Evolution

The main goal of this book is to encourage and formalize the infusion of evolutionary thinking into mainstream conservation biology.

This book discusses and addresses the rapidly increasing world population demand for food, which is expected to double by 2050.

'Thrilling, provocative and mind-expanding' Mail on Sunday'Masterful and illuminating' DAVID EAGLEMAN Dr Joseph Jebelli takes us on a seven-million-year journey through our own heads, drawing on insights from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, psychology, and philosophyto reveal how our brain's evolution turned us into Homo sapiens and beyond.

The borough of Newham in East London was largely built up from the 1800s onwards.

This volume reaches beyond the controversy surrounding the teaching and learning of evolution in the United States, specifically in regard to the culture, politics, and beliefs found in the Southeast.

This book addresses several key issues in the biological study of death with the intent of capturing their genealogy, the assumptions and presuppositions they make, and the way that they open specific new research avenues.

Functional and Phylogenetic Ecology in R is designed to teach readers to use R for phylogenetic and functional trait analyses.

This handbook offers original, critical perspectives on different approaches to the history of biology.

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

Cladistics, or phylogenetic systematics-an approach to discovering, unraveling, and testing hypotheses of evolutionary history-took hold during a turbulent and acrimonious time in the history of systematics.

Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, described the evolutionary origin of flowering plants, which appear to have risen abruptly during the late Cretaceous Period, as an "e;abominable mystery.

The Dusk of Design explores the intersection of evolutionary theories and architectural design.

John Lythgoe was one of the pioneers of the 'Ecology of Vision', a subject that he ably delineated in his classic and inspirational book published some 20 years ago [1].

Life has shaped the Earth, and the Earth has moulded the history of life.

Microbial Iron Metabolism: A Comprehensive Treatise provides a comprehensive treatment of microbial iron metabolism.

The importance of the Neotropics to the world's climate, biogeochemical cycling and biodiversity cannot be questioned.

Converging evidence from disciplines including sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and human biology forces us to adopt a new idea of what it means to be a human.

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

Advances in the Biosciences 8 is a collection of papers presented in a workshop on "e;Mechanisms and Prospects of Genetic Exchange, sponsored by Schering Pharma AG, held in Berlin, Germany in 1972.

This volume focuses on small mammal fossils from extinct Asian faunas of about 1 to 7 million years ago in North China.

From eminent biologists like Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin to famous authors such as Rudyard Kipling in his Just So Stories, many people have asked, "e;Why do zebras have stripes?

The study of primate ecology and conservation has advanced rapidly in recent years.

This book provides complete and up-to-date information on sika deer biology and its management, focusing on their life history with an integrated approach of population dynamics, morphology, genetics, and evolution.

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

Ion Transport in Prokaryotes provides an advance treatise on ion transport and prokaryotic organisms.

Laboratory Methods in Microbiology is a laboratory manual based on the experience of the authors over several years in devising and organizing practical classes in microbiology to meet the requirements of students following courses in microbiology at the West of Scotland Agricultural College.

Updated to include two new chapters, a modified Part II structure, more recent empirical examples, and online spreadsheet simulations.

Most people who have taken a biology course in the past 50 years are familiar with the work of David Lack, but few remember his name.

The natural world is infinitely complex and hierarchically structured, with smaller units forming the components of progressively larger systems: molecules make up cells, cells comprise tissues and organs that are, in turn, parts of individual organisms, which are united into populations and integrated into yet more encompassing ecosystems.

Hypogean (cave, artesian) fishes have fascinated researchers even before they were described in the scientific literature in 1842.

Mathematical Methods of Environmental Risk Modeling provides a working introduction to both the general mathematical methods and specific models used for human health risk assessment.

It's the stuff of nightmares, the dark inspiration for literature and film.

Der Verstand gilt als schärfste Waffe des Menschen.

The Anolis lizards of the Caribbean are ideally suited for the study of evolutionary ecology.

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

A comparison of the genetic circuits of Homo sapiens and Drosophila reveals the evidence for deep homology.

Mosquitoes and their Control presents a multitude of information on bionomics, systematics, ecology and control of both pestiferous (nuisance) and disease vectors in an easily readable style providing practical guidance and important information to both professional and layman alike.

In recent times, the philosophy of science has been reinvigorated by insights from the biological and cognitive sciences.

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

Origins of Plastids looks at symbiosis and symbiogenesis as a mechanism of evolution.

This book considers the complexities of human nature from a biological, psychological, and evolutionary standpoint and demonstrates how common modern behaviors can be traced back to early man.

Throughout the world natural forest ecosystems have been, and are being massively disrupted or destroyed.

The human foot is a unique and defining characteristic of our anatomy.

A new approach to understanding animal and human cognitionWhen a chimpanzee stockpiles rocks as weapons or when a frog sends out mating calls, we might easily assume these animals know their own motivations--that they use the same psychological mechanisms that we do.

Roger N.

In October 2004, a team of Australian and Indonesian anthropologists led by Mike Morwood and Raden Pandji Soejono stunned the world with their announcement of the discovery of the first example of a new species of human, Homo floresiensis, which they nicknamed the "e;Hobbit.

This volume provides in-depth reviews of model systems that exemplify the arms race in host-pathogen interactions.