A comprehensive treatment of the concept of causation in evolutionary biology that makes clear its central role in both historical and contemporary debates. Most scientific explanations are causal. This is certainly the case in evolutionary biology which seeks to expl... Lees meer.

Futuyma ecology and evolution SUNY Stony Brook covers such subject areas as phylogeny paleobiology genetic mechanisms of change and speciation character evolution the theory of processes and macroevolution and new molecular perspectives. Numerous line drawings... Lees meer.

Establishes the foundations of the emerging field of evolutionary cell biology providing a deep and broad coverage of the literature with many ideas synthesised and presented for the first time. The fields of molecular evolution genome evolution and evolutionary... Lees meer.

Evolutionary Biology is een boek van Theodosius Dobzhansky... Lees meer.

Unifying Biology offers a historical reconstruction of one of the most important yet elusive episodes in the history of modern science. the evolutionary synthesis of the 1930s and 1940s. For more than seventy years after Darwin proposed his theory of evolution it was... Lees meer.

Combining sociology evolutionary biology cladistic biology and comparative neuroanatomy to examine human nature Turner sees human nature as a series of overlapping complexes that are the outcome of the inherited legacy of great apes being fed through the transformin... Lees meer.

The book integrates the growing body of experimental evidence on human nature scattered across a variety of disciplines into a coherent original narrative about the extent to which market relations are reflective of the basic human sociality that was originally adapted... Lees meer.

Urban Evolutionary Biology fills an important knowledge gap on wild organismal evolution in the urban environment whilst offering a novel exploration of the fast-growing new field of evolutionary research. Urban Evolutionary Biology fills an important knowledge gap... Lees meer.

Our elaborate market exchange system owes its existence not to our calculating brain or insatiable self-centeredness but rather to our sophisticated and nuanced human sociality and to the inherent rationality built into our emotions. The modern economic system is helpe... Lees meer.

Steve Jones s highly acclaimed double prize-winning bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep. An essential sightseer s guide to our own genetic terrain. Peter Tallack Sunday Telegraph A... Lees meer.

The evolutionary origins of human beings have always attracted debate and speculation. This book provides a Christian theological anthropology which among other things aims to give Christians and the churches the confidence to engage with assumptions that evolutionar... Lees meer.

Marine Mammals. Evolutionary Biology Third Edition is a succinct yet comprehensive text devoted to the systematics evolution morphology ecology physiology and behavior of marine mammals. Earlier editions of this valuable work are considered required reading... Lees meer.

Essays on evolvability from the perspectives of quantitative and population genetics evolutionary developmental biology systems biology macroevolution and the philosophy of science. Evolvability the capability of organisms to evolve wasn t recognized as a fundament... Lees meer.

If you have ever wondered why women always bite your head off or why one guy gets all the girls if you have ever pondered why some men bring you balloons while others leave you their genitals then Dr Tatiana s Sex Advice to All Creation is the book for you. If you... Lees meer.

The dwarf and mouse lemurs of Madagascar are two very species-rich lemur genera yet there is a relative paucity of information on this primate family in published literature. In this first ever treatment of the Cheirogaleidae international experts are brought togethe... Lees meer.