Evolution

This book presents an evolutionary theory of the origin and step-by-step development of linguistic structures and cognitive abilities from the early stages of anthropogenesis to the Upper Paleolithic.

Covering colobine biology, behaviour, ecology and conservation, this book summarises current knowledge of this fascinating group of primates.

These proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications cover the areas of difference equations, discrete dynamical systems, fractal geometry, difference equations and biomedical models, and discrete models in the natural sciences, social sciences and engineering.

Bryophytes, which are important constituents of ecosystems globally and often dominate carbon and water dynamics at high latitudes and elevations, were also among the pioneers of terrestrial photosynthesis.

Why do we think that we can understand animal voices - such as the aggressive barking of a pet dog, and the longing meows of the family cat?

The inspiring story of a young ornithologist who reintroduced puffins where none had been seen for a century   Project Puffin is the inspiring story of how a beloved seabird was restored to long-abandoned nesting colonies off the Maine coast.

Microbes produce an extraordinary array of defense systems.

This book focuses on explaining the distribution of sexual systems (simultaneous hermaphroditism, sequential hermaphroditism, environmental sex determination,dioecy, androdioecy, etc.

This book examines central topics in philosophy of biology and challenges much of the current thinking.

Various approaches have been developed to evaluate the consequences of spatial structure on evolution in subdivided populations.

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs.

The Southern Oceans including Antarctic regions are peculiar and very sensitive water biotopes, where animal life and species interrelations are only poorly investigated.

This work is a large, powerfully illustrated interdisciplinary natural sciences volume, the first of its kind to examine the critically important nature of ecological paradox, through an abundance of lenses: the biological sciences, taxonomy, archaeology, geopolitical history, comparative ethics, literature, philosophy, the history of science, human geography, population ecology, epistemology, anthropology, demographics, and futurism.

This book reviews state-of-the-art research into trait-based effects and their importance in community and ecosystem ecology.

The epic story of human evolution, from our primate beginnings more than five million years ago to the agricultural eraOver the course of five million years, our primate ancestors evolved from a modest population of sub-Saharan apes into the globally dominant species Homo sapiens.

Ticks of the family Ixodidae, commonly known as hard ticks, occur worldwide and are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of agents pathogenic to humans.

Immunology is a nodal subject that links many areas of biology.

This ambitious book considers social scientific topics such as identity, community, sexual difference, self, and ecology from a microbial perspective.

A richly illustrated nature tour of Galapagos-now expanded, thoroughly updated, and with more than 650 color photographsGalapagos is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and profusely illustrated natural history of this spectacular archipelago.

This second of two volumes on Plant Genome Diversity provides, in 20 chapters, insights into the structural evolution of plant genomes with all its variations.

Since the publication of The New Science of Astrobiology in the year 2001-the first edition of the present book-two significant events have taken place raising the subject from the beginning of the present century to its present maturity.

The Flexible Phenotype attempts a true synthesis of physiology, behaviour, and ecology by developing an empirical argument that describes the intimate connections between phenotypes and their environments.

Applied Natural Science: Environmental Issues and Global Perspectives provides the reader with a complete insight into the natural-scientific pattern of the world, covering the most important historical stages of the development of various areas of science, methods of natural-scientific research, general scientific and philosophical concepts, and the fundamental laws of nature.

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.

Large regions of the world are regularly burnt either deliberately or naturally.

This 2004 book traces the history of evolutionary thought, and challenges many long-established assumptions.

This book provides an interdisciplinary review of one of the great unsolved mysteries that has fascinated scientists for over 150 years: the origin of chirality in biomolecules.

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For millennia plant and animal species have received little sustained attention as subjects of Christian theology and ethics in their own right.

This multi-author, six-volume work summarizes our current knowledge on the developmental biology of all major invertebrate animal phyla.

How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve?

The 1925 trial of John Scopes in tiny Dayton, Tennessee, remains a defining moment in American history.

Animals perform many athletic tasks to an amazing degree of accomplishment: not only spectacular feats of running and jumping but also routine actions that ensure survival such as feeding, vocalization, diving, flying, and many more.

This volume is the twenty-ninth in this series, which includes twenty-eight numbered volumes and one unnumbered supplement.

It is indeed an honour for me to write the foreword to the second edition of Forest Entomology in West Tropical Africa: Forest Insects of Ghana.

Society is an ultrasocial superorganism whose requirements take precedence over individuals.

Upon its publication, The Origin of Species was critically embraced in Europe and North America.

Methods in Virology, Volume VII focuses on the methods used in virology, including radioimmunoassays, microscopy, hybridization, and mutagenesis.

This book delves into one of the greatest riddles perplexing modern science: "e;Why are humans so smart?

Living organisms are astonishingly complex.

This volume reviews our current understanding for how sex determination is initiated and how it results in sexual dimorphic development.

All living things on earth-from individual species to entire ecosystems-have evolved through time, and evolution is the acknowledged framework of modern biology.

In this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, Joan Roughgarden challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation.

An important exploration of the seedling stage of the plant life cycle that sets the stage for future research.

Knowledge of the evolutionary history of birds has much improved in recent decades.

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

This book looks back at the simpler versions of mental life in apes, Neanderthals, and our ancestors, back before our burst of creativity started 50,000 years ago.