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Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution

Reproduction in Mammals - The Female Perspective (Hardcover): Virginia Hayssen, Teri Orr Reproduction in Mammals - The Female Perspective (Hardcover)
Virginia Hayssen, Teri Orr
R2,127 Discovery Miles 21 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Newborn mammals can weigh as little as a dime or as much as a motorcycle. Some receive milk for only a few days, whereas others nurse for years. Humans typically have only one baby at a time following nine months of pregnancy, but other mammals have twenty or more young after only a few weeks in utero. What causes this incredible reproductive diversity? In Reproduction in Mammals, Virginia Hayssen and Teri Orr present readers with a fascinating examination of the varied reproductive strategies of a broad spectrum of mammals, from marsupials to whales. This unique book's comprehensive coverage gathers stories from many taxa into a single, cohesive perspective that centers on the reproductive lives of females. The authors shed light on a number of intriguing questions, including * do bigger moms have bigger babies?* do primates have longer pregnancies than other groups?* does habitat influence animals' reproductive patterns?* do carnivores typically produce larger litters than prey species? The book opens with the authors' definition of what constitutes a female perspective and an examination of the evolution of reproduction in mammals. It then outlines the typical individual mammalian female: her genetics, anatomy, and physiology. Taking a nuanced approach, Hayssen and Orr describe the female reproductive cycle and explore female mammals' interactions with males and offspring. Readers will come away from this thought-provoking book with an understanding not only of how reproduction fits into the lives of female mammals but also of how biology has affected the enormously diverse reproductive patterns of the phenotypes we observe today.

Cognitive Evolution - From Single Cells to the Human Mind (Hardcover, 2nd edition): David B. Boles Cognitive Evolution - From Single Cells to the Human Mind (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
David B. Boles
R4,418 Discovery Miles 44 180 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Cognitive Evolution provides an in-depth exploration of the natural history of cognition, from the beginning of life on Earth to present-day humans. Drawing together evolutionary, comparative, and neuroscience research, the book brings a unique cognitive perspective to evolutionary psychology. The second edition features the latest research and illustrations on emerging topics, making it a true update of the field. After introducing evolution, Boles adopts an information processing perspective - from inputs to outputs, with all the mental processes in between to provide a systematic overview of the evolution of cognition, including its sensory, motoric, perceptual, and cognitive components. The combination of evolutionary, comparative, and neuroscience perspectives provides an insight on topics like vision, handedness, tools and planning, spatial perception, pattern recognition, memory, language, and consciousness. Cognitive Evolution is a comprehensive, essential read for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of cognitive and evolutionary psychology. Researchers will find it a useful and insightful synthesis of the field, yet even the curious public will find in it much that is surprising and enlightening.

Origins of Life: The Primal Self-Organization (Hardcover, 2011 ed.): Richard Egel, Dirk-Henner Lankenau, Armen Y. Mulkidjanian Origins of Life: The Primal Self-Organization (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
Richard Egel, Dirk-Henner Lankenau, Armen Y. Mulkidjanian
R6,999 Discovery Miles 69 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

If theoretical physicists can seriously entertain canonical "standard models" even for the big-bang generation of the entire universe, why cannot life scientists reach a consensus on how life has emerged and settled on this planet? Scientists are hindered by conceptual gaps between bottom-up inferences (from early Earth geological conditions) and top-down extrapolations (from modern life forms to common ancestral states). This book challenges several widely held assumptions and argues for alternative approaches instead. Primal syntheses (literally or figuratively speaking) are called for in at least five major areas. (1) The first RNA-like molecules may have been selected by solar light as being exceptionally photostable. (2) Photosynthetically active minerals and reduced phosphorus compounds could have efficiently coupled the persistent natural energy flows to the primordial metabolism. (3) Stochastic, uncoded peptides may have kick-started an ever-tightening co-evolution of proteins and nucleic acids. (4) The living fossils from the primeval RNA World thrive within modern cells. (5) From the inherently complex protocellular associations preceding the consolidation of integral genomes, eukaryotic cell organization may have evolved more naturally than simple prokaryote-like life forms. - If this book can motivate dedicated researchers to further explore the alternative mechanisms presented, it will have served its purpose well.

