Evolution

White biotechnology is industrial biotechnology dealing with various biotech products through applications of microbes.

Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers?

The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Third Edition covers the ecology, behavior, conservation, evolution, form and function of whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, manatees, dugongs, otters and polar bears.

An insider's view on bringing extinct species back to lifeCould extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life?

Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piatelli-Palmarini, a distinguished philosopher and scientist working in tandem, reveal major flaws at the heart of Darwinian evolutionary theory.

The important role that randomness plays in evolutionary changeJohn Tyler Bonner, one of our most distinguished and insightful biologists, here challenges a central tenet of evolutionary biology.

In the year 2015, 100 years after Fred Hoyle was born, the ideas relating to the cosmic origins of life are slowly gaining credence in scientific circles.

A natural history of cheating from selfish genes to lying politiciansNature is rife with cheating.

Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life.

How did life evolve on Earth?

How did life evolve on Earth?

This book takes readers on a journey from the very fundamental and chemical beginnings of amino acids on Earth to their role in human metabolism.

Humans possess certain unique mental traits.

A theory of human evolution and history based on ever-increasing mutual dependency between humans and things In this engaging exploration, archaeologist Ian Hodder departs from the two prevailing modes of thought about human evolution: the older idea of constant advancement toward a civilized ideal and the newer one of a directionless process of natural selection.

The two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, February 12, 2009, occurred at a critical time for the United States and the world.

The hominin fossil record documents a history of critical evolutionary events that have ultimately shaped and defined what it means to be human, including the origins of bipedalism; the emergence of our genus Homo; the first use of stone tools; increases in brain size; and the emergence of Homo sapiens, tools, and culture.

The hominin fossil record documents a history of critical evolutionary events that have ultimately shaped and defined what it means to be human, including the origins of bipedalism; the emergence of our genus Homo; the first use of stone tools; increases in brain size; and the emergence of Homo sapiens, tools, and culture.

Discussing the generally ignored issue of the classification of natural objects in the philosophy of science, this book focuses on knowledge and social relations, and offers a way to understand classification as a necessary aspect of doing science.

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.

This book provides concrete scientific basis that we can conceive the possibility of modifying or even completely canceling aging process, despite the fact that aging is commonly regarded as the result of the overall effects of many uncontrollable degenerative phenomena.

The nervous system is particularly fascinating for many biologists because it controls animal characteristics such as movement, behavior, and coordinated thinking.

This third volume describes 226 species of 32 families of medicinal plants, which are commonly used in Chinese medicine.

This fully updated edition explores conceptual as well as technical guidelines for plant taxonomists and geneticists, such as the increasing use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies for numerous applications in plant taxonomy.

This book simulates a historical walk through nature, teaching readers about the biodiversity on Earth in various eras with a focus on past terrestrial environments.

This fully updated second edition explores protocols that address the most challenging aspects of experimental work in ancient DNA, such as preparing ancient samples for DNA extraction, the DNA extraction itself, and transforming extracted ancient DNA molecules for sequencing library preparation.

Ethnobiology and ethnoecology have become very popular in recent years.

Together with early theoretical work in population genetics, the debate on sources of genetic makeup initiated by proponents of the neutral theory made a solid contribution to the spectacular growth in statistical methodologies for molecular evolution.

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) events encompass processes as varied as the exchange of genetic material between microbes coexisting in the same environment, between symbiotic bacteria and their eukaryotic hosts, and the evolution of organelles by symbiosis, in which whole genomes are acquired.

Together with early theoretical work in population genetics, the debate on sources of genetic makeup initiated by proponents of the neutral theory made a solid contribution to the spectacular growth in statistical methodologies for molecular evolution.

This book focuses on bioinformatics, the study of the management and analysis of information used in biological systems.

My name is Gerald Don Henson, and I am the author of this book.

An innovative view of the role of fitness concepts in evolutionary theory.

The hidden talents approach opens new perspectives for educators, policy makers, families, and youth to reframe the effects of adversity.

This volume brings together current research and practice on gibbon conservation, ecology, taxonomy and phylogenetics.

This volume brings together current research and practice on gibbon conservation, ecology, taxonomy and phylogenetics.

A concise and accessible introduction to the concept of species, exploring its historical, biological and philosophical uses.

This book explores, from a high level, the parallels between the evolution of humans and the evolution of machines.

The importance of the Neotropics to the world's climate, biogeochemical cycling and biodiversity cannot be questioned.

Rainbows have been a source of fascination since time immemorial.

This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1859 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Letters from 1882, the year of Darwin''s death, and a supplement of nearly 400 earlier letters.

Kurt Kotrschal bezieht Position.

Discover one of the foundational scientific works resulting from Charles Darwin's world-altering journey aboard H.

This volume in the Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Second Edition, is devoted to the fundamentals of Perturbation Theory (PT) as well as key applications areas such as Classical and Quantum Mechanics, Celestial Mechanics, and Molecular Dynamics.

Beginning in 1925, when at twenty-three she embarked on her first field work in Samoa, Mead sent family and friends these letters from the field to make a little more real for them the exotic worlds that absorbed her.