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Why Honor Matters by Tamler Sommers 9780465098873
RRP: £18.99£15.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780465098873Author Tamler SommersFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Basic Civitas BooksPublisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES USWeight(grams)... -
Speciation Jerry A. Coyne 9780878930890
RRP: £144.99£75.52Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press. Over the last two decades, the study of speciation has expanded from a modest backwater of evolutionary biology into a large and vigorous discipline. Thus, the literature on... -
The Human Lineage Matt Cartmill (Boston University) 9781119086703
RRP: £112.95£98.63Newly revised and thoroughly updated standard source for mastering the human fossil record. The Human Lineage, 2nd Edition is the best and most current guide to the morphological, geological, paleontological, and archeological evidence for the story of... -
Comparative Social Evolution by Dustin R. Rubenstein
RRP: £54.99£47.08Darwin famously described special difficulties in explaining social evolution in insects. More than a century later, the evolution of sociality - defined broadly as cooperative group living - remains one of the most intriguing problems in biology... -
The Horse: The Epic History of Our Noble Companion by Wendy Williams 9780374536602
RRP: £16.00£11.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374536602Author Wendy WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Scientific AmericanPublisher Scientific AmericanWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)... -
Across the Bridge: Understanding the Origin of the Vertebrates by Henry Gee
RRP: £24.00£23.03Our understanding of vertebrate origins and the backbone of human history evolves with each new fossil find and DNA map. Many species have now had their genomes sequenced, and molecular techniques allow genetic inspection of even nonmodel organisms. But... -
The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates by Frans De Waal 9780393073775
RRP: £21.99£18.95For many years, de Waal has observed chimpanzees soothe distressed neighbors and bonobos share their food. Now he delivers fascinating fresh evidence for the seeds of ethical behavior in primate societies that further cements the case for the biological... -
The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved by Robbins Burling
RRP: £14.99£11.53In this mind-opening book, Robbins Burling presents the most convincing - and the most readable - account of the origins of language yet published. He sheds new light on how language affects the way we think, behave, and relate to each other, and he... -
Can Science Resolve the Nature / Nurture Debate? Margaret M. Lock (Mcgill University, Canada) 9780745689975
RRP: £9.99£8.95Following centuries of debate about "nature and nurture" the discovery of DNA established the idea that nature (genes) determines who we are, relegating nurture (environment) to icing on the cake. Since the 1950s, the new science of epigenetics has... -
Understanding Life in the Universe by Wallace Arthur
RRP: £14.99£12.55The two most fascinating questions about extraterrestrial life are where it is found and what it is like. In particular, from our Earth-based vantage point, we are keen to know where the closest life to us is, and how similar it might be to life on our... -
Explaining Life through Evolution by Prosanta Chakrabarty 9780262546256
RRP: £21.00£13.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546256Author Prosanta ChakrabartyFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Investigations: Investigations by Stuart A. Kauffman 9780195121056
RRP: £18.99£13.34In the tradition of Schroedinger's classic What Is Life?, this book is a tour-de-force investigation of the basis of life itself, with conclusions that radically undermine the scientific approaches on which modern science rests-the approaches of Newton,... -
Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach C. Barry Cox 9781118968581
RRP: £55.95£49.53Through eight successful editions, and over nearly 40 years, Biogeography: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach has provided a thorough and comprehensive exploration of the varied scientific disciplines and research that are essential to understanding... -
Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago - Updated Edition by Douglas H. Erwin 9780691165653
RRP: £16.99£13.08Some 250 million years ago, the earth suffered the greatest biological crisis in its history. Around 95 percent of all living species died out--a global catastrophe far greater than the dinosaurs' demise 185 million years later. How this happened remains... -
Ancestors in Our Genome: The New Science of Human Evolution by Eugene E. Harris 9780199978038
RRP: £29.99£22.01In 2001, scientists were finally able to determine the full human genome sequence, and with the discovery began a genomic voyage back in time. Since then, we have sequenced the full genomes of many of mankind's primitive relatives at a remarkable rate... -
The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent: Why We See So Well by Lynne A. Isbell
RRP: £22.95£18.38From the temptation of Eve to the venomous murder of the mighty Thor, the serpent appears throughout time and cultures as a figure of mischief and misery. The worldwide prominence of snakes in religion, myth, and folklore underscores our deep connection... -
The Evolutionary Road to Human Memory by Elisabeth A. Murray 9780198828051
RRP: £27.99£25.82We tend to think about memory in terms of the human experience, neglecting the fact that we can trace a direct line of descent from the earliest vertebrates to modern humans. But the evolutionary history that we share with other vertebrates has left a... -
Lone Survivors: How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth by Chris Stringer 9781250023308
RRP: £20.99£12.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250023308Author Chris StringerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm)... -
Great Adaptations: Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution's Mysteries Solved by Kenneth Catania 9780691228471
RRP: £13.99£10.09"The irresistible enthusiasm of Great Adaptations couldn't come at a better time."-David P. Barash, Wall Street Journal"Be very amazed."-Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words and Becoming WildHow one scientist unlocked the secrets behind some of nature's... -
