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Arguing that human evolution has come to a stand-still, this book explores the evolutionary steps that have defined life on this planet. It describes the stages from cosmic to chemical and biological evolution and to the development of civilization and culture.

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The howling monkeys of Barro Colorado Island in Panama have a rudimentary language which serves the needs of their social activities. The red deer of Scotland, the seals of the Pribilof Islands, the beavers, the social insects, the army ants and termites, and lastly the colonial and single-celled organisms such as amoebae all meet the same basic bi

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Published in 1859, "The Origin of Species" challenged the belief in the fixity of species and argued that species can adapt to their environment and develop accordingly. This book explores how Darwin came to these conclusions and includes biographies of influential figures, primary source letters and selections from "The Origin of Species".

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A biocultural study of the cut-throat world of French noir, a genre which upholds the principle of survival of the fittest during occupied and post-war France.

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Essays by philosophers and scientists address conceptual issues in evolutionary biology; a new edition substantially updated, with new sections on women in the evolutionary process, evolutionary psychology, laws in evolutionary theory, and race.

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What these authors say shows the richness and current diversity of thought among those today who insist that Darwinism has a key role to play in archaeology.

Each chapter includes definitions of related key words.

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During the past two decades there has been a resurgence of interest in evolutionary approaches to the archaeological record, but these approaches are obscured by the different ways in which varying schools of thought define and use words and concepts derived from Darwinian theory. This volume is des

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Countering the pervasive view that the facts of Darwin's world must lead to a disenchanting vision of it, the author shows that Darwin's ideas and the language of his books offer an alternative form of enchantment. He makes a case for an enchanted secularism - a commitment to the value of the natural world and the human striving to understand it.

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Portrays the Darwinian revolution as a collective enterprise forged in Australasia. Charles Darwin, Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley and Alfred Wallace, did what one alone could not - combed the world for evidence of evolution by natural selection, and then fought tirelessly in the social and intellectual battle that followed its famous publication.

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An enlightening and highly readable introduction to the book that altered forever our understanding of what it is to be human.

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The concept of fitness has long been a topic of intense debate among evolutionary biologists and their critics, with its definition and explanatory power coming under attack. In this book, Richard Michod offers a fresh, dynamical interpretation of evolution and fitness concepts.

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This is a fascinating encyclopedia comparing the most important adaptations and evolutions in the natural world with the most important discoveries and inventions of human history.

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the evidence for evolution, from fields as diverse as geology, molecular biology, paleontology, and more, that show how strongly supported evolution is; and evolution in our daily lives, including how evolution accounts for phenomena such as antibiotic resistance and pesticide resistance.

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Provides a handy resource for students and others who want to understand the evolution versus creation debate in the words of the people of the time. This work aims to enhance our understanding of the debate by presenting some seventy documents, which shed light on the origins, goals, and history of the ongoing debate.

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An interpretation of the chronology of life during the last six hundred million years of earth history. It discusses the nature and dynamics of evolutionary change in organisms and their biological surroundings.

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This unique reference offers a discussion of the social and legal history behind the ongoing evolution versus creationism controversy.

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Prominent evolutionary biologists and philosophers of science survey recent work that expands the core theoretical framework underlying the biological sciences.

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Uses a unified framework based on the notion of fitness landscapes introduced by Sewall Wright in 1932, generalizing this notion to explore the consequences of the huge dimensionality of fitness landscapes that correspond to biological systems.