The Pangenome (Hardcover): Herve Tettelin, Duccio Medini The Pangenome (Hardcover)
Herve Tettelin, Duccio Medini
R1,610 Discovery Miles 16 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Classification of Genetic Variation in Animals (Hardcover): Dominic Fasso Classification of Genetic Variation in Animals (Hardcover)
Dominic Fasso
R3,410 R3,080 Discovery Miles 30 800 Save R330 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Levels of Awareness - From Microbes to Humans (Hardcover): Vern A. Westfall Levels of Awareness - From Microbes to Humans (Hardcover)
Vern A. Westfall
R691 R624 Discovery Miles 6 240 Save R67 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Consciousness V Catastrophe (Hardcover): Gillian Ross Consciousness V Catastrophe (Hardcover)
Gillian Ross
R1,085 Discovery Miles 10 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (Hardcover): Ronald Aylmer Fisher The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection (Hardcover)
Ronald Aylmer Fisher
R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Malay Archipelago (Hardcover): Alfred Russel Wallace The Malay Archipelago (Hardcover)
Alfred Russel Wallace
R382 Discovery Miles 3 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Perspectives in Ethology (Hardcover, 1989 ed.): P.P.G. Bateson, P.H. Klopfer Perspectives in Ethology (Hardcover, 1989 ed.)
P.P.G. Bateson, P.H. Klopfer
R5,748 Discovery Miles 57 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Nine chapters on diverse topics that include: an analysis of whether sociobiology has killed ethology or revitalized it; aims, limitations, and the future of ethology and comparative ethology; the tyranny of anthropocentrism; psychoimmunology; gender differences in behavior; behavioral development.

Foundations of Systematics and Biogeography (Hardcover, Wyd): David M. Williams Foundations of Systematics and Biogeography (Hardcover, Wyd)
David M. Williams; Foreword by G. Nelson; Malte C. Ebach
R5,629 Discovery Miles 56 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Anyone interested in comparative biology or the history of science will find this myth-busting work genuinely fascinating. It draws attention to the seminal studies and important advances that have shaped systematic and biogeographic thinking. It traces concepts in homology and classification from the 19th century to the present through the provision of a unique anthology of scientific writings from Goethe, Agassiz, Owen, Naef, Zangerl and Nelson, among others.

Evolution in Action - Case studies in Adaptive Radiation, Speciation and the Origin of Biodiversity (Hardcover, 2010 ed.):... Evolution in Action - Case studies in Adaptive Radiation, Speciation and the Origin of Biodiversity (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Matthias Glaubrecht
R5,721 Discovery Miles 57 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

We have come a long way towards better understanding how new species originate, i.e. speciation, which long remained Darwin's "mystery of mysteries." Since speciation is the underlying mechanism for radiations, it is the ultimate causation for the biological diversity of life that surrounds us. Without a doubt, Charles Darwin's contribution to our understanding of the origin of biodiversity cannot be overestimated. This book is a contribution to both the Darwin Year we celebrated in 2009 and to the Year of Biodiversity and Conservation 2010. The studies and model cases presented show the progress and dynamics of research based on Darwinian theories and sheds light on its implications in the context of current biodiversity crises. The great importance of adaptive (and non-adaptive) radiations for biodiversity is widely accepted, but our understanding of the processes and mechanisms involved is still limited and generalizations need to be based on the accumulation of more evidence from additional case studies. The studies presented in this volume are those urgently needed and focus on a variety of organisms and different aspects of radiations. The scientific results presented therein are excellent examples not only of evolution in action, but also of active research on evolutionary processes and their most apparent outcome -- biodiversity.

