Science : Evolution

The Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution is a must-have volume for anyone interested in human biology, primatology or evolution. Packed with 13000 descriptions of terms, specimens, and sites, it also includes word roots, taxonomies and reference tables for extinct and extant primates, and illustrations of landmarks, bones and muscles. more...

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The debate over evolution versus creation, science versus religion, has been bitter and divisive, with both camps refusing to see the points of the other. Now, Reverend Michael Dowd puts those divisions to rest. Dowd offers a perspective that allows both views to exist in harmony. With evidence from contemporary astrophysics, geology, biology, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology, he finds a unity, not a collision, with religion. Ranging over concepts as diverse as deep ecology, original sin, the Big Bang, salvation, and sustainability, Thank God for Evolution celebrates a cosmology that is comprehensive and non-exclusionary. Dowd provides a solid moral and ethical foundation for a life of passion and deep meaning in troubled times. Science and religion are, in Dowd’s view, two sides of the same coin. Embraced and lauded by Nobel laureates in the scientific community and religious leaders alike, Thank God for Evolution is intended for the broadest of audiences. It reaches across religious lines and speaks to Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Unitarian Universalist, Buddhist, agnostic, and other beliefs with a uniquely inclusive approach. No matter what an individual’s beliefs or background, Thank God for Evolution will expand the horizon of what is possible for self, for relationships, and for our world. It will help readers communicate and relate to those who hold very different religious or philosophical worldviews. This book is a perfect gift, not to convert others to one way of thinking but to converse with them deeply about those things that matter most. more...

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Amniote Origins integrates modern systematic methods with studies of functional and physiological processes, and illustrates how studies of paleobiology can be illuminated by studies of neonatology. For this reason, comparative anatomists and physiologists, functional morphologists, zoologists, and paleontologists will all find this unique volume very useful. Inspired by the prospect of integrating fields that have long been isolated from one another, Amniote Origins provides a thorough and interdisciplinary synthesis of one of the classic transitions of evolutionary history. more...

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In this book, the editors bring together results from studies on all kinds of animals to show how thinking on many behaviors as truly cognitive processes can help us to understand the biology involved. Taking ideas and observations from the while range of research into animal behavior leads to unexpected and stimulating ideas. A space is created where the work of field ecologists, evolutionary ecologists and experimental psychologists can interact and contribute to a greater understanding of complex animal behavior, and to the development of a new and coherent field of study. more...

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Mammals first evolved at about the same time as dinosaurs, and their story is perhaps the more fascinating of the two--in part because it is also our own story. In this literate and entertaining book, eminent naturalist David Rains Wallace brings the saga of ancient mammals to a general audience for the first time. more...

Price: $12.95