex behaviours can have relatively simple genetic underpinnings, but also that most behaviours have very complicated genetic and environmental architecture. Studies have also clearly shown that behaviors, and other traits, are influenced not just by genes and the environment, but also by the statistical interaction between the two. This book aims to end the nature versus nurture argument by showing that behaviors are nature and nurture and the interaction between the two, and by illustrating how single genes can explain some of the variation in behaviors even when they are seemingly complex. Genes and Behaviour: Beyond Nature-Nurture puts to rest tTable of ContentsList of Contributors xiii Preface xv 1 Nature, Nurture, and Nature-by-Nurture – Killing the Dichotomy 1David J. Hosken, John Hunt and Nina Wedell Acknowledgements 7 References 7 2 Ultimate (Re)Thinking for Behavioural Biology 11Sasha R. X. Dall, John M. McNamara and Alastair J. Wilson 2.1 Evolutionary Reasoning in Modern Behavioural Biology 13 2.2 A Quantitative Genetic View of Behavioural Evolution 15 2.3 Short-Term Ultimate Reasoning: Behavioural Genetics in a Functional Context 20 2.4 Concluding Remarks 21 References 22 3 How the Dual Inheritance of Genes and Culture Shapes Behaviour: A Critical Review with a Focus on Human Culture and Behavioural Diversity 27Thomas E. Currie 3.1 Culture and Behaviour 27 3.2 Cultural Evolution 30 3.2.1 Processes of Cultural Evolution 31 3.2.1.1 Variation 31 3.2.1.2 Inheritance 32 3.2.1.3 Selection and Fitness 34 3.3 Insights from Cultural Evolutionary Approaches 37 3.3.1 Adaptive and Maladaptive Behaviour 37 3.4 Cultural History 39 3.5 Culture and the Evolution of Co-operation 42 3.6 Gene–Culture Coevolution 45 3.7 Conclusion 48 Acknowledgements 50 References 50 4 Beyond Genes and Environments: Indirect Genetic Effects and the Evolution of Behaviour 61John Hunt, James Rapkin, Clarissa M. House and Alastair J. Wilson 4.1 A Quantitative Genetic View of Behavioural Evolution without IGEs 63 4.2 Adding IGEs to the Traditional Theory 66 4.2.1 'Trait-Based' and 'Variance Partitioning' Models of IGEs 67 4.3 From Theory Towards Empiricism 68 4.3.1 Using Trait-Based Models 69 4.3.2 Using Variance Partitioning Models 71 4.3.3 Is Knowledge of the Interactor Trait Critical to Your Study? 72 4.4 Empirical Evidence for IGEs on Behavioural Traits 73 4.4.1 Social Plasticity of Behaviour is Widespread 73 4.4.2 Does Social Plasticity Generate IGEs on Focal Behaviour? 78 4.5 What are the Evolutionary Consequences of IGEs? 81 4.5.1 What about the Role of Social Selection? 82 4.5.2 What Happens When Ψ is Also Able to Evolve? 83 4.5.3 Can IGEs Influence Other Important Evolutionary Processes? 83 4.5.4 What are the Longer Term Consequences of IGEs? 85 4.6 Conclusions and Future Directions 85 References 87 5 Genes and Behaviour 93Chelsea A. Weitekamp and Laurent Keller 5.1 Genetic Architecture of Phenotypic Traits 94 5.2 Effects of Single Genes on Behaviour 95 5.2.1 The Foraging Gene and Food-Search Behaviour 97 5.2.2 Arginine Vasopressin Receptor and Pair-Bonding Behaviour 98 5.2.3 Neuropeptide Y Homolog, Sensory Neurons, and Social Feeding Behaviour 98 5.3 Effects of Supergenes on Behaviour 99 5.3.1 Social Organization in Ants 100 5.3.2 Alternative Mating Tactics in Birds 100 5.4 Evolvability of Behaviour-Associated Genes 101 5.5 Are Behavioural Traits Unique? 101 5.6 Conclusion 103 Acknowledgements 103 References 103 6 Genes and Environments in Drosophila Sex 111David J. Hosken, Amanda Bretman, Stephen F. Goodwin and C. Ruth Archer 6.1 Some Challenges 111 6.2 Introducing Drosophila 112 6.3 The Behaviours 112 6.4 The Genes 113 6.4.1 Single Genes 113 6.4.2 Many Additive Genes 115 6.5 The Environments and the Interactions 116 6.5.1 Social Environments 116 6.5.2 Abiotic Environments 119 6.6 Conclusions 120 Acknowledgements 120 References 120 7 Nature and Nurture in Parental Care 131Nick J. Royle and Allen J. Moore 7.1 Genetics Underlying Parental Care 133 7.1.1 Quantitative Genetic Studies 134 7.1.2 Molecular Genetic Studies 135 7.2 Parental Care is Environmentally Sensitive 137 7.2.1 Hormonal Mediation of Parental Care 138 7.3 Gene by Family Environment Interactions 141 7.3.1 GxFE Studies 141 7.3.2 Heritability of the Social Environment and IGEs 143 7.3.3 Coadaptation and Correlational Selection (Social Epistasis as a Special Case of GxFE) 145 7.4 Summary and Conclusion 147 References 148 8 The Effect of Non-Self Genes on the Behaviour of Hosts 157Nina Wedell 8.1 What are Non-Self Genes (NSGs)? 158 8.2 Indirect Effects of NSGs 158 8.3 Direct Effects of NSGs 159 8.4 Host Responses 160 8.5 Odour is a Key Signal 161 8.6 Kin Recognition 162 8.7 Mate Choice and Reproductive Behaviour 163 8.8 Aggressiveness 166 8.9 Activity, Aggregation, and Dispersal 167 8.10 Feeding 168 8.11 Learning and Memory 170 8.12 Summary and Conclusion 171 References 172 9 The Nature and Nurturing of Animal Minds 181Alex Thornton and Neeltje J. Boogert 9.1 Cognition Evolves 183 9.1.1 Adaptive Cognitive Specializations 183 9.1.2 Heritability of Cognitive Traits 185 9.2 Cognition Develops 187 9.2.1 Cognitive Consequences of a Poor Start in Life 187 9.2.2 Cognitive Silver Spoons 188 9.2.3 Adaptive Developmental Plasticity in Cognition 189 9.3 Cognitive Reaction Norms: Mind-Moulding Gene-by-Environment Interactions 191 9.3.1 The Mystery of (the Lack of) Cognitive Resilience 192 9.3.2 Practice Makes Perfect: Genetic Quality and Cognitive Silver Spoons 193 9.3.3 Cultural and Epigenetic Inheritance of Cognitive Traits 194 9.3.4 Gene by Environment and Methodological Issues in Comparative Cognition 194 9.4 Conclusion 195 References 196 10 Evolution and Human Behaviour: Helping to Make Sense of Modern Life 203Louise Barrett and Gert Stulp 10.1 Understanding Interaction 204 10.2 Understanding the Scope and Limits of an Evolutionary Approach 205 10.3 Evolutionary Thinking as Puzzle Solving 206 10.4 Recognizing the Consequences of Our Actions 208 10.5 Thinking Differently about Fertility Control 210 10.6 Modern Contraception and Mate Choice 212 10.7 Evolution and Assisted Reproductive Technologies 214 10.8 No Free Lunch 216 10.9 Conclusion 217 References 218 11 Next-Gen and the Study of Behaviour 223Simone Immler 11.1 Current Sequencing Technologies 223 11.1.1 Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) and Linkage Mapping 224 11.1.1.1 Microarrays 226 11.1.1.2 RAD Sequencing 227 11.1.1.3 Exome Sequencing 227 11.1.1.4 Whole-Genome Sequencing 227 11.1.2 Gene Expression Analyses 228 11.1.2.1 RNA Sequencing (RNAseq) 228 11.1.3 Epigenetic Analyses 228 11.1.3.1 CHiP Sequencing (CHiPseq) 228 11.1.3.2 Bisulfite Sequencing 229 11.2 Caveats and Challenges and Some Solutions 229 11.2.1 Solid Phenotype 229 11.2.2 Sample Quality 230 11.2.3 Sampling 230 11.2.4 Libraries and Sample Pools 230 11.2.5 Reference Genome 231 11.2.6 Sample Size 232 11.2.7 Replication 232 11.2.8 Coverage 232 11.2.9 Pilot Studies 233 11.2.10 Time and Planning 233 11.2.11 Bioinformatics 233 11.2.12 Collaboration 234 11.3 Linking Behavioural Phenotypes to Genotypes using NGS 234 11.4 What’s Next 237 11.4.1 Understanding the Non-Coding Regions of the Genome 238 11.4.2 Gene Knock-down and Knock-out in Non-Model Organisms 238 11.5 Concluding Remarks 240 References 240 12 Nature-Nurture in the Twenty-First Century 245Nina Wedell, John Hunt and David J. Hosken Acknowledgements 249 References 249 Index 253
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St. Martin's Griffin The Social Instinct
Book SynopsisEnriching Publisher''s WeeklyExcellent and illuminatingWall Street JournalIn the tradition of Richard Dawkins''s The Selfish Gene, Nichola Raihani''s The Social Instinct is a profound and engaging look at the hidden relationships underpinning human evolution, and why cooperation is key to our future survival.Cooperation is the means by which life arose in the first place. It's how life progressed through scale and complexity, from free-floating strands of genetic material to nation states. But given what we know about evolution, cooperation is also something of a puzzle. How does cooperation begin, when on a Darwinian level, all the genes in the body care about is being passed on to the next generation? Why do meerkats care for one another's offspring? Why do babbler birds in the Kalahari form colonies in which only a single pair breeds? And how come some reef-dwelling fish punish each other for harming fish fr
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Picador USA Metazoa
Book SynopsisEnthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind's essential link to the animal world. The New York Times Book Review (Editors'' Choice)A great book . . . [Godfrey-Smith is] brilliant at describing just what he sees, the patterns of behaviour of the animals he observes. Nigel Warburton, Five BooksThe scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousnessDip below the ocean's surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are more reminiscent of plant life or even architecture than anything recognizably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal kingdomthe Metazoathey can teach us much about the evolutionary origins of not only
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Henry Holt and Co. Being a Human
