Evolution Books

Here a biologist explains the evolutionary origins of humanity for a wide multidisciplinary audience.

This book discusses the trends that produced a modern brain. In the second part, I inserted the scientific arguments that indicate that the Homo Sapiens brain encountered a fundamental transformation that led to a new and mentally distinct species.

An introductory text covering all the major groups of microbes with an emphasis on bacteria and fungi.

An excellent review of the relationship between structure and function in the human genome, and a detailed description of some of the important methodologies for unravelling the function of genes and genomic structures.

The unshackling of science from religious intolerance is the theme of Bryan Harbottle's fascinating and scholarly work. He focusses on two giants of the Victorian era and their ground-breaking works: Charles Darwin's 'The Origin of Species (1859), and...

Thought is the analysis of acquired knowledge. To think about one's beliefs is to question the source of one's acquired knowledge. The consequence is an understanding of an individual's life, in a Constitutional Democratic Republic, on the...

This groundbreaking study explores the evolution of cave-dwelling animals in America, and the unique adaptations they have developed in response to their environment. Drawing on years of fieldwork and research, the author provides a detailed account of...

In questo libro, Sergi esplora le origini umane attraverso lo studio dei resti fossili, fornendo importanti informazioni sulla nostra evoluzione e sulle nostre antiche relazioni con gli altri primati. Il libro offre anche una panoramica sulle tecniche...

This detailed scientific study of the osteology of Amia calva explores the anatomy of this unique fish species and provides special references to the skeletons of other types of fish. With detailed illustrations and in-depth analysis, The Osteology of...

Footnotes to Evolution is a fascinating collection of popular addresses by some of the greatest minds in the field of evolutionary biology. David Starr Jordan, Edwin Grant Conklin, Frank Mace McFarland, and James Perrin Smith provide readers with a...

In this groundbreaking scientific paper from 1877, Graceanna Lewis challenges prevailing assumptions about the evolution of animal life. Drawing on her own research and insights from other naturalists of the era, Lewis presents a compelling new view of...

The question of evolution has long been a controversial topic in the scientific and religious communities. In this book, the author examines some of the key problems and challenges associated with the theory of evolution, including the age of the Earth,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Introduction. Studying the ethological roots of culture; R.A. Gardner, B.T. Gardner. Part I: Field Studies. Evidence of structure in macaque communication; A. Zeller. The central-peripheral structure of the Tanaxpillo colony of stumptail macaques; ...

The NATO Advanced Research Workshop from which this book derives was conceived during Biotec-88, the Second Spanish Conference on Biotechnology, held at Barcelona in June 1988. The President of the Conference, Dr. Ricardo...

Fish lymphocystis disease virus (FLDV) has been tentatively classified as a separate genus of the iridovirus family. Iridoviruses were previously called icosahedral cytoplasmic deoxyriboviruses (ICDV). The Iridoviridae family...

At last, here is the final and most ambitious installment ofHenry Kong's dazzling historical trilogy. The core question ishow the people of a divided, impoverished continentemerged to conquer the world with their technology andideas. The serendipitous...

As one of the most quantitative of ecological subdisciplines, resource competition is an important, central area of ecology. Recently research into this area has increased dramatically and resource competition models have...

This book presents a comprehensive typology and a comprehensible description of spatiotemporal models used in population dynamics. The main types included are: reaction-diffusion systems, patch models, matapopulation...

A description of a microbial colony grown on suitable agar usually involves the observation of its immediate surroundings. This applies to most bacteria and fungi and is of considerable taxonomic importance.

Among the fishes, a remarkably wide range of biological adaptations to diverse habitats has evolved. As well as living in the conventional habitats of lakes, ponds, rivers, rock pools and the open sea, fish have solved the...

4.1.1 Demographic significance Confined populations grow more rapidly than populations from which dispersal is permitted (Lidicker, 1975; Krebs, 1979; Tamarin et at., 1984), and demography in island populations where dispersal...

This book presents evidence for the controversial 'Waterside Ape' theory of human origins formerly known as the 'Aquatic Ape' theory. The 'Savannah Ape' hypothesis that hominid apes evolved on the grass plains of East Africa has been long-accepted based...

Writing a textbook on microbial genetics in about 200 pages was un­ doubtedly a difficult task, but I have been encouraged by the response from both students and lecturers to the first edition. The requirement for a second...

¡Juro por Dios que soy un ateo! por Raúl López explora la existencia de Dios usando la lógica y la epistemología.  El autor provee evidencia en las áreas del origen de la vida, el impulso religioso de los...

Life's context is uncertain environmental information, communication is its means, and genes are its tools. Evolution is its yield as continuous non-random self-referential cellular problem-solving.

Individual-Based Models of Cultural Evolution shows readers how to create individual-based models of cultural evolution using the programming language R. The field of cultural evolution has emerged in the last few decades as a thriving, interdisciplinary...

This book traces the evolution of Charles Darwin's religious thinking throughout the course of his life, relying as far as possible on Darwin's own words, to determine the extent to which Unitarians are justified in claiming the author of 'The Origin of...

The Fifth International Workshop on Seeds was held at the University of Reading, UK, from 10 to 15 September, 1995. Some 230 seed scientists, from a wide range of disciplines (botanists, biochemists, ecologists, ...

The effects of isolation, area size, and habitat quality on the survival of animal and plant populations in the cultural landscape are central aspects of a research project started in Germany in 1993 (,Forschungsverbund,...

Recent years have seen a growing interest in and activity at the interface between physics and biology, with the realization that both subjects have a great deal to learn from and to teach to one another. A particularly...

The preparation of a volume of worldwide research contributions can be a time­ consuming task which is frequently more difficult than many other types of book. This particular venture was made easier by the assistance of many...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Molecular Systematics and Plant Evolution discusses the diversity and evolution of plants with a molecular approach. It looks at population genetics, phylogeny (history of evolution) and developmental genetics, to provide a framework from which to...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Parrotfish are found on almost every coral reef in the world. This ubiquity and uniqueness of their feeding action make them one of the most important groups of fishes within coral reef ecosystems. But why, exactly, are parrotfish so important to...