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Lowly Origin: Where, When, and Why Our Ancestors First Stood Up by Jonathan Kingdon
RRP: £40.00£31.34Our ability to walk on two legs is not only a characteristic human trait but one of the things that made us human in the first place. Once our ancestors could walk on two legs, they began to do many of the things that apes cannot do: cross wide open... -
Death from a Distance and the Birth of a Humane Universe: Human Evolution, Behavior, History, and Your Future by Paul M Bingham 9781439254127
RRP: £25.99£24.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439254127Author Paul M BinghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 714Imprint Booksurge PublishingPublisher Booksurge PublishingWeight(grams) 1043gDimensions(mm)... -
Understanding Species by John S. Wilkins
RRP: £14.99£12.55Are species worth saving? Can they be resurrected by technology? What is the use of species in biomedicine? These questions all depend on a clear definition of the concept of 'species', yet biologists have long struggled to define this term. In this... -
Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction by Eugenie C. Scott 9780520261877
RRP: £25.00£19.58More than eighty years after the Scopes trial, the debate over teaching evolution continues in spite of the emptiness of the creationist positions. This accessible resource, now completely revised and updated, provides an essential introduction to the... -
Animal Adaptations: Evolution of Forms and Functions by R. K. Saxena 9788130930121
RRP: £52.00£42.30An adaptation, or adaptive trait, is any heritable trait, that enables organisms to survive through natural selection and reproduce better under prevailing environmental conditions. Natural selection tends to preserve beautiful adaptation in populations... -
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation by Robert Chambers 9780226100739
RRP: £37.00£36.77Originally published anonymously in 1844, "Vestiges" proved to be as controversial as its author expected. Integrating research in the burgeoning sciences of anthropology, geology, astronomy, biology, economics and chemistry, it was the first attempt to... -
The Brain: Big Bangs, Behaviors, and Beliefs by Rob DeSalle
RRP: £16.99£14.61What evolutionary process could have resulted in the unique and amazing human brain? New research by neuroscientists, paleontologists, and others reveals startling answers. After several million years of jostling for ecological space, only one survivor... -
Landscapes of Human Evolution: Contributions in Honour of John Gowlett by James Cole
RRP: £35.00£28.82Landscapes of Human Evolution is an edited volume in honour of John Gowlett. John has a wide range of research interests primarily focused on the human genus Homo, and is a world leader in understanding the cognitive and behavioural preconditions... -
Epigenetic Inheritance and Evolution: The Lamarckian Dimension by Eva Jablonka
£98.12Since first publication of this controversial book, much of the initial opposition to the ideas it contained has been replaced by a general, although often grudging, acceptance of them. Advances in knowledge, especially at the molecular level, have... -
Architecture Follows Nature-Biomimetic Principles for Innovative Design by Ilaria Mazzoleni
RRP: £47.99£41.81Applying Properties of Animals Skins to Inspire Architectural EnvelopesBiology influences design projects in many ways; the related discipline is known as biomimetics or biomimicry. Using the animal kingdom as a source of inspiration, Ilaria Mazzoleni... -
Evolutionary History of the Robust Australopithecines by Frederick E. Grine
RRP: £49.99£43.90In paleoanthropology the group of hominids known as the "robust" australopithecines has emerged as one of the most interesting. Through them we have the opportunity to examine the origin, natural history, and ultimate extinction of not just a single... -
The Descent of Man: The Concise Edition by Charles Darwin 9780452288881
RRP: £19.10£14.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452288881Author Charles DarwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 137mm * 25mm -
Crumbling Genome: The Impact of Deleterious Mutations on Humans by Alexey S. Kondrashov 9781118952115
RRP: £86.95£75.52A thought-provoking exploration of deleterious mutations in the human genome and their effects on human health and wellbeing Despite all of the elaborate mechanisms that a cell employs to handle its DNA with the utmost care, a newborn human carries about... -
Observing Evolution: Peppered Moths and the Discovery of Parallel Melanism by Bruce S. Grant
RRP: £51.50£44.60A firsthand account of how a modest moth demonstrated Darwin's theory of natural selection.The extraordinary tale of the humble peppered moth is at the very foundation of our acceptance of Darwinian evolution. When scientists in the early twentieth... -
Sexual Conflict by Goran Arnqvist 9780691122182
RRP: £70.00£53.34The past decade has seen a profound change in the scientific understanding of reproduction. The traditional view of reproduction as a joint venture undertaken by two individuals, aimed at replicating their common genome, is being challenged by a growing... -
Prehension: The Hand and the Emergence of Humanity by Colin McGinn
£27.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262533645Author Colin McGinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 13mm -
The Genial Gene: Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness by Joan Roughgarden 9780520265936
RRP: £23.00£17.72Are selfishness and individuality - rather than kindness and cooperation - basic to biological nature? Does a 'selfish gene' create universal sexual conflict? In "The Genial Gene", Joan Roughgarden forcefully rejects these and other ideas that have come... -
The Evolution of Life Histories by Stephen C. Stearns
£68.85This book introduces life history evolution to postgraduate students just beginning their research in population biology, ecology, or evolutionary biology. It discusses major analytical tools, gives examples of their applications, and provides problems... -
Narrow Roads of Gene Land - The Collected Papers of W. D. Hamilton: Volume 3 - Last Words by W. D. Hamilton 9780198566908
£85.85W. D. Hamilton (1936-2000) has been described by Richard Dawkins as 'a good candidate for the title of most distinguished Darwinian since Darwin'. His work on evolutionary biology continues to influence scientists working across a wide variety of... -
