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"Based on his decades of experience working with newborn chicks and other species, Vallortigara gives us a clear and accessible account of behaviors that are considered to be innate or instinctive"--

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Uncovering the science behind how and why we age.

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Richard Lynn argues that the condemnation of eugenics in the 20th century went too far and offers a reassessment. He argues that the objectives of eugenics are desirable and achievable by human biotechnology, cloning, and embryo selection, rather than controling natural reproduction.

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A revision of the 79 recognised species, five of these with subspecies or varieties. Sixteen species and nine subspecies or varieties are described as new.

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This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World covers grasslands, those biomes the cover vast areas of the landmass of earth. It covers the two major types of grassland biomes: the temperate grasslands (such as the North American prairie), and the tropical grassland (e.g.

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This text sets out to prove that classic ideas of the mind, learning and memory must be re-examined through the lens of modern biology. It shows that research in the molecular and brain sciences has made it possible to develop research programmes that unravel problems like human nature and society.

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What makes us human How did we develop language, thought and culture Why did we survive, and other human species fail How did this extraordinary proliferation of species come about - and then go extinct This book shows it was our social and cognitive changes which truly made us distinct from other species.

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"A coral reef is colorful. Many different animals live nearby." --

Hookers Icones Plantarum. 37(4). Fully illustrated.

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A comprehensive collection, this trilogy contains the official list of all approximately 56,120 living and 14,700 fossil species of New Zealand's animal, plant, fungi, and microorganism populations. Featuring photographs and illustrations, it demonstrates the value and benefits of taxonomic research in New Zealand and its applications to science, biotechnology, conservation, and biosecurity.

"After the Harvard Classics edition, published by P.F. Collier & Son Corporation, 1909"--Title page verso.

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Essays dealing with the life and ideas of Darwin as they relate to human sociobiology.

(Paperback, UK ed.)

The Descent of Man is Darwins second book, first published in 1871. In this edition, Darwin applies evolutionary theory to humans and details his theory of sexual selection.

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An argument that consciousness, more widespread than previously assumed, is the feeling of being alive, not a type of computation or a clever hack.

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How hormonal signals in one small structure of the brainthe hypothalamusgovern our physiology and behavior.

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Darwin's theory of natural selection is also a humane and inspirational vision of ecological inter-relatedness revealing the almost unthinkably complex and mutual inter-dependencies between animal and plant life, climate and physical environment and - by implication - the human world.

(Paperback, 4th ed.)

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A six-volume revision of J.M. Dalziel's 1937 encyclopaedic work, to supplement the 2nd edition of the Flora of West Tropical Africa.

(Paperback, 5th ed. 2021)

What Is Life was written to teach students to see how biology influences their daily lives and to constantly ask questions in the way that scientists do

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A brand new science title in the renowned graphic novel-style of the Introducing Graphic Guide series.

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This box set contains three brilliant Introducing Graphic Guides on mind-blowing ideas that have revolutionised our view of how the universe works - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics.