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The Tree of Life: A Phylogenetic Classification by Guillaume Lecointre 9780674021839
RRP: $46.38$39.42Did you know that you are more closely related to a mushroom than to a daisy? That crocodiles are closer to birds than to lizards? That dinosaurs are still among us? That the terms "fish," "reptiles," and "invertebrates" do not indicate scientific... -
The Improbable Primate: How Water Shaped Human Evolution by Clive Finlayson
RRP: $16.76$11.73Taking an ecological approach to our evolution, Clive Finlayson considers the origins of modern humans within the context of a drying climate and changing landscapes. Finlayson argues that environmental change, particularly availability of water, played... -
Life as We Made It: How 50,000 years of human innovation refined - and redefined - nature Beth Shapiro 9780861544370
RRP: $14.18$9.03A Times Best Book of 2021 From the very first dog to glowing fish and designer pigs - the human history of remaking nature. Virus-free mosquitoes, resurrected dinosaurs, designer humans - such is the power of the science of tomorrow. But the idea... -
Thriving with Stone Age Minds: Evolutionary Psychology, Christian Faith, and the Quest for Human Flourishing by Justin L. Barrett
RRP: $21.92$15.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830852932Author Justin L. BarrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 153mm *... -
Feathered Dinosaurs: The Origin of Birds by John L. Long
RRP: $61.91$44.94Scientists have recovered more than a billion fossils, but no discovery has been more breath-taking than the fossils recently found in northern China, findings which prove that several families of dinosaurs had feathers, or feathery hair-like coverings,... -
Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction Roger Lewin (Harvard University) 9781405103787
RRP: $72.18$63.12The brief length and focused coverage of Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction have made this best-selling textbook the ideal complement to any biology or anthropology course in which human evolution is taught. The text places human evolution in... -
Principles of Visual Anthropology by Paul Hockings 9783110179309
RRP: $41.28$34.44This edition contains 27 articles, written by scholars and filmmakers who are generally acknowledged as the international authorities in the field, and a new preface by the editor. The book covers ethnographic filming and its relations to the cinema and... -
The Accidental Species: Misunderstandings of Human Evolution by Henry Gee
RRP: $19.35$16.83The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science and actually has religious roots in the deist concept of the Great Chain of Being. Yet the metaphor has lodged itself in the contemporary... -
The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals by Simon Conway Morris
$40.76'tells a great story and manages to be informative at all levels. Conway Morris has a collector's eye for the sort of entertaining yet informative snippets that keep readers on their toes.' New Scientist Located in the west of Canada, the Burgess... -
The Biology of Sharks and Rays by A. Peter Klimley
$71.79"The Biology of Sharks and Rays" is a comprehensive resource on the biological and physiological characteristics of the cartilaginous fishes: sharks, rays, and chimaeras. In sixteen chapters, organized by theme, A. Peter Klimley covers a broad spectrum... -
Evolved by DK
RRP: $12.89$8.82Follow the story of evolution! The illustrated children's book is a beautiful introduction to the evolution of species over millions of years.What's made animals survive and naturally go extinct? Why are fish scaled? Why do birds have wings? Find out... -
Evolutionary Ecology of Amphibians by Gregorio Moreno-Rueda 9780367553968
RRP: $141.90$122.69Amphibians are the oldest tetrapod group and show an astonishing diversity in lifestyles, many of them being unique. However, globally, they are on a decline. Hence, their study is fundamental to understanding the evolution of diversity and conserving... -
Origins of Life by Freeman Dyson
RRP: $20.63$15.82How did life on earth originate? Did replication or metabolism come first in the history of life? In this book, Freeman Dyson examines these questions and discusses the two main theories that try to explain how naturally occurring chemicals could... -
Alpha God: The Psychology of Religious Violence and Oppression by Hector A. Garcia 9781633880207
RRP: $19.34$14.87This book uses evolutionary psychology as a lens to explain religious violence and oppression. The author, a clinical psychologist, examines religious scriptures, rituals, and canon law, highlighting the many ways in which our evolutionary legacy has... -
Evolution, the Extended Synthesis by Massimo Pigliucci
$57.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262513678Author Massimo PigliucciFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Early Humans (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 134) by Nicholas Ashton
RRP: $45.15$29.70Our understanding of the British Palaeolithic and Mesolithic has changed dramatically over the last three decades, and yet not since H. J. Fleure's A Natural History of Man in Britain (1951) has the New Naturalist Library included a volume... -
Introducing Epigenetics: A Graphic Guide by Cath Ennis 9781848318625
RRP: $10.31$7.80Epigenetics is the most exciting field in biology today, developing our understanding of how and why we inherit certain traits, develop diseases and age, and evolve as a species. This non-fiction comic book introduces us to genetics, cell biology and the... -
The Cradle of Humanity: How the changing landscape of Africa made us so smart by Mark A. Maslin 9780198704539
RRP: $15.47$10.87Humans are rather weak when compared with many other animals. We are not particularly fast and have no natural weapons. Yet Homo sapiens currently number nearly 7.5 billion and are set to rise to nearly 10 billion by the middle of this century. We have... -
Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind by Kermit Pattison
RRP: $16.76$10.94"Riveting. ... Pattison's uncanny ability [is] to write evocatively about science. ... In this, he is every bit as good as the best scientist writers." -New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) "Brilliant. ... A work of staggering depth."... -
A Natural History of Human Morality by Michael Tomasello
RRP: $25.74$20.79Winner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology, American Psychological AssociationWinner of a PROSE Award, Association of American PublishersShortlist, Cognitive Development Society Book AwardA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of... -