Book SynopsisNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ATLANTIC, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND NEW STATESMAN A radically immersive exploration of three pivotal moments in the evolution of human consciousness, asking what kinds of creatures humans were, are, and might yet beHow did humans come to be who we are? In his marvelous, eccentric, and widely lauded book Being a Beast, legal scholar, veterinary surgeon, and naturalist extraordinaire Charles Foster set out to understand the consciousness of animal species by living as a badger, otter, fox, deer, and swift. Now, he inhabits three crucial periods of human development to understand the consciousness of perhaps the strangest animal of allthe human being.To experience the Upper Paleolithic eraa turning point when humans became behaviorally modern, painting caves and telling stories, Foster learns what it feels like to be a Cro-Magnon hunter-gatherer by living in makeshift shelters without ameni
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St. Martin's Griffin A Very Short History of Life on Earth
Book SynopsisThe Royal Society''s Science Book of the Year[A]n exuberant romp through evolution, like a modern-day Willy Wonka of genetic space. Gee's grand tour enthusiastically details the narrative underlying life's erratic and often whimsical exploration of biological form and function. Adrian Woolfson, The Washington PostIn the tradition of Richard Dawkins, Bill Bryson, and Simon WinchesterAn entertaining and uniquely informed narration of Life''s life story.In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien placein constant chemical flux, covered with churning seas, crafting its landscape through incessant volcanic eruptions. Amid all this tumult and disaster, life began. The earliest living things were no more than membranes stretched across microscopic gaps in rocks, where boiling hot jets of mineral-rich water gushed out from cracks in the ocean floor.Although these membranes were leaky, the environment within them
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St Martin's Press The Last Days of the Dinosaurs
Book SynopsisWinner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books!This is top-drawer science writing. Publishers Weekly, starred reviewIn The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe. Life's losses were sharp and deeply-felt, but the hope carried by the beings that survived sets the stage for the world as we know it now.Picture yourself in the Cretaceous period. It's a sunny afternoon in the Hell Creek of ancient Montana 66 million years ago. A Triceratops horridus ambles along the edge of the forest. In a matter of hours, everything here will be wiped away. Lush verdure will be replaced with fire. Tyrannosaurus rex will be toppled from their throne, along with every other spe
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McGraw-Hill Companies Loose Leaf for Genetics From Genes to Genomes
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W. W. Norton & Company The Tree of Life
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Houghton Mifflin Human Errors
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Random House USA Inc The Origin of Species and The Voyage of the
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Special Papers in Palaeontology Evolution and
Book SynopsisSpecial Papers in Palaeontology, published by The Palaeontological Association, is a series of substantial separate works conforming to the style of the Palaeontology journal. Two issues are published each year and feature high standard illustrations.Table of ContentsForeword: P. M. Barrett and T. J. Fedak. 1. The First Complete Skull Of The Triassic Dinosaur Melanorosaurus Haughton (Sauropodomorpha: Anchisauria): A. M. Yates. 2. A Phylogenetic Analysis Of Basal Sauropodomorph Relationships: Implications For The Origin Of Sauropod Dinosaurs: P. Upchurch, P. M. Barrett and P. M. Galton. 3. The Evolution Of Feeding Mechanisms In Early Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs: P. M. Barrett and P. Upchurch. 4. The Pectoral Girdle And Forelimb Anatomy Of The Stem-Sauropodomorph Saturnalia Tupiniquim (Upper Triassic, Brazil): M. C. Langer, M. A. G. Franc¸A and S. Gabriel. 5. Were The Basal Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs Plateosaurus And Massospondylus Habitual Quadrupeds?: M. F. Bonnan And P. Senter. 6. A New Description Of The Forelimb Of The Basal Sauropodomorph Melanorosaurus: Implications For The Evolution Of Pronation, Manus Shape And Quadrupedalism In Sauropod Dinosaurs: M. F. Bonnan and A. M. Yates. 7. Bone Histology And Growth Of The Prosauropod Dinosaur Plateosaurus Engelhardti Von Meyer, 1837 From The Norian Bonebeds Of Trossingen (Germany) And Frick (Switzerland): N. Klein and P. M. Sander. 8. What Pneumaticity Tells Us About ‘Prosauropods’, And Vice Versa: M. Wedel. 9. New Information On Lessemsaurus Sauropoides (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) From The Upper Triassic Of Argentina: D. Pol and J. E. Powell. 10. New Information On The Braincase And Skull Of Anchisaurus Polyzelus (Lower Jurassic, Connecticut, USA; Saurischia: Sauropodomorpha): Implications For Sauropodomorph Systematics: T. J. Fedak and P. M. Galton. 11. Basal Sauropodomorpha: Historical And Recent Phylogenetic Hypotheses, With Comments On Ammosaurus Major (Marsh, 1889): P. C. Sereno.
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Simon & Schuster The Greatest Show on Earth
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Johns Hopkins University Press Transylvanian Dinosaurs
Book SynopsisTransylvanian Dinosaurs strikes an engaging balance between biography and scientific treatise and is sure to capture the imagination of professional paleontologists and amateur dinophiles alike.Trade Review"It is rare to find a book on dinosaurs so literate, well-written, and full of insight and synthesis - particularly when the dinosaurs are so unusual. The authors lay them out for us, situate them beautifully in time, space, and cultural history, and then reassemble them and their world using all the tools of modern science. The result is a tour de force." (Kevin Padian, University of California Museum of Paleontology)"Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Bringing It All Back Home2. Dinosauria of Transylvania3. Pterosaurs, Crocs, and Mammals, Oh My4. Living on the Edge5. Little Giants and Big Dwarfs6. Living Fossils and Their Ghosts: Being a Short Interlude on Coelacanths and Transylvanian Ornithopods7. Transylvania, the Land of Contingency8. Alice and the EndNotesGlossaryReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Ungulate Taxonomy
Book SynopsisA well-reasoned synthesis, Ungulate Taxonomy will be a defining volume for years to come.Trade ReviewGroves and Grubb have produced the first major revision of hoofed mammals since Richard Lydekker's contributions nearly 100 years ago... Their collaborative volume will likely represent the authoritative classification of ungulates well into the future, possible for the next 100 years. Choice Groves and Grubb have written THE book about ungulate taxonomy, which will be the benchmark and reference for the next years. Journal of the Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations An important contribution to ungulate taxonomy written by two well-published and highly regarded authors. It should be purchased by any mammalogist or evolutionary biologist interested in ungulates for his or her library. -- Roger D. Applegate Journal of Mammology [Ungulate Taxonomy] will become a reference base for future studies and it is a pleasant book to handle. -- A.W. Gentry Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Ungulate Taxonomy is a unique and significant contribution to the literature. -- Steve Demarais Journal of Wildlife ManagementTable of ContentsPrefaceTheory of Ungulate TaxonomyPart I: Perissodactyla1. Equidae2. Tapiridae3. RhinocerotidaePart II: Artiodactyla4. Tylopoda5. Suidae6. Hippopotamidae7. Tragulidae and Moschidae8. Antilocapridae9. Giraffidae10. Cervidae11. BovidaeReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press The Evolution of the Human Placenta
Book SynopsisIn the process, they reveal the vital importance of this organ-which is composed mostly of fetal cells-for us as individuals and as a species.Trade ReviewThis reveals the importance of this organ for individuals and the species as a whole, and is recommended for science and health holdings alike. Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction1. The History of Placental Investigations2. The Evolution of Live Birth in Mammals3. Comparative Mammalian Placentation4. The Evolution of the Human Placenta5. Sex and the Placenta6. Genes, Genetic Regulation, and the Placenta7. The Placenta as a Regulatory Organ8. Modern Gestational ChallengesConclusionReferencesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Frogfishes
Book SynopsisThe authoritative expert's guide to fascinating frogfishes and their unusual lives. Winner of the PROSE Award for Best Single Volume Reference in Science by the Association of American PublishersUnique among the world's fishes, frogfishes display a bizarre combination of attributes and behaviors that make them a subject of fervent study. Through cunning and trickery, they turn would-be predators into prey; they walk across the ocean floor and jet-propel through open water; some lay their eggs in a floating mucoid mass, while others employ complex patterns of parental care; and they are certainly among the most colorful of nature's productions. In Frogfishes, two of the world's leading anglerfish experts, Theodore W. Pietsch and Rachel J. Arnold, bring together an enormous amount of information about these incredible creatures. The only detailed exploration of frogfishes in print, the book touches on everything from their morphology and biomechanics to their diets and habitats. EnhancTrade ReviewThis impressive book includes all of the information, with beautiful photographs and illustrations, for the 52 species of frogfishes (family Antennariidae, order Lophiiformes) known as of 2020 . . . Every university library should have a copy. Ichthyologists, collectors of books on fishes and others with a serious interest in anglerfishes will also find this book a valuable addition to their libraries.