The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection by John Tyler Bonner
RRP: £65.00£49.61John Tyler Bonner makes a new attack on an old problem: the question of how progressive increase in the size and complexity of animals and plants has occurred. "How is it," he inquires, "that an egg turns into an elaborate adult? How is it that a... -
The Hunting Apes: Meat Eating and the Origins of Human Behavior by Craig Stanford
RRP: £35.00£27.21What makes humans unique? What makes us the most successful animal species inhabiting the Earth today? Most scientists agree that the key to our success is the unusually large size of our brains. Our large brains gave us our exceptional thinking capacity... -
Sapiens/Homo Deus Box Set by Yuval Noah Harari 9780062834317
RRP: £75.00£54.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062834317Author Yuval Noah HarariFormat HardbackImprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 2404gDimensions(mm)... -
The Paradox of Evolution: The Strange Relationship between Natural Selection and Reproduction by Stephen Rothman 9781633880726
RRP: £12.99£11.46This book examines a little-noted contradiction inherent in the two essential elements of Darwin's theory of biological evolution--natural selection and reproduction. Physiologist Stephen Rothman makes the revolutionary claim that the evolution of life's... -
Sex, Color, and Mate Choice in Guppies by Anne E. Houde
RRP: £78.00£59.31The Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata) is well known to biologists and home aquarium enthusiasts alike. Scientists have studied guppies for most of the twentieth century. Some of the most intensive recent research has been conducted by behavioral... -
Save the People!: Halting Human Extinction by Stacy McAnulty
RRP: £16.99£9.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780759553941Author Stacy McAnultyFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPublisher Little, Brown Books for Young... -
Identified Flying Objects: A Multidisciplinary Scientific Approach to the UFO Phenomenon by Michael Paul Masters 9781733634090
RRP: £22.95£19.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733634090Author Michael Paul MastersFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Masters Creative LLCPublisher Masters Creative LLCWeight(grams)... -
A Complete Story of Time: From God to Man and from Man to God by Deva Prakash Kalita 9781543702699
£8.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781543702699Author Deva Prakash KalitaFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Partridge Publishing IndiaPublisher Partridge Publishing IndiaWeight(grams) 220g -
Quirks of Human Anatomy: An Evo-Devo Look at the Human Body by Lewis I. Held, Jr. 9780521518482
£89.71With the emergence of the new field of evolutionary developmental biology we are witnessing a renaissance of Darwin's insights 150 years after his On the Origin of Species. Thus far, the exciting findings from 'evo-devo' have only been trickling into... -
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals: Originally Illustrated by Charles Darwin 9781646794416
£17.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646794416Author Charles DarwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 503g -
The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms by Robert F Shedinger 9781532658334
RRP: £30.00£22.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532658334Author Robert F ShedingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksWeight(grams) 449g -
On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life by Professor Charles Darwin 9781602061446
£19.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602061446Author Professor Charles DarwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 417g -
The Animal in the Secret World of Darwin: Human Nature and the Third-Cause Axiom by Michel Bergeron Phd 9781450292047
£24.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781450292047Author Michel Bergeron PhdFormat HardbackPage Count 420Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 152g -
Returning to Eden by John Mazurk 9781641384445
RRP: £20.95£15.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641384445Author John MazurkFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Page Publishing, Inc.Publisher Page Publishing, Inc.Weight(grams) 363g -
The Theory of Evolution is a Joke by Danny Erhardt 9781962611442
RRP: £13.99£10.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781962611442Author Danny ErhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Aspire Publishing Hub, LLCPublisher Aspire Publishing Hub, LLCWeight(grams) 236g -
From Logos to Bios: Evolutionary Theory in Light of Plato, Aristotle & Neoplatonism by Wynand de Beer 9781621383444
£18.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621383444Author Wynand de BeerFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
The Blood of the Nation: A Study of the Decay of Races Through the Survival of the Unfit by David Starr Jordan 9781410209535
RRP: £12.99£11.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410209535Author David Starr JordanFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the... -
A Search for Origins: Science, History and South Africa's Cradle of Humankind by Phillip Bonner 9781868144181
RRP: £29.99£27.78Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Evolution (A Ladybird Expert Book) by Steve Jones 9780718186289
RRP: £7.99£7.11Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Evolution is a clear, simple and entertaining introduction to Charles Darwin's pioneering and revolutionary theory of how all life changes through natural selection.Written by broadcaster, prize-winning author and... -
Only in Africa: The Ecology of Human Evolution by Norman Owen-Smith 9781108832595
£70.59That humans originated from Africa is well-known. However, this is widely regarded as a chance outcome, dependant simply on where our common ancestor shared the land with where the great apes lived. This volume builds on from the 'Out of Africa' theory,... -
Understanding the Christianity–Evolution Relationship by Michael Ruse 9781009277280
RRP: £14.99£14.08The relationship between science and religion is a topic that runs rife with misconceptions, misunderstandings and debates. Are science and religion always in conflict? Is Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection atheistic? How does history...