Individualism and the Rise of Egosystems - The Extinction Society (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Matteo Pietropaoli Individualism and the Rise of Egosystems - The Extinction Society (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Matteo Pietropaoli
R1,314 Discovery Miles 13 140 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a socio-philosophical journey across several aspects of our society's focus on individual freedom, taking cues from some of the most prominent thinkers of our time. The auhtor posits that the human quest for freedom (mostly dominated by the Western culture but by no means confined to the West) has reached its ultimate paradox of making contemporary humans fundamentally unable to act as ecosystems (thus cooperate and collaborate). They have become egosystems, completely centred on the attainment of their own individual satisfaction. The author sees this as the culmination of a rightful quest for self-affirmation, which has been a key driver of progress across human history and by no means a negative one. But the paradox is that such a human-centred notion of freedom and individual accomplishment results in a much reduced ability to operate in sync with others, at the time when mankind would need more cooperation, collaboration and selflessness to address the key challenges it faces (from climate change to inequalities). Through the examination of the broad and interdisciplinary themes typical of social philosophy and the most recent cultural studies, in direct confrontation with the thought of authors such as Lipovetsky and Bauman, Lasch and Beck, Ehrenberg and Han, this book examines shifts in cultural norms at the possible end of a millenary civilization.

From Evolutionary Biology to Economics and Back - Parallels and Crossings between Economics and Evolution (Hardcover, 1st ed.... From Evolutionary Biology to Economics and Back - Parallels and Crossings between Economics and Evolution (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Jean-Baptiste Andre, Mikael Cozic, Silvia De Monte, Jean Gayon, Philippe Huneman, …
R3,090 Discovery Miles 30 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the major key concepts common to economics and evolutionary biology. Written by a group of philosophers of science, biologists and economists, it proposes analyses of the meaning of twenty-five concepts from the viewpoint respectively of economics and of evolutionary biology -each followed by a short synthesis emphasizing major discrepancies and commonalities. This analysis is surrounded by chapters exploring the nature of the analogy that connects evolution and economics, and chapters that summarize the major teachings of the analyses of the keywords. Most scholars in biology and in economics know that their science has something in common with the other one, for instance the notions of competition and resources. Textbooks regularly acknowledge that the two fields share some history - Darwin borrowing from Malthus the insistence on scarcity of resources, and then behavioral ecologists adapting and transforming game theory into evolutionary game theory in the 1980s, while Friedman famously alluded to a Darwinian process yielding the extant firms. However, the real extent of the similarities, the reasons why they are so close, and the limits and even the nature of the analogy connecting economics and biological evolution, remain inexplicit. This book proposes basis analyses that can sustain such explication. It is intended for researchers, grad students and master students in evolutionary and in economics, as well as in philosophy of science.

Inheritance - The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World (Paperback): Harvey Whitehouse Inheritance - The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World (Paperback)
Harvey Whitehouse
R358 R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Save R26 (7%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Why are humans everywhere prone to believe in ghosts?
How might our tendency to imitate one another be contributing to the climate catastrophe?
And does our deep evolutionary past impel us to vote for strongmen?

In 1987, Harvey Whitehouse went to live with an indigenous community deep in the Papua New Guinea rainforest. His experiences there convinced him that, far from being wildly different, humans are fundamentally alike: their beliefs and behaviours rooted in a set of evolutionary urges that can be found in any society, anywhere.

Here, Whitehouse roves across twelve millennia and five continents to uncover how these evolved urges have both shaped and been reshaped by human history. Along the way, he shows that this ancient inheritance does not just hold the key to explaining the modern world – but perhaps also to changing it.

Evolutionary Biology - Volume 25 (Hardcover, 1991 ed.): Max K. Hecht, Bruce Wallace, Ross J. MacIntyre Evolutionary Biology - Volume 25 (Hardcover, 1991 ed.)
Max K. Hecht, Bruce Wallace, Ross J. MacIntyre
R5,866 Discovery Miles 58 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Evolutionary Biology celebrates its Quarter-Century Anniversary! 'Evolutionary Biology occupies a unique and valuable place in the evolutionary literature...The editors are to be congratulated on their continuing ability to attract interesting articles.' --- The Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine - From Research to Policy and Practice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Alexandra Alvergne, Crispin... Evolutionary Thinking in Medicine - From Research to Policy and Practice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Alexandra Alvergne, Crispin Jenkinson, Charlotte Faurie
R4,067 Discovery Miles 40 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The aim of this edited book is to provide health professionals, across a wide variety of specialisms, with a targeted access to evolutionary medicine. Throughout the book, the views of both medical and evolutionary scientists on the latest relevant research is presented with a focus on practical implications. The inclusion of boxes explaining the theoretical background as well as both a glossary for technical terms and a lay summary for non- specialists enable medical researchers, public health professionals, policy makers, physicians, students, scholars and the public alike to quickly and easily access appropriate information. This edited volume is thus relevant to anyone keen on finding out how evolutionary medicine can improve the health and well-being of people.

