Evolution

Reviews the most important topics in current primatology using research on the long-studied Arashiyama population of Japanese macaques.

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.

The study of genetic exchange resulting from natural hybridization, horizontal gene transfer, and viral recombination has long been marked by controversy between researchers holding different conceptual frameworks.

This fully updated and expanded edition addresses the origins of biological and synthetic life from a systems biology perspective.

Darwin has long been hailed as forefather to behavioural science, especially nowadays, with the growing popularity of evolutionary psychologies.

An integrated reference book on variations in reproductive behaviour, for graduate students and researchers.

Scientists no longer accept the existence of a distinct moral organ as phrenologists once did.

Butterflyfishes of the family Chaetodontidae are conspicuous members of almost all tropical reefs.

Among the fishes, a remarkably wide range of biological adaptations to diverse habitats has evolved.

Humanitarian protection has evolved from an act of charity into a legal obligation not to remove certain categories of non-nationals.

This volume reaches beyond the controversy surrounding the teaching and learning of evolution in the United States, specifically in regard to the culture, politics, and beliefs found in the Southeast.

The Lymnaeidae (also known as 'pond snails') are a species-rich and globally distributed family of freshwater snails, many species of which are known to be hosts of parasitic trematodes (such as the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica).

Studying the stereom microstructure of extinct echinoderms can provide us with important paleobiological and paleoecological information.

Why our human brains are awesome, and how we left our cousins, the great apes, behind: a tale of neurons and calories, and cooking.

Humanitarian protection has evolved from an act of charity into a legal obligation not to remove certain categories of non-nationals.

This volume draws attention to the seminal studies and important advances that have shaped systematic and biogeographic thinking and continue to influence its direction today.

This book offers a step-by-step introduction to an integrated theory of physical and biological evolution, from the early universe to the world we know today.

Provides a unique discussion of human evolution from a philosophical viewpoint, covering such issues as religion, race and gender.

From one of America's best-known biologists, a revolutionary new way of thinking about evolution that shows ';why, in light of our origins, humans are still special' (Edward J.

Modern methods and approaches, such as the analysis of molecular sequences to infer evolutionary relationships among organisms, have provided vast new sets of data to further our understanding ofliving organisms, but there remain enigmas in the biological world that will keep scientists working and thinking for decades.

How do plants, even if still buried underground, know that it's their time to bloom?

Relying mostly on modern genetic science, this book exposes how various forms of creationism-including intelligent design-fail to provide testable models for the appearance and evolution of life.

Research in recent years has increasingly shifted away from purely academic research, and into applied aspects of the discipline, including climate change research, conservation, and sustainable development.

Uses cutting-edge computational models to explore the fundamental biological problem of action selection in nature.

The Foundations of Genetics describes the historical development of genetics with emphasis on the contributions to advancing genetical knowledge and the various applications of genetics.

"e;Peking Man,"e; a cave man once thought a great hunter who had first tamed fire, actually was a composite of the gnawed remains of some fifty women, children, and men unfortunate enough to have been the prey of the giant cave hyena.

The vertebrate fossil record extends back more than 500 million years, and bonebeds-localized concentrations of the skeletal remains of vertebrate animals-help unlock the secrets of this long history.

At birdfeeders and in backyards across North America, the dark-eyed junco, or snowbird, can be found foraging for its next meal.

This eighth volume describes 272 species of 13 families of medicinal plants, which are commonly used in Chinese medicine.

Primate Societies is a synthesis of the most current information on primate socioecology and its theoretical and empirical significance, spanning the disciplines of behavioral biology, ecology, anthropology, and psychology.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the hypothesis of chemical evolution that may have led to the origin of life, serving three main purposes: it provides a comprehensive summary of hundreds of chemical experiments and analytical studies from the past 70 years, evaluates their significance in supporting the hypothesis of chemical evolution, and offers a critical review of these experiments and hypotheses.

This volume contains the Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (TTP-4), held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, from 21 to 26 July 2002.

The immune systems of human and non-human primates have diverged over time, such that some species differ considerably in their susceptibility, symptoms, and survival of particular infectious diseases.

In-depth documentation of the diving, foraging, and migratory behavior of a superlative marine mammal, based on 50 years of study.

The Anolis lizards of the Caribbean are ideally suited for the study of evolutionary ecology.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of our current understanding of mutualism origin, plant-pollinator specificity, mutualism stability, and reciprocal diversification.

The study of primate ecology and conservation has advanced rapidly in recent years.

The current extinction crisis is of human making, and any favorable resolution of that biodiversity crisisamong the most dire in the 4-billion-year history of Earthwill have to be initiated by mankind.

Rainbows have been a source of fascination since time immemorial.

We cannot catechise our stony ichthyolites, as did the necromantic lady of the Arabian Nights did the coloured fishes of the lake which had once been a city, when she touched their dead bodies with her wand, and they straightaway raised their heads and rephed to her queries.

Cladocerans are increasingly used in many fields of science and this volume covers a wide range of such topics.

When the history of immunology in the twentieth century is written, the decade of the 1960's will, in all probability, stand out as the period of greatest advance in the development of molecular immunology.

Allergy and Tissue Metabolism covers some of the more important features of the state of knowledge in the relevant areas of allergy and tissue metabolism.