—Bruce C. Mundy, FisheriesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Approach and Procedures 3. What Makes a Frogfish? 4. Biodiversity 5. Evolutionary Relationships 6. Zoogeography 7. Behavioral Ecology 8. Tips for Aquarists and Divers and the Need for Conservation With Scott W. MichaelReallocation of Nominal Species of Frogfishes Glossary References Illustration Credits Index
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Large Print Press The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
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Touchstone Books Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You A Lively Tour
Book SynopsisThis “fact-filled and amusing trek through nature’s dark side” (Kirkus Reviews) reveals the fascinating, weird, and often perverted ways that Mother Nature fends only for herself.It may be a wonderful world, but as Dan Riskin (host of the Animal Planet’s TV show Monsters Inside Me) explains, it’s also a dangerous, disturbing, and disgusting one. At every turn, it seems, living things are trying to eat us, poison us, use our bodies as their homes, or have us spread their eggs. In Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You, Riskin is our tour guide through the natural world at its most gloriously ruthless. Using the seven deadly sins as a road map, Riskin offers dozens of jaw-dropping examples that illuminate how brutal nature can truly be. From slothful worms that hide in your body for up to thirty years to wrathful snails with poisonous harpoons that can kill you in less than five minutes to lustful ducks that have or
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Twelve Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
Book SynopsisAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories throughout North and South America, and a glimpse into how the tools of genetics reveal details about human history and evolution.20,000 years ago, people crossed a great land bridge from Siberia into Western Alaska and then dispersed southward into what is now called the Americas. Until we venture out to other worlds, this remains the last time our species has populated an entirely new place, and this event has been a subject of deep fascination and controversy. No written records—and scant archaeological evidence—exist to tell us what happened or how it took place. Many different models have been proposed to explain how the Americas were peopled and what happened in the thousands of years that followed. A study of both past and present, ORIGIN explores how genetics is currently being used to construct narratives that profoundly impact Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It serves as a primer for anyone interested in how genetics has become entangled with identity in the way that society addresses the question 'Who is indigenous?'
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Basic Books Life as We Made It: How 50,000 Years of Human
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Basic Books Life Finds a Way: What Evolution Teaches Us about
Book Synopsis How the principles of biological innovation can help us overcome creative challenges in art, business, and science In Life Finds a Way, biologist Andreas Wagner reveals the deep symmetry between innovation in biological evolution and human cultural creativity. Rarely is either a linear climb to perfection--instead, "progress" is typically marked by a sequence of peaks, plateaus, and pitfalls. For instance, in Picasso''s forty-some iterations of Guernica, we see the same combination of small steps, incessant reshuffling, and large, almost reckless, leaps that characterize the way evolution transformed a dinosaur''s grasping claw into a condor''s soaring wing. By understanding these principles, we can also better realize our own creative potential to find new solutions to adversity. Ultimately, Life Finds a Way offers a new framework for the nature of creativity, enabling us to better adapt, grow, and change in art, business, or science--that is, in life.
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Basic Books Spite: The Upside of Your Dark Side
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Basic Books The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human
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