Evolution

This 2002 book covers topics relevant to the search for life in the Universe, by leading scientists.

These essays examine the developments in three fundamental biological disciplines - embryology, evolutionary biology, and genetics.

This book presents a wonderfully written account of how synergy has influenced evolution, human society and technology.

Marcello Barbieri presents new theories on the origins of life, and embryonic development.

Edited work on behavioural strategies of primates in foraging for food, and avoiding being eaten.

These essays form a most convenient and accessible guide to Darwin.

A short, readable 2003 textbook that is about the philosophical, social and political aspects of biology.

This book examines the relationships between humans and other primates and the implications for primate conservation.

Analysis of impact of infanticide on social organization and reproductive behavior in primates including humans.

A comprehensive and comparative reference work on the permanent and deciduous dentitions of extant primates.

Reconstructs European and Mediterranean climate over the last 20 million years in relation to human evolution.

This book explores the importance of understanding developmental processes in analyses of bat ecology and evolution.

Edited overview of the development, function and evolution of vertebrate teeth.

The Development of Animal Form integrates traditional morphological and contemporary molecular genetic approaches to evolutionary developmental biology or ''evo-devo''.

A fascinating text describing the behavioural diversity of chimpanzees and bonobos (the pygmy chimpanzee).

A unique multidisciplinary volume offering truly comparative perspective on gorilla populations.

This interesting 1999 study sets gorilla and orangutan cognitive abilities in context with the other great apes and humans.

This book sets the ecological themes of abundance, distribution, and population dynamics in an evolutionary context.

Draws together exciting new and controversial findings from field research on a wide variety of primates including humans.

Second edition of Freeman Dyson''s fascinating examination of the origins of life on earth.

This book explores how market forces and economics can help answer fundamental questions of human evolution.

Comprehensive and unique volume exploring the differences and similarities between primate communities worldwide.

An expanded and updated second edition comprehensively looks at macroevolution, integrating evolutionary processes at all levels to explain animal diversity.

A fascinating account of how organisms are able to live in, or survive, extreme conditions.

Describes the cognitive and sensory abilities of pollinating animals and their implications for floral evolution.

How can we know that God exists?

Krill, or euphausiids, a group of immense importance in marine ecosystems, comprises over 80 species, most of which are planktonic.

This international collection of chapters comprehensively covers different aspects of procedures for speciation analysis at all levels starting from sample collection and storage, through sample preparation approaches to render the species chromatographable, principles of separation techniques used in speciation analysis, to the element specific detection.

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

'Homology' as a concept became increasingly elusive during the course of the 20th century.

This book explores the possibility that life exists on Mars.

The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the chemical physics and physical chemistry fields with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline.

This fascinating book draws it subject matter from a range of relevant disciplines that extend from molecular nutrition, nutritional sciences, and nutrition dietetics through to genetics, genomics, and anthropology.

Interactions between Non-Pathogenic Soil Microorganisms and Plants provides a comprehensive discussion of the non-pathogenic microorganisms associated with roots.

This volume of Progress in Brain Research provides a synthetic source of information about state-of-the-art research that has important implications for the evolution of the brain and cognition in primates, including humans.

Reviewers have characterized Paul Naour's A Dialogue Between Sociobiology and Radical Behaviorism, which includes brief introductions by E.

Cellular Genetic Algorithms defines a new class of optimization algorithms based on the concepts of structured populations and Genetic Algorithms (GAs).

In this monograph, new combinatorial and computational approaches in the study of RNA structures are presented which enhance both mathematics and computational biology.

Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology is an integrative volume with broad coverage of current research on primate craniofacial biology and function.

Our basic question is: Given a collection of DNA sequences, what underlying forces are responsible for the observed patterns of variability?

A sense of belonging is basic to the human experience.

While aware of the works of various evolutionists in their dotage (Galton, Wallace, Weismann), initially Bateson is likely to have overlooked Hugo de Vries' Intracellular Pangenesis.

The abstract concept of "e;information"e; can be quantified and this has led to many important advances in the analysis of data in the empirical sciences.

In The Search for Extraterrestrials, Monte Ross explores in detail the key problems in starting a search, the programs that have failed and those that continue.

Eukaryotic Membranes and Cytoskeleton: Origins and Evolution discusses the evolutionary origin and diversification of eukaryotic endomembranes and cytoskeleton from a cell biological and comparative genomic perspective.

This volume reports the proceedings of the eleventh triennial meeting of the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates International Symposium and thus, is the 30th anniversary of the informal grouping of scientists who convene to discuss their common interests in the ways in which vertebrates use chemical signals.

Elwyn Simons has held professional appointments at Yale University (1960-1977), Duke University (1977-present), and was the Director of the Duke Primate Center (1977-1991) and Scientific Director (1991-2001).

Biological and biomedical sciences are becoming more interdisciplinary, and scientists of the future need inte rdisciplinary training instead of the conventional disciplinary training.

Photobiology: The Science of Life and Light, Second edition, is fully updated and offers eight new chapters for a comprehensive look at photobiology.

This volume draws attention to the seminal studies and important advances that have shaped systematic and biogeographic thinking and continue to influence its direction today.