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Wondrous Healing: Shamanism, Human Evolution, and the Origin of Religion by James McClenon
RRP: €27.36€23.81For thousands of years, spiritual questions have haunted the hearts and minds of humankind. Do higher powers exist, and if so, what is our relationship to them? And how else might we interpret seemingly miraculous events such as faith healing,... -
A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You by Sean B. Carroll 9780691234694
RRP: €15.46€11.33"Fascinating and exhilarating-Sean B. Carroll at his very best."-Bill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for OccupantsFrom acclaimed writer and biologist Sean B. Carroll, a rollicking, awe-inspiring story of the surprising power of chance in our lives... -
Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory by Edward J Larson 9780812968491
RRP: €23.80€16.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812968491Author Edward J. LarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm)... -
From Arabia to the Pacific: How our Species Colonised Asia by Robin Dennell
RRP: €45.21€39.72Drawing upon invasion biology and the latest archaeological, skeletal and environment evidence, From Arabia to the Pacific documents the migration of humans into Asia, and explains why we were so successful as a colonising species.The colonisation of... -
Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame by Christopher Boehm
RRP: €35.70€24.24From the age of Darwin to the present day, biologists have been grappling with the origins of our moral sense. Why, if the human instinct to survive and reproduce is"selfish," do people engage in self-sacrifice, and even develop ideas like virtue and... -
The World from Beginnings to 4000 BCE by Ian Tattersall 9780195333152
RRP: €30.93€22.09This book narrates the story of human biological and cultural evolution, from the earliest beginnings of our zoological family Hominidae, through the emergence of Homo sapiens, to the Agricultural Revolution. It concludes with a brief overview of the... -
Evolution: A Little History of a Great Idea by Gerard Cheshire
RRP: €7.13€4.89Why did Darwin find tortoises so interesting? Are humans really descended from ancient apes? How did the peacock get its tail? What might life look like elsewhere in the universe? In this fascinating and highly-illustrated book, science writer Gerard... -
The Accidental Homo Sapiens: Genetics, Behavior, and Free Will by Ian Tattersall
RRP: €23.80€15.30When you think of evolution, the picture that most likely comes to mind is a straight-forward progression, the iconic illustration of a primate morphing into a proud, upright human being. But in reality, random events have played huge roles in... -
The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution by Elisabeth A. Lloyd 9780674022461
RRP: €32.07€25.48Why women evolved to have orgasms--when most of their primate relatives don't--is a persistent mystery among evolutionary biologists. In pursuing this mystery, Elisabeth Lloyd arrives at another: How could anything as inadequate as the evolutionary... -
Cells to Civilizations: The Principles of Change That Shape Life by Enrico Coen 9780691149677
RRP: €29.75€23.79Cells to Civilizations is the first unified account of how life transforms itself--from the production of bacteria to the emergence of complex civilizations. What are the connections between evolving microbes, an egg that develops into an infant, and a... -
Sydney Brenner's 10-on-10: The Chronicles Of Evolution by Shuzhen Sim 9789811187186
RRP: €65.45€57.16Humans now wield a greater influence on the planet than any other species in history, and human-developed technologies like genetic engineering and artificial intelligence stand poised to overtake biological evolution. Just how did we arrive at this... -
Foraging Theory by David W. Stephens 9780691084428
RRP: €104.72€81.81This account of the current state of foraging theory is also a valuable description of the use of optimality theory in behavioral ecology in general. Organizing and introducing the main research themes in economic analyses of animal feeding behavior, the... -
A Different Kind of Animal: How Culture Transformed Our Species by Robert Boyd 9780691177731
RRP: €26.18€20.66How our ability to learn from each other has been the essential ingredient to our remarkable success as a species Human beings are a very different kind of animal. We have evolved to become the most dominant species on Earth. We have a larger... -
IB Environmental Systems and Societies Internal Assessment [IA] for the International Baccalaureate Diploma: Seven Excellent IA for the International Baccalaureate [IB] Diploma by Usama Mukhtar 9781999611545
€36.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999611545Author Usama MukhtarFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Zouev Elite PublishingPublisher Zouev Elite PublishingWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm)... -
The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol by Robert Dudley 9780520275690
RRP: €35.70€27.72Alcoholism, as opposed to the safe consumption of alcohol, remains a major public health issue. In this accessible book, Robert Dudley presents an intriguing evolutionary interpretation to explain the persistence of alcohol-related problems. Providing a... -
The Princeton Guide to Evolution by David A. Baum 9780691175874
RRP: €59.50€48.46The Princeton Guide to Evolution is a comprehensive, concise, and authoritative reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evolutionary biology, from genes to mass extinctions. Edited by a distinguished team of evolutionary biologists, with... -
Biology's First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems by Daniel W. McShea
RRP: €28.56€27.41Life on earth is characterized by three striking phenomena that demand explanation: adaptation - the marvelous fit between organism and environment; diversity - the great variety of organisms; and complexity - the enormous intricacy of their internal... -
Probability's Nature And Nature's Probability - Lite: A Sequel for Non-Scientists and a Clarion Call to Scientific Integrity by Donald E Johnson 9780982355442
RRP: €10.12€8.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982355442Author Donald E JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Big Mac PublishersPublisher Big Mac PublishersWeight(grams) 205g -
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 9781645178644
RRP: €13.08€8.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645178644Author Charles DarwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Readerlink Distribution Services, LLCPublisher Readerlink Distribution Services,... -
The Case Against Intelligent Design by Michael Shermer 9780805083064
