Evolution

Leading researchers present current methodological approaches and future directions for a less anthropocentric study of animal cognition.

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

Thanks to the application of new technologies such as whole-genome sequencing,  analysis of transcriptome and proteome of insect pest to agriculture, great progress has been made in understanding the life style, reproduction, evolution and nuisance to crops caused by insect pests such as aphids, planthoppers, and whiteflies.

How our brains have evolved so that we control how we think and behaveThe Unpredictable Species argues that the human brain evolved in a way that enhances our cognitive flexibility and capacity for innovation and imitation.

This book contains studies of social behaviour ranging from single-celled organisms to humans, and shows recent progress in these fields.

A scholarly edition of the most famous scientific text in the world, with detailed information about its publishing history.

This book explores the universe and its subsystems from the three lenses of evolutionary (contingent), developmental (predictable), and complex (adaptive) processes at all scales.

Moths provides a comprehensive account of the diverse natural history of these fascinating and popular insects.

This thought-provoking book examines the science behind human attractiveness-the ratios, proportions, and other factors that to a large extent dictate what we find "e;beautiful.

This book describes the reasons humankind may be facing its last moments on Planet Earth.

The dynamics of infectious diseases represents one of the oldest and ri- est areas of mathematical biology.

Charles Darwin's experiences in the Galapagos Islands in 1835 helped to guide his thoughts toward a revolutionary theory: that species were not fixed but diversified from their ancestors over many generations, and that the driving mechanism of evolutionary change was natural selection.

Darwin's work of 1872 still provides the point of departure for research in the theory of emotion and expression.

This book is a new English translation of the classic science fiction story written in 1961 by Herbert W.

This two-volume set provides a general overview of the evolution of the human genome; The first volume overviews the human genome with descriptions of important gene groups.

This book develops and tests an ecological and evolutionary theory of the causes of human values-the core beliefs that guide people's cognition and behavior-and their variation across time and space around the world.

This book collects three outstanding examples of the work of Mexican biologist Alfonso Luis Herrera (1868-1943), a pioneer in experimental origins of life research.

Experts from a range of fields provide the latest authoritative accounts of domestic cat behaviour and their interaction with humans.

A scientific exploration of some of humanity's most puzzling questions: What is love?

Now updated for its second edition, Population Genetics is the classic, accessible introduction to the concepts of population genetics.

Once famous for the beauty of its white beaches, reef-ringed islands, and lush forests, today the Philippines is known as an example of the deep costs of ecological decline.

​ Das Thema‚Emergenzen in komplexen Systemen‘ wird derzeit viel diskutiert.

The fascinating and complex evolutionary relationship of the monarch butterfly and the milkweed plantMonarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico.

This book explores the rich evolutionary history of bats from multiple perspectives, presenting some of the most remarkable discoveries involving fossil bats.

Consider the possibility that the history of the human race is not as simple as what has been taught in classroom textbooks.

Humans now wield a greater influence on the planet than any other species in history, and human-developed technologies like genetic engineering and artificial intelligence stand poised to overtake biological evolution.

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

Why do humans who seem to be exemplars of virtue also have the capacity to act in atrocious ways?

This is the sixth volume of a ten-volume series on The Natural History of the Crustacea.

Modern approaches to microbial classification and identification, particularly those based on nucleic acid analysis, have raised the awareness and interest of microbiologists in systematics during the past decade.

This book was written for graduate and medical students, as well as clinicians and postdoctoral researchers.

Tough Test Questions?

In order to describe the logic of morality, "e;contractualist"e; philosophers have studied how individuals behave when they choose to follow their moral intuitions.

In 1984, a conference called Wildlife 2000: Modeling habitat relationships of terrestrial vertebrates, was held at Stanford Sierra Camp at Fallen Leaf Lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.

Plants have been a source of medicines and have played crucial role for human health.

This work examines the cognitive capacity of great apes in order to better understand early man and the importance of memory in the evolutionary process.

This book presents a revised history of early biogeography and investigates the split in taxonomic practice, between the classification of taxa and the classification of vegetation.

This book focuses on the evolution, biogeography, systematics, taxonomy, and ecology  of New World and Australasian marsupials, greatly expanding the current knowledge base.

Temperature profoundly impacts both the phenotypes and distributions of organisms.

Optimization theory is designed to find the best ways of doing things.

Paris: city of love, food and fashion.

This book provides a straightforward introduction to teleology in biology, the work it did and the work it can do.

The main goal of this book is to put the Darwinian tradition in context by raising questions such as: How should it be defined?

This book defends that the pursuit of originality constitutes one of the most important characteristics of creativity, but that originality refers, etymologically, to both origin and originary.