Bones - Inside and Out (Hardcover): Roy A. Meals Bones - Inside and Out (Hardcover)
Roy A. Meals
R779 R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Save R95 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bone is ubiquitous and versatile, and uniquely repairs itself without scarring. However, we rarely see bone in its living state-and even then, mostly in two-tone images that only hint at its marvels. After it serves and protects vertebrate lives, bone reveals itself in surprising ways, sometimes hundreds of millions of years later. In Bones, orthopaedic surgeon Roy Meals explores and extols this amazing material that both supports and records vertebrate life. He demystifies the biological makeup of bones; how they grow, break and heal; and how medical innovations-from the first X-rays to advanced surgical techniques-enhance our lives. With enthusiasm and humour, Meals also reveals the enduring presence of bone outside the body-as fossils, ossuaries, tools, musical instruments-and celebrates allusions to bone in history, religion and idiom. Approachable and entertaining, Bones richly illuminates our bodies' essential framework.

Understanding Development (Paperback): Alessandro Minelli Understanding Development (Paperback)
Alessandro Minelli
R404 Discovery Miles 4 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg turns into an adult organism, or a seed matures into a plant. However, the picture is much more complex than that: is it all genetically controlled or does environment have an influence? Is the final adult stage the target of development and everything else just a build-up to that point? Are developmental strategies the same in plants as in animals? How do we consider development in single-celled organisms? In this concise, engaging volume, Alessandro Minelli, a leading developmental biologist, addresses these key questions. Using familiar examples and easy-to-follow arguments, he offers fresh alternatives to a number of preconceptions and stereotypes, awakening the reader to the disparity of developmental phenomena across all main branches of the tree of life.

Human Evolution, Reproduction, and Morality (Hardcover, 1995 ed.): Lewis Petrinovich Human Evolution, Reproduction, and Morality (Hardcover, 1995 ed.)
Lewis Petrinovich
R3,081 Discovery Miles 30 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An extremely well-organized, conceptually clear, empirically informed, and carefully argued volume...What makes this contribution special is the invigorating infusion of a wealth of principles and knowledge derived from evolutionary biology, neurophysiology, and cognitive science...The chapters provide abundant material for animated discussion.'' --- Evolution and Human Behavior, September 1997 When engaging in laboratory and field studies, researchers have an extensive set of implicit assumptions that justifies their research. However, these assumptions are rarely made explicit either to the researchers themselves, to their colleagues, or to the public. In this fascinating volume, the author gives insight into these underlying beliefs that scientists have regarding moral and biological issues involved in human life-such as decisions that influence reproductive practices, the termination of life, and the pursuit of biomedical research. He then uses this descriptive base to develop an ethic based on rational liberalism. His arguments stem from the thinking of biologists, moral philosophers, cognitive scientists, and social and developmental psychologists.

Genomics of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria (Hardcover, 2012): Ralph Bock, Volker Knoop Genomics of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria (Hardcover, 2012)
Ralph Bock, Volker Knoop
R5,714 Discovery Miles 57 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The past decade has witnessed an explosion of our knowledge on the structure, coding capacity and evolution of the genomes of the two DNA-containing cell organelles in plants: chloroplasts (plastids) and mitochondria. Comparative genomics analyses have provided new insights into the origin of organelles by endosymbioses and uncovered an enormous evolutionary dynamics of organellar genomes. In addition, they have greatly helped to clarify phylogenetic relationships, especially in algae and early land plants with limited morphological and anatomical diversity. This book, written by leading experts, summarizes our current knowledge about plastid and mitochondrial genomes in all major groups of algae and land plants. It also includes chapters on endosymbioses, plastid and mitochondrial mutants, gene expression profiling and methods for organelle transformation. The book is designed for students and researchers in plant molecular biology, taxonomy, biotechnology and evolutionary biology.