Evolutions: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World by Oren Harman
RRP: £8.99£6.45'Daring, learned and humane... A revelatory restoration of wonder' Stephen Greenblatt. We no longer think, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing-apart of a love embrace... -
Dinner with Darwin: Food, Drink, and Evolution by Jonathan Silvertown
RRP: £24.00£23.03What do eggs, flour, and milk have in common? They form the basis of waffles, of course, but these staples of breakfast bounty also share an evolutionary function: eggs, seeds (from which we derive flour by grinding), and milk have each evolved to... -
Close Encounters with Humankind: A Paleoanthropologist Investigates Our Evolving Species by Sang-Hee Lee 9780393356762
RRP: £12.99£10.29In Close Encounters with Humankind, paleoanthropologist Sang-Hee Lee explores some of our biggest evolutionary questions from unexpected new angles. Amongst other questions, she looks at what fossilised teeth tell us about our ancient life expectancy,... -
Neptune's Ark: From Ichthyosaurs to Orcas by David Rains Wallace 9780520258143
RRP: £23.00£18.10"Neptune's Ark" illuminates the dramatic saga of evolution spanning 500 million years of marine life along the magnificent Pacific coast of western North America. In an engaging narrative that artfully blends elements of science, history,... -
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Richard Dawkins
RRP: £24.99£18.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544859937Author Richard DawkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 862g -
Handbook of Meta-analysis in Ecology and Evolution by Julia Koricheva 9780691137292
RRP: £75.00£59.09Meta-analysis is a powerful statistical methodology for synthesizing research evidence across independent studies. This is the first comprehensive handbook of meta-analysis written specifically for ecologists and evolutionary biologists, and it provides... -
Debating Darwin's Doubt: A Scientific Controversy that Can No Longer Be Denied by David Klinghoffer 9781936599288
RRP: £24.95£20.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936599288Author David KlinghofferFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Discovery InstitutePublisher Discovery InstituteWeight(grams) 558gDimensions(mm)... -
Supercooperators: Altruism, Evolution, and Why We Need Each Other to Succeed by Martin Nowak 9781451626636
RRP: £18.99£12.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451626636Author Martin NowakFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 214mm *... -
Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory by James T. Costa 9780393356304
RRP: £13.99£12.25James 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... -
The Invertebrate Tree of Life by Gonzalo Giribet 9780691170251
RRP: £78.00£62.77The most up-to-date book on invertebrates, providing a new framework for understanding their place in the tree of life In The Invertebrate Tree of Life, Gonzalo Giribet and Gregory Edgecombe, leading authorities on invertebrate biology and paleontology,... -
Social Darwinism in American Thought by Richard Hofstadter 9780807055038
£26.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807055038Author Richard HofstadterFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 346g -
Darwin: Portrait of a Genius by Paul Johnson
RRP: £21.99£13.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147509772Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 135g -
The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism by Jason Rosenhouse
RRP: £29.99£25.94Anti-scientific misinformation has become a serious problem on many fronts, including vaccinations and climate change. One of these fronts is the persistence of anti-evolutionism, which has recently been given a superficially professional gloss in the... -
The Invention of Tomorrow: A Natural History of Foresight by Thomas Suddendorf
RRP: £25.00£18.06Our ability to think about the future is one of the most powerful tools at our disposal. In The Invention of Tomorrow, cognitive scientists Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, and Adam Bulley argue that its emergence transformed humans from unremarkable... -
Agents and Goals in Evolution by Samir Okasha 9780192894434
£27.71Samir Okasha approaches evolutionary biology from a philosophical perspective in Agents and Goals in Evolution, analysing a mode of thinking in biology called agential thinking. He considers how the paradigm case involves treating an evolved organism as... -
Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence by Richard Wrangham
£15.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395877432Author Richard WranghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 500g -
Convergent Evolution in Stone-Tool Technology by Michael J. O'Brien 9780262552080
£44.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262552080Author Michael J. O'BrienFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 369g -
The Readable Darwin: The Origin of Species as Edited for Modern Readers by Jan Pechenik 9781605353289
RRP: £12.99£12.55Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press. The Origin of Species is one of the most influential books ever written. Not only has it inspired an incredible amount of scientific research on a remarkable number of different... -
Infinite Life: A Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution and Life on Earth by Jules Howard 9781783968275
RRP: £16.99£12.37Every animal on the planet owes its existence to one crucial piece of evolutionary engineering: the egg. It’s time to tell a new story of life on Earth. ‘Jules Howard’s egg’s-eye view of evolution is dripping with fascinating insights’ ALICE ROBERTS... -
Evolutionary Medicine Stephen C. Stearns 9780192871978
RRP: £110.00£109.56Evolutionary thinking provides insights into many different areas in the research and practice of medicine and public health. It takes specialties such as medical microbiology, epidemiology, oncology, gynecology, and psychiatry that had become... -
Evolutionary Medicine Stephen C. Stearns 9780192871985
RRP: £42.99£40.40Evolutionary thinking provides insights into many different areas in the research and practice of medicine and public health. It takes specialties such as medical microbiology, epidemiology, oncology, gynecology, and psychiatry that had become...