Evolution

This book argues that evolution arises from the activities of organisms as agents, not from the replication of genes.

A detailed study of the Hadza hunter-gatherers, examining ecological and demographical factors impacting upon the population.

This book brings together ecology, evolution, genetics, anatomy and geology to provide a new perspective on human evolution from the apes'' viewpoint.

This book brings together ecology, evolution, genetics, anatomy and geology to provide a new perspective on human evolution from the apes'' viewpoint.

A detailed study of the Hadza hunter-gatherers, examining ecological and demographical factors impacting upon the population.

Proposes an interdisciplinary framework for understanding human desires and fears, derived from sexual selection during evolution, as motivators of behaviour.

Proposes an interdisciplinary framework for understanding human desires and fears, derived from sexual selection during evolution, as motivators of behaviour.

Bringing together theory and reality of prey escape from predators, this book benchmarks new and current thinking in escape ecology.

A major contribution to great-ape research, covering every aspect of the Mahale Mountain Chimpanzee Project to offer new, unique insights.

Bringing together theory and reality of prey escape from predators, this book benchmarks new and current thinking in escape ecology.

A major contribution to great-ape research, covering every aspect of the Mahale Mountain Chimpanzee Project to offer new, unique insights.

Explores how Victorian fiction and science imagined the evolution of language, from primordial noise to modern English.

Covers theory, practice and programming in Bayesian phylogenetics with BEAST.

A unique reconstruction of the paleobiology of fossil non-human primates and their key role in inferring evolutionary processes on earth.

Explores how Victorian fiction and science imagined the evolution of language, from primordial noise to modern English.

A valuable resource for the latest research on rodents, highlighting links across palaeontology, developmental biology, functional morphology, phylogenetics and biomechanics.

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.

This book challenges media-celebrated evolutionary studies linking Indo-European languages to Neolithic Anatolia, instead defending traditional practices in historical linguistics.

A valuable resource for the latest research on rodents, highlighting links across palaeontology, developmental biology, functional morphology, phylogenetics and biomechanics.

Covers theory, practice and programming in Bayesian phylogenetics with BEAST.

A unique reconstruction of the paleobiology of fossil non-human primates and their key role in inferring evolutionary processes on earth.

This volume contains letters from the year in which Darwin worked on insectivorous plants and published the second edition of Descent of Man.

By joining phylogenetics and evolutionary ecology, this book explores the patterns of parasite diversity while revealing diversification processes.

This volume contains letters from the year in which Darwin worked on insectivorous plants and published the second edition of Descent of Man.

By joining phylogenetics and evolutionary ecology, this book explores the patterns of parasite diversity while revealing diversification processes.

This collection of essays combines different evolutionary perspectives to demonstrate how lithic technological systems are a by-product of human behavior.

This book explores the central importance of soil ingestion and earth surface processes in driving the evolution of tooth shape in mammals.

This collection of essays combines different evolutionary perspectives to demonstrate how lithic technological systems are a by-product of human behavior.

This book explores the central importance of soil ingestion and earth surface processes in driving the evolution of tooth shape in mammals.

A unique account of the biology, ecology and evolution of choanoflagellates - the closest, known, living, unicellular relatives of animals.

An evaluation of Chomsky''s work from the perspectives of linguistics, evolution of language, history of physics, and philosophy of mind.

A unique account of the biology, ecology and evolution of choanoflagellates - the closest, known, living, unicellular relatives of animals.

An evaluation of Chomsky''s work from the perspectives of linguistics, evolution of language, history of physics, and philosophy of mind.

Elliott Sober explores how the concept of evidence applies to creationism, natural selection and common ancestry.

Covering all the main animal groups, from jellyfish to mammals, this book unravels the story of animal evolution.

Covering all the main animal groups, from jellyfish to mammals, this book unravels the story of animal evolution.

How to understand evolution in mathematical terms, i.

A comprehensive account of deep-sea fishes, covering evolution, ecology and the potential threats posed by the growing fishing industry.

A comprehensive account of deep-sea fishes, covering evolution, ecology and the potential threats posed by the growing fishing industry.

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

For undergraduate courses in Evolution By presenting evolutionary biology as a dynamic, ongoing research effort and organising discussions around questions, this best-selling text helps students think like scientists as they learn about evolution.

A fascinating look at the evolutionary origins of cooperationWhy do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good?

A revolutionary examination of why we age, what it means for our health, and how we just might be able to fight it.

Sixty years after their discovery, this is the first anthropological synthesis of the ancient Arctic foragers of Point Hope, Alaska.

Sixty years after their discovery, this is the first anthropological synthesis of the ancient Arctic foragers of Point Hope, Alaska.

Rigorously and objectively examines the evolving context within which great ape and gibbon habitats are increasingly interfacing with extractive industries.

Rigorously and objectively examines the evolving context within which great ape and gibbon habitats are increasingly interfacing with extractive industries.

Bringing together conceptual obstacles and core concepts of evolutionary theory, this book presents evolution as straightforward and intuitive.