Marker-Assisted Plant Breeding: Principles and Practices (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): B.D. Singh, A.K. Singh Marker-Assisted Plant Breeding: Principles and Practices (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
B.D. Singh, A.K. Singh
R6,548 Discovery Miles 65 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Marker-assisted plant breeding involves the application of molecular marker techniques and statistical and bioinformatics tools to achieve plant breeding objectives in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner. This book is intended for beginners in the field who have little or no prior exposure to molecular markers and their applications, but who do have a basic knowledge of genetics and plant breeding, and some exposure to molecular biology. An attempt has been made to provide sufficient basic information in an easy-to-follow format, and also to discuss current issues and developments so as to offer comprehensive coverage of the subject matter. The book will also be useful for breeders and research workers, as it offers a broad range of up-to-the-year information, including aspects like the development of different molecular markers and their various applications. In the first chapter, the field of marker-assisted plant breeding is introduced and placed in the proper perspective in relation to plant breeding. The next three chapters describe the various molecular marker systems, while mapping populations and mapping procedures including high-throughput genotyping are discussed in the subsequent five chapters. Four chapters are devoted to various applications of markers, e.g. marker-assisted selection, genomic selection, diversity analysis, finger printing and positional cloning. In closing, the last two chapters provide information on relevant bioinformatics tools and the rapidly evolving field of phenomics.

Optical Allusions (Hardcover): Jay Hosler Optical Allusions (Hardcover)
Jay Hosler; Illustrated by Jay Hosler
R1,101 R935 Discovery Miles 9 350 Save R166 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Phylogenetic Supertrees - Combining information to reveal the Tree of Life (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds Phylogenetic Supertrees - Combining information to reveal the Tree of Life (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds
R5,909 Discovery Miles 59 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the first book on "phylogenetic supertrees," a recent, but controversial development for inferring evolutionary trees. Rather than analyze the combined primary character data directly, supertree construction proceeds by combining the tree topologies derived from those data. This difference in strategy has allowed for the exciting possibility of larger, more complete phylogenies than are otherwise currently possible, with the potential to revolutionize evolutionarily-based research. This book provides a comprehensive look at supertrees, ranging from the methods used to build supertrees to the significance of supertrees to bioinformatic and biological research. Reviews of many the major supertree methods are provided and four new techniques, including a Bayesian implementation of supertrees, are described for the first time. The far-reaching impact of supertrees on biological research is highlighted both in general terms and through specific examples from diverse clades such as flowering plants, even-toed ungulates, and primates. The book also critically examines the many outstanding challenges and problem areas for this relatively new field, showing the way for supertree construction in the age of genomics. Interdisciplinary contributions from the majority of the leading authorities on supertree construction in all areas of the bioinformatic community (biology, computer sciences, and mathematics) will ensure that this book is a valuable reference with wide appeal to anyone interested in phylogenetic inference.

Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Marcelo S. de la Fuente, Juliana... Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Marcelo S. de la Fuente, Juliana Sterli, Ignacio Maniel
R3,501 Discovery Miles 35 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The extended continental South American turtle record (Norian to Lujanian) allows us to follow the evolution of this reptile clade from its origins. Several significant stem turtle taxa such as: Palaeochersis talampayensis and Condorchelys antiqua provide information on the first steps of turtle evolution. Others such as: Chubutemys copelloi or Patagoniaemys gasparinae provide clues to the origin of the bizarre horned tortoises of the clade Meiolaniidae. The panpleurodiran species such as Notoemys laticentralis or Notoemys zapatocaensis shed light on the origin of modern pleurodiran turtles. This book explores aquatic and terrestrial cryptodiran turtles, South Gondwana pleurodiran turtles, North Gondwana pleurodiran turtles; Meiolaniforms and early differentiation of Mesozoic turtles.

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