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Toward consilience
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Gerald A Cory |
"This book is a comprehensive effort to establish a framework for consilience - the unification of the natural and social sciences. Grounded in physics, molecular biology, and evolutionary neuroscien… |
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The Neanderthal legacy
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Stan Gooch |
"A direct appeal for a revolution in our educational system to restore the connection with our Neanderthal heritage"--Provided by publisher. |
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Instinct and revelation
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Alondra Yvette Oubré |
xvi,299p. : 23cm |
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How did humans evolve?
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Richard D. Alexander |
The most mysterious and compelling unanswered question about ourselves is how we came to be. What caused us to evolve our marvelous intellects and our unsurpassedly complex social life? Why are we so… |
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The first people
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Henri de Saint-Blanquat |
Traces the evolution of human beings from the creation of the universe to the advent of the Neanderthals. Also discusses how archaeologists use available evidence to reconstruct the past. |
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The evolutionary biology of human body fatness
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Jonathan C. K. Wells |
"This comprehensive synthesis of current medical and evolutionary literature addresses key questions about the role body fat plays in human biology. It explores how body energy stores are regulated, … |
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God and the evolving universe
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Michael Murphy,Sylvia Timbers,James Redfield |
In a world racked by violence and conflict, James Redfield and Michael Murphy-leading cocreators of today's spiritual boom-present a message of hope and a vision for the future.It is no accident, the… |
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Conceiving God
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J. David Lewis-Williams |
This book is a controversial exploration of the origin of religion in the neurology of the human brain. The author first describes how science developed within the cocoon of religion and then shows h… |
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Sex at Dawn
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Christopher Ryan |
"A controversial, idea-driven book that challenges everything you know about sex, marriage, family, and society"--Provided by publisher.
Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy co… |
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Human natures
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Paul R. Ehrlich |
"A hallmark of Human Natures in Paul Ehrlich's ability to convey lucidly that understanding in the course of presenting an engrossing history of our species. Using personal anecdote, vivid example, a… |
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The riddled chain
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Jeffrey Kevin McKee |
"Jeffrey K. McKee argues that if we were to turn back the clock to our split from ancestral apes, evolution would proceed differently. Ever since our ancestors first stood up on two feet, natural sel… |
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Before the dawn
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Nicholas Wade |
Nicholas Wade's articles are a major reason why the science section has become the most popular, nationwide, in the New York Times. In his groundbreaking Before the Dawn, Wade reveals humanity's orig… |
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Masters of the planet
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Ian Tattersall |
"When homo sapiens made their entrance 100,000 years ago they were confronted by a wide range of other early humans--homo erectus, who walked better and used fire; homo habilis who used tools; and of… |
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Origins
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Douglas Palmer |
In an exploration of human evolution, a Cambridge professor explains such questions as where human ancestors lived, what they wore and ate, and whether they spoke. |
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Evolution
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Leonid Grinin et al. |
This issue of the almanac aims at filling the gap in the mega-evolutionary research. The Editors believe that the present Almanac, which brings together scientists working in different areas of the v… |
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Perspectives in human evolution
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Rajan Gaur,Ashok Sahni |
Festschrift honoring S.R.K. Chopra, b. 1931, anthropologist; contributed articles on human evolution. |
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The Singularity Is Near
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Ray Kurzweil |
For over three decades, Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future. In his classic The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that… |
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Unbound
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Richard L. Currier |
"Human life has been repeatedly transformed by certain key technologies, each of which has triggered a profound metamorphosis. The fabrication of weapons, the mastery of fire, and the technologies of… |
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Seven skeletons
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Lydia V. Pyne |
"A science historian describes seven famous ancestral fossils that have become known around the world, including the three-foot tall "hobbit" from Flores, the Neanderthal of La Chapelle, the Taung Ch… |
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The one hundred nights of hero
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Isabel Greenberg |
"From the author who brought you The Encyclopedia of Early Earth comes another Epic Tale of Derring-do. Prepare to be dazzled once more by the overwhelming power of stories and see love prevail in t… |
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