Revolutions that Made the Earth by Tim Lenton
RRP: $92.88$83.62The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable, near-catastrophic revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. The revolutions have certain features in common, such as an increase in... -
Microlands: The Future of Life on Earth (and Why It's Smaller Than You Think) J. Craig Venter 9781472144171
RRP: $32.25$18.40'An epic travelogue, brimming with the excitement of discovery. With characteristic panache, Venter unveils the teeming array of bacteria, viruses, and eukaryotes that crowd our planet's oceans' - Siddhartha Mukherjee'This page-turner gives . . . the... -
Cracking the Aging Code: The New Science of Growing Old - And What It Means for Staying Young by Josh Mitteldorf 9781250061713
RRP: $25.79$16.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250061713Author Josh MitteldorfFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm... -
The Great Silence: Science and Philosophy of Fermi's Paradox by Milan M. Cirkovic
RRP: $49.01$43.31The Great Silence explores the multifaceted problem named after the great Italian physicist Enrico Fermi and his legendary 1950 lunchtime question "Where is everybody?" In many respects, Fermi's paradox is the richest and the most challenging problem for... -
Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory by James T. Costa 9780393239898
RRP: $28.37$24.45James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Charles Darwin's youth and travels on the HMS Beagle to Down House, his bustling home of forty years. To test his insights into evolution, Darwin devised experiments using his garden and greenhouse, the... -
Pollination: The Enduring Relationship between Plant and Pollinator by Pollination Timothy Walker
RRP: $32.25$26.56An enticing illustrated look at pollination, one of the most astonishing marvels of the natural worldPollination is essential to the survival of most plants on Earth. Some plants rely on the wind to transport pollen from one flower to another. Others... -
Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History by Xiaoming Wang
RRP: $28.38$22.50Xiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford have spent the past 20 years studying the evolutionary history of the family Canidae. Both are well known for having established the modern framework for the evolutionary relationship of canids. Combining their... -
The Nick of Time: Politics, Evolution, and the Untimely by Elizabeth Grosz
RRP: $29.66$25.81In this pathbreaking philosophical work, Elizabeth Grosz points the way toward a theory of becoming to replace the prevailing ontologies of being in social, political, and biological discourse. Arguing that theories of temporality have significant and... -
Darwin Devolves: The New Science About DNA That Challenges Evolution by Michael J. Behe
RRP: $23.21$12.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062842664Author Michael J. BeheFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
The Origin and Nature of Life on Earth: The Emergence of the Fourth Geosphere by Eric Smith
RRP: $51.59$48.75Uniting the conceptual foundations of the physical sciences and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary book explores the origin of life as a planetary process. Combining geology, geochemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, evolution and statistical... -
The Evolution of Parental Care by Mathias Kolliker 9780199692583
$114.41Parental care includes a wide variety of traits that enhance offspring development and survival. It is taxonomically widespread and is central to the maintenance of biodiversity through its close association with other phenomena such as sexual selection,... -
Genomes 5 by Terry A. Brown
RRP: $86.42$74.60Genomes 5 has been completely revised and updated. It is a thoroughly modern textbook about genomes and how they are investigated. As with previous Genomes editions, techniques come first, then genome anatomies, followed by genome function, and finally... -
Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity by Jamie Metzl 9781492670094
RRP: $25.79$22.92"A gifted and thoughtful writer, Metzl brings us to the frontiers of biology and technology, and reveals a world full of promise and peril." - Siddhartha Mukherjee MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The... -
Life Itself: A Comprehensive Inquiry Into the Nature, Origin, and Fabrication of Life by Robert Rosen 9780231075657
RRP: $32.25$25.27Why are living things alive? As a theoretical biologist, Robert Rosen saw this as the most fundamental of all questions-and yet it had never been answered satisfactorily by science. The answers to this question would allow humanity to make an enormous... -
First Steps: How Walking Upright Made Us Human by Jeremy DeSilva 9780008342876
RRP: $14.18$9.35Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is an illogical development, as it slows us down. But here we are, suggesting there must have been something tremendous to gain from... -
Human Origins: 7 million years and counting by New Scientist
RRP: $19.34$12.64Where did we come from? Where are we going?Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink of an evolutionary eye we have spread around the globe, taken control of Earth's... -
The Biological Universe: Life in the Milky Way and Beyond by Wallace Arthur 9781108836944
RRP: $29.66$23.18Are we alone in the universe, or are there other life forms 'out there'? This is one of the most scientifically and philosophically important questions that humanity can ask. Now, in the early 2020s, we are tantalizingly close to an answer. As this book... -
Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History by David Christian 9780520271449
RRP: $32.25$27.85An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, "Maps of Time" is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the... -
The Solitary Bees: Biology, Evolution, Conservation by Bryan N. Danforth 9780691168982
RRP: $51.60$41.96The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary beesWhile social bees such as honey bees and bumble bees are familiar to most people, they comprise less than 10 percent of all bee species in the world. The vast... -
The Story of Earth & Life: A southern African perspective on a 4.6-billion-year journey by Terence McCarthy 9781770071483
$26.03Southern Africa is without equal in terms of geology, a treasure trove of valuable minerals with a geological history dating back some 3 600 million years. In addition, the evolution of plants and animals, especially mammals and dinosaurs, is well...