RRP: €16.65€13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805083064Author Michael ShermerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 212gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
The Quest for a Universal Theory of Life: Searching for Life As We Don't Know It by Carol E. Cleland 9780521873246
RRP: €79.72€71.41Integrating both scientific and philosophical perspectives, this book provides an informed analysis of the challenges of formulating a universal theory of life. Among the issues discussed are crucial differences between definitions and scientific... -
Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico by Hector E. Rivera-Sylva
RRP: €46.41€41.08This overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico synthesizes current information about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozoic when it was the western margin of the ancient continent of Pangea. The book summarizes research on... -
Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature by David P. Barash
RRP: €23.79€17.87For all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home,... -
Human Evolution beyond Biology and Culture: Evolutionary Social, Environmental and Policy Sciences by Jeroen C. J. M. van den Bergh
RRP: €47.59€40.73Both natural and cultural selection played an important role in shaping human evolution. Since cultural change can itself be regarded as evolutionary, a process of gene-culture coevolution is operative. The study of human evolution - in past, present and... -
The Rise and Fall of the Mammals: A New History by Steve Brusatte
RRP: €35.69€22.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062951519Author Steve BrusatteFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 816gDimensions(mm) 235mm *... -
Evolution's Arrow: the direction of evolution and the future of humanity by John Stewart 9780646394978
RRP: €16.07€11.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646394978Author John StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Chapman PressPublisher Chapman PressWeight(grams) 540g -
Evolution by Mark Ridley 9780199267941
€63.28Evolution is unlike any other theory in science in the generality of its interest and the excellence of the authors who write about it. This anthology contains extracts from over 60 scientific papers, by authors such as Stephen Jay Gould, Richard... -
Origins Reconsidered: In Search of What Makes Us Human by Richard E. Leakey 9780385467926
RRP: €20.67€15.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385467926Author Richard E. LeakeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing... -
Evolvability: A Unifying Concept in Evolutionary Biology? by Thomas F. Hansen
RRP: €73.78€50.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262545624Author Thomas F. HansenFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Messages from Islands: A Global Biodiversity Tour by Ilkka Hanski
RRP: €33.32€32.59From a small island in the Baltic Sea to the large tropical islands of Borneo and Madagascar, Messages from Islands is a global tour of these natural, water-bound laboratories. In this career-spanning work, Ilkka Hanski draws upon the many islands on... -
Evolution and Belief: Confessions of a Religious Paleontologist by Robert J. Asher 9780521193832
RRP: €29.74€25.68Can a scientist believe in God? Does the ongoing debate between some evolutionists and evangelicals show that the two sides are irreconcilable? As a paleontologist and a religious believer, Robert Asher constantly confronts the perceived conflict between... -
Species Tree Inference: A Guide to Methods and Applications by Laura Kubatko
RRP: €49.98€39.32An up-to-date reference book on phylogenetic methods and applications for evolutionary biologistsThe increasingly widespread availability of genomic data is transforming how biologists estimate evolutionary relationships among organisms and broadening... -
Darwin's Pharmacy: Sex, Plants, and the Evolution of the Noosphere by Richard M. Doyle
RRP: €33.31€29.20Are humans unwitting partners in evolution with psychedelic plants? Darwin's Pharmacy shows they are by weaving the evolutionary theory of sexual selection and the study of rhetoric together with the science and literature of psychedelic drugs. Long... -
God and Evolution: Protestants, Catholics, and Jews Explore Darwin's Challenge to Faith by Jay W Richards 9780979014161
RRP: €20.23€15.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979014161Author Jay W RichardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Discovery InstitutePublisher Discovery InstituteWeight(grams) 568g -
Secret Chambers: The inside story of cells and complex life by Martin Brasier 9780199644001
RRP: €22.60€17.52In the follow up to Darwin's Lost World, Martin Brasier book introduces the quest for the missing history of life and the cell. Through a series of journeys it emerges that the modern plant cell is one of the most deeply puzzling and unlikely steps in... -
A Taste for the Beautiful: The Evolution of Attraction by Michael Ryan 9780691167268
RRP: €26.18€20.66From one of the world's leading authorities on animal behavior, the astonishing story of how the female brain drives the evolution of beauty in animals and humans Darwin developed the theory of sexual selection to explain why the animal world abounds in... -
The Mass-Extinction Debates: How Science Works in a Crisis by William Glen 9780804722865
RRP: €35.69€31.54This book is the first to examine the arguments and behavior of the scientists who have been locked in conflict for a decade over two competing hypotheses for the cause of the mass extinction, some 65 million years ago, of most of life on earth,... -
The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals by Thomas Suddendorf
RRP: €29.75€20.99There exists an undeniable chasm between the capacities of humans and those of animals. Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that have changed the face of the Earth, whereas even our closest animal relatives sit unobtrusively in their... -
A Brief History of Intelligence: Humans, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains by Max Solomon Bennett 9780063286344
RRP: €30.94€24.89Equal parts Sapiens, Behave, and Superintelligence, but wholly original in scope, A Brief History of Intelligence offers a paradigm shift for how we understand neuroscience and AI. Artificial intelligence entrepreneur Max Bennett chronicles the five... -
Man and Animal: Their Essential Difference by Ph.D. Hermann Poppelbaum 9781855844070
RRP: €15.46€13.10What is the historical and evolutionary relationship between man and animal? In this classic text, based on the anthroposophical science founded by Rudolf Steiner, Poppelbaum, trained in Biology, compares the outer forms of man and animal, revealing...