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Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes: Early Life Histories of Fishes: New Developmental Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives (Paperback)

The Webster s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary Environmental Biology of Fishes (EBF) in which defines the first meaning of a preface as a my students and I contributed to the concept its eucharistic prayer of thanksgiving forming in the main... more

Pre-Owned Human Biology and Behavior: An Anthropological Perspective (Hardcover) 0673398803 9780673398802

This text emphasizes the two major themes of adaptation and evolution and their interrelationships with successful behavior and offers authoritative coverage of molecular genetics evolutionary theory primate and human physical evolution and behavior... more

Evolutionary Biology - New Perspectives on Its Development: Images of the Economy of Nature 1650-1930: From Nature s War to Darwin s Struggle for Life (Hardcover)

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Evolvability: A Unifying Concept in Evolutionary Biology? (Paperback)

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... more

Pre-Owned Human Biology: An Evolutionary and Biocultural Perspective (Hardcover) 0471137464 9780471137467

This comprehensive introduction to the field of human biology covers all the major areas of the field: genetic variation variation related to climate infectious and non-infectious diseases aging growth nutrition and demography. Written by four... more

Evolutionary Perspectives on Pregnancy (Hardcover)

Covering both the internal and external incubation of offspring this book provides a biology-rich survey of the natural history ecology genetics and evolution of pregnancy-like phenomena. From mammals and other live-bearing organisms to viviparous... more

Pre-Owned Evolutionary and Molecular Biology : Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action (Hardcover) 9780268027537

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Pre-Owned God Humanity and the Cosmos: Textbook in Science and Religion (Paperback 9781563382888) by Christopher Southgate

9781563382888. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. A systematic exploration of contemporary perspectives in physics evolutionary biology and psychology as they relate to theological... more

Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine: Stem Cell Therapy in Lysosomal Storage Diseases (Hardcover)

This volume discusses the history current practice and future perspectives of stem cell in inborn errors of metabolism and provides an international perspective on progress limitations and future directions in the field. more

Pre-Owned Comparative Biology and Evolutionary Relationships of Tree Shrews 9780306404641

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Pre-Owned Infanticide : Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives 9780202020228

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Evolution s Empress: Darwinian Perspectives on the Nature of Women (Hardcover)

Over the last decade there has been increasing debate as to whether feminism and evolutionary psychology can co-exist. Such debates often conclude with a resounding no often on the grounds that the former is a political movement while the latter is... more

Life of David Lack: Father of Evolutionary Ecology (Hardcover)

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. Almost all general biology texts produced during that period have a figure showing the beak size differences among... more

Evolution : The First Four Billion Years 9780674062214 Used / Pre-owned

Spanning evolutionary science from its inception to its latest findings from discoveries and data to philosophy and history this book is the most complete authoritative and inviting one-volume introduction to evolutionary biology available.... more

Pre-Owned Evolutionary Biology Vol. 32 : Limits to Knowledge in Evolutionary Genetics 9780306462276 Used

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Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology: Ferroptosis: Mechanism and Diseases (Paperback)

This book focuses on the emerging role of ferroptosis in human diseases. It gives a detailed perspective on how to induce or suppress ferroptosis to treat challenging conditions such as infectious diseases including COVID-19 tuberculosis parasitic... more

Wild Experiment : Feeling Science and Secularism after Darwin (Paperback)

Examining the reception of evolutionary biology the 1925 Scopes Trial and the New Atheist movement of the 2000s Donovan O. Schaefer theorizes the relationship between thinking and feeling by challenging the conventional wisdom that they are separate. more

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Clonal Plants: Proceedings of Clone-2000. an International Workshop Held in Obergurgl Austria 20-25 August 2000 (Paperback)

Spontaneous self-cloning or clonality is a widespread phenomenon in the plant kingdom and has a wide array of ecological and evolutionary implications. This volume is the outcome of an international workshop on clonal plant biology aimed at... more

The God of Evolution : Trinitarian Theology in the Light of Evolutionary Biology 9780809138548 Used / Pre-owned

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A Natural History of Rape : Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion (Paperback)

In this controversial book Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer use evolutionary biology to explain the causes of rape and to recommend new approaches to its prevention.They address and claim to demolish scientifically many myths about rape bred by... more

The Behavioural Ecology of Parasites (Hardcover)

Parasites have evolved numerous complex and fascinating ways of interacting with their hosts. The subject attracts the interest of numerous biologists from the perspective of ecology and behavioral biology as well as from those concerned with more... more

Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology: The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects (Paperback)

