Evolution

Letters from 1877, when Darwin published Forms of Flowers and, with his son Francis, experimented on plant movement.

Ecomorphology is the comparative study of the influence of morphology on ecological relationships and the evolutionary impact of ecological factors on morphology in different life intervals, populations, species, communities, and evolutionary lineages.

Have you ever thought about what a dog smells as it stops to sniff at a tree?

This is the first comprehensive book focusing on the form and function of insect mouthparts.

A comparative view of the major features of animal social life and the evolution of cooperative group living.

Sea turtle populations around the world are endangered, and in recent years tourism has been a critical element in worldwide efforts to save them.

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Examines the role of playfulness in animal and human development, highlighting its links to creativity and, in turn, to innovation.

The Emergence of Humans is an accessible, informative introduction to the scientific study of human evolution.

The evolution of viruses has been a topic of intense investigation and theoretical development over the past several decades.

A selection of correspondence, much previously unpublished, between Darwin and women in his circle, both family members and colleagues.

In this beautiful and wise tale John Kotre weaves together the worlds of science and religion.

The book is the most in-depth account of the fossil skull anatomy and evolutionary significance of the 3.

The prefrontal cortex makes up almost a quarter of the human brain, and it expanded dramatically during primate evolution.

Primate Adaptation and Evolution, Third Edition, is a thorough revision of the text of choice for courses in primate evolution.

Centuries ago, when penguins were first encountered by European explorers, they were not thought to be birds but rather a fish-like relative.

Death, for bacteria, is not inevitable.

Reference work of 13,000 descriptions of terms covering all aspects of human biology and evolution.

The Heliconius butterflies are one of the classic systems in evolutionary biology and have contributed hugely to our understanding of evolution over the last 150 years.

Always a controversial and compelling topic, the origin of life on Earth was considered taboo as an area of inquiry for science as recently as the 1950s.

In their rapid colonization of soil exposed by fires, floods, and grazing animals, weeds resemble the human specialists we label Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs).

When faced with new challenges, it's easy to feel our solutions need to be equally unprecedented.

This book is intended as a text for a first course on creating and analyzing computer simulation models of biological systems.

Arms races among invertebrates, intelligence gathering by the immune system and alarm calls by marmots are but a few of nature's security strategies that have been tested and modified over billions of years.

The definitive work on the philosophical nature and impact of the theories of Charles Darwin, written by a well-known authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism.

Astrobiology not only investigates how early life took hold of our planet but also life on other planets - both in our Solar System and beyond -  and their potential for habitability.

This book explains how the beautiful goldfish body develops from a single fertilized egg and how this developmental process was changed during the process of domestication.

This book provides an up-to-date review of the biology of myxozoans, which represent a divergent clade of endoparasitic cnidarians.

This book discusses how and why animals evolved into particular shapes.

The astonishing new story of human originsWas Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa?

Examines gene-based neo-Darwinism in light of current knowledge of genetic, epigenetic, behavioural and symbolic inheritance systems.

The secrets of our genetic heritage are finally being unlocked.

Selection procedures used in plant breeding have gradually developed over a very long time span, in fact since settled agriculture was ?

A major new look at the evolution of mating decisions in organisms from protozoans to humans The popular consensus on mate choice has long been that females select mates likely to pass good genes to offspring.

This book proposes a way to radically renew medicine by extending to medicine the concepts of evolutionary biology.

Providing an essential foundation for evolutionary theory, this comprehensive volume examines patterns of genetic variation within natural insect populations, and explores the underlying mechanisms that lead to the genetic divergence of coexisting organisms.

This book offers an overview of the larva of Diptera Cyclorrhapha.

A multidisciplinary view of how our competitive and cooperative natures make us human For centuries, people have argued about whether humans are moral animals-good or bad, cooperative or competitive, altruistic or selfish.

This book summarizes the latest research on sheepgrass, both in China and around the globe, as well as fundamental information on the topic.

The basic goal of the volume is to compile the most up to date research on how high altitude affects the behavior, ecology, evolution and conservation status of primates, especially in comparison to lowland populations.

Nontarget Effects of Biological Control is the first book of its kind.

The papers that are presented in this volume are the results of a resolution to organize a symposium that would include biographical and historical sketches of Davidson Black.

This volume is a comprehensive reference work on the life, labors and influence of the great evolutionist Charles Darwin.

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

This book provides a compact, up-to-date and detailed overview of the vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula, a highly diverse part of Europe in the Mediterranean area.

This book brings together the latest information on tropical ungulates in different Latin American countries.

An ecologist explores how life itself shapes Earth using the elemental constituents we all shareIt is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history.