Evolution also features strong, balanced coverage of population genetics, and scores of new applied plant and animal examples make this edition even more accessible and engaging.
Cain and Abel, 35 Cairns-Smith, A. G., 161 calcaneum, 295 Californosaurus, 253 Calvert Cliffs, 57, 65 “Cambrian explosion,” 48, 170–180 “Cambrian slow fuse,” 171–180 Cambridge University, 98 camels, 337–340 Campbell, John, 104 Campbell, ...
In his book The Evolution of a Creationist Dr. Jobe Martin chronicles his personal journey from traditional scientist to creationist.
His book will interest all readers who want to understand philosophical questions about evidence and evolution, as they arise both in Darwin's work and in contemporary biological research.
As Quammen says in his foreword, the book collects "reports from the field, plainspoken descriptions of lifetime obsessions, hard-earned bits of wisdom, and works in progress, pried loose from some of the most interesting, eminent ...
The eighteenth-century German poet Friedrich Schiller admonished the natural scientists and philosophers of his time: Feindschaft sei zwischen euch, noch kommt das Biindnis zu friihe. Wenn ihr im Suchen euch trennt, wird erst die ...
No wonder, then, that I wanted to share this book with my friends--but I also wanted to keep it for myself! If you don't read this book, you'll be left wondering what everyone (else) is talking about.
She reviews the latest research on topics such as episodic memory, metacognition, and cooperation and other-regarding behavior in animals, as well as recent theories about what makes human cognition unique.In every part of this new edition, ...
"This is MacLean's major work on the evolutionary development of the human brain.
Ledyard Stebbins, author of Variation and Evolution in Plants "The Klamath Knot is a marvelous book, one of the finest nature essays I have read, beautifully written, full of stimulating ideas and insights."—George B. Schaller, author of ...