Contributors explore common elements in the evolutionary histories of both human and insect agriculture resulting from convergent evolution. During the past 12 000 years agriculture originated in humans as many as twenty-three times and during the... more

Monographs on Marsupial Biology Evolutionary Ecology of Marsupials (Hardcover)

The ecological literature on marsupials is dominated by descriptive natural history and there has hitherto been little attempt at either synthesis or evolutionary interpretation. This book attempts to provide such a synthesis by drawing on both the... more

Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Animals and Temperature: Phenotypic and Evolutionary Adaptation Book 59 (Hardcover)

Organisms are continually challenged to regulate and maintain functional capacities as their thermal environment changes. Adjustment to temperature change is evident both phenotypically in individual organisms and genotypically in the evolution of... more

Best of Charles Darwin : The Origin of Species & Autobiography (Paperback)

Bringing The Best of Charles Darwin The Origin Of Species and His Autobiography together. The Origin of Species is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. The contents of... more

Methods in Molecular Biology: Mirnomics: Microrna Biology and Computational Analysis (Paperback)

In miRNomics: MicroRNA Biology and Computational Analysis expert researchers in the field present an overview of the current state of the art and aim to put the respective areas of research into a larger perspective. These include methods and... more

The Biological Roots of Human Nature: Forging Links Between Evolution and Behavior (Paperback)

Here a biologist explains the evolutionary origins of humanity for a wide multidisciplinary audience. more

Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry: Advances and Perspectives (Hardcover)

In 2016 it was 60 years since the eminent Soviet researcher a disciple and a successor of Ivan Pavlov Leon Orbeli had proclaimed the birth of a new branch of physiology evolutionary physiology. In the same year his ideas were embodied in the... more

Studyguide for Evolving Pathways : Key Themes in Evolutionary Developmental Biology by Minelli Alessandro (Paperback)

Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again! Includes all testable terms concepts persons places and events. Cram101 Just the FACTS101 studyguides gives all of the outlines highlights and quizzes for your textbook with optional online comprehensive practice tests more

Origins of the Universe and What It All Means: A Memoir (Hardcover - Used) 1938103912 9781938103919

In her debut memoir Carole Firstman traces her strained relationship with her eccentric and distant father a gifted biology professor whose research on scorpions may have contributed to the evolutionary theories of Stephen Jay Gould. Through... more

Cellular-Molecular Mechanisms in Epigenetic Evolutionary Biology (Hardcover)

There has been no mechanistic explanation for evolutionary change consistent with phylogeny in the 150 years since the publication of Origins . As a result progress in the field of evolutionary biology has stagnated relying on descriptive... more

Developments in Hydrobiology: Aquatic Biodiversity II: The Diversity of Aquatic Ecosystems (Paperback)

Freshwater Biodiversity is a much underestimated component of global biodiversity both in its diversity and in its potential to act as models for fundamental research in evolutionary biology and ecosystem studies. Freshwater organisms also reflect... more

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology: The Use of Resealed Erythrocytes as Carriers and Bioreactors (Paperback)

Until recently the only biomedical use of erythrocytes was in transfusion medicine to restore a normal oxygen delivery. The development of a technology that permits one to open and reseal erythrocytes has dramatically changed this perspective.... more

Pre-Owned The Endangered Species ACT: History Conservation Biology and Public Policy (Paperback) 0801865042 9780801865046

The new model of policy design theory frames the discussion regarding the frequently analyzed Endangered Species Act (ESA) in this historical perspective. Since the 1970s the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by virtue of its regulatory impact has been a... more

Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical Biology Game-Theoretical Models in Biology (Hardcover)

Covering the major topics of evolutionary game theory Game-Theoretical Models in Biology Second Edition presents both abstract and practical mathematical models of real biological situations. It discusses the static aspects of game theory in a... more

Pre-Owned Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective 9780813343846

Integrating biocultural environmental and evolutionary approaches to the study of human health this premier teaching text for medical anthropology has been updated to reflect the latest developments in the field.Good Condition: Minimal damage to the... more

Darwinian Social Evolution and Social Change: The Evolution of Nationalisms (Paperback)

This book introduces the value of a Darwinian social evolutionary approach to understanding social change. The chapters discuss several different perspectives on social evolutionary theory and go on to link these with comparative and historical... more

Hormones Health and Behavior : A Socio-Ecological and Lifespan Perspective 9780521573320 Used / Pre-owned

Hormones Health and Behavior looks at the relationship of human biology and human society at the intersection of behavior hormones and health. There is both scientific interest and practical urgency behind the ideas and findings presented here as... more