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Your Inner Fish - A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Paperback, Revised ed.): Neil Shubin Your Inner Fish - A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Paperback, Revised ed.)
Neil Shubin
R415 R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Save R25 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Details on a Major New Discovery included in a New Afterword
Why do we look the way we do? Neil Shubin, the paleontologist and professor of anatomy who co-discovered "Tiktaalik," the "fish with hands," tells the story of our bodies as you've never heard it before. By examining fossils and DNA, he shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins, our heads are organized like long-extinct jawless fish, and major parts of our genomes look and function like those of worms and bacteria." "Your Inner Fish makes us look at ourselves and our world in an illuminating new light. This is science writing at its finest--enlightening, accessible and told with irresistible enthusiasm.

Everything You Need to Know About the Skeletal System The Amazing Human Body and Its Systems Grade 4 Children's Anatomy... Everything You Need to Know About the Skeletal System The Amazing Human Body and Its Systems Grade 4 Children's Anatomy Books (Paperback)
Baby Professor
R409 R376 Discovery Miles 3 760 Save R33 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Why Sex Matters - A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior - Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised edition): Bobbi S. Low Why Sex Matters - A Darwinian Look at Human Behavior - Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised edition)
Bobbi S. Low
R987 Discovery Miles 9 870 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? In "Why Sex Matters," Bobbi Low ranges from ancient Rome to modern America, from the Amazon to the Arctic, and from single-celled organisms to international politics, to show that these and many other questions about human behavior largely come down to evolution and sex. More precisely, as she shows in this uniquely comprehensive and accessible survey of behavioral and evolutionary ecology, they come down to the basic principle that all organisms evolved to maximize their reproductive success and seek resources to do so, but that sometimes cooperation and collaboration are the most effective ways to succeed.

This newly revised edition has been thoroughly updated to include the latest research and reflect exciting changes in the field, including how our evolutionary past continues to affect our ecological present.

Skeleton Keys - The Secret Life of Bone (Paperback): Riley Black (Brian Switek) Skeleton Keys - The Secret Life of Bone (Paperback)
Riley Black (Brian Switek)
R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Woman - An Intimate Geography (Revised and Updated) (Paperback, Revised And Updated): Natalie Angier Woman - An Intimate Geography (Revised and Updated) (Paperback, Revised And Updated)
Natalie Angier
R437 R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Save R38 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

WOMAN explores the essence of what it means to be female. In mapping the inner woman - from organs to orgasms - Natalie Angier presents an extraordinary new vision of the female body as an evolutionary masterpiece. 'Anyone living in or near a female body should read this book' - Gloria Steinem 'Women have long been regarded as slaves to biology and evolution, prisoners in a hormonal swamp. But now, some of the sacred tenets of evolutionary psychology...have come under fresh challenge. As the century turns, it could be Goodbye women's lib; hello female liberation!... WOMAN is a delicious cocktail of estrogen and amphetamine designed to pump up the ovaries as well as the cerebral cortex' - Barbara Ehrenreich, TIME MAGAZINE 'Drawing on science, literature and history, Angier provides valuable insight into the power of hormones, breast milk and the all-important clitoris. A must for every woman's bookshelf' - WOMAN'S JOURNAL

The Biology of Urban Environments (Paperback): Philip James The Biology of Urban Environments (Paperback)
Philip James
R1,587 Discovery Miles 15 870 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

How do plants, animals, and humans manage to survive and adapt to the urban environment? This book provides a comprehensive coverage of biological matters related to urban environments presenting both the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings, and practical examples required to understand and address the challenges presented by this novel environment. The Biology of Urban Environments focusses on urban denizens: species (both domesticated and non-domesticated) that live for all or part of their life cycle in towns and cities. The biology of household plants and companion animals is discussed alongside that of species that have become feral or have not been domesticated. Temporal and spatial distribution patterns are set out and generalizations are made while exceptions are also discussed. The various strategies used and the genotypic, phenotypic, and behavioural adaptions of plants and animals in the face of the challenges presented by urban environments are explained. The final two chapters contain a discussion of the impacts of urban environments on human biology and suggestions on how this understanding might be used to address the increasing human health burden associated with illnesses that are characteristic of urbanites in the early twenty-first century.

Histamine Metabolism (Paperback): William D. M Paton Histamine Metabolism (Paperback)
William D. M Paton
R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Story of Your Blood (Paperback): Edith Lucie Weart The Story of Your Blood (Paperback)
Edith Lucie Weart
R410 Discovery Miles 4 100 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Causes of Blindness in Children - Their Relation to Preventive Ophthalmology (Paperback): C Edith Kerby And Ev Conrad Berens Causes of Blindness in Children - Their Relation to Preventive Ophthalmology (Paperback)
C Edith Kerby And Ev Conrad Berens
R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Influence of Cognitive Dissonance on Emotional Behavior ... (Paperback): Lenore Marilyn Balsam 1938- Behar The Influence of Cognitive Dissonance on Emotional Behavior ... (Paperback)
Lenore Marilyn Balsam 1938- Behar
R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Fat-soluble Vitamins - Their Significance in Nutrition (Paperback): Edward Mellanby The Fat-soluble Vitamins - Their Significance in Nutrition (Paperback)
Edward Mellanby
R351 Discovery Miles 3 510 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Salt, Dogs, Tobacco (Paperback): A L (Alfred Louis) 1876-1 Kroeber Salt, Dogs, Tobacco (Paperback)
A L (Alfred Louis) 1876-1 Kroeber
R349 Discovery Miles 3 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
How to Draw the Human Figure (Paperback): John R. Grabach How to Draw the Human Figure (Paperback)
John R. Grabach
R480 Discovery Miles 4 800 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Causes and Prevention of Blindness (Paperback): Arthur J Bedell Causes and Prevention of Blindness (Paperback)
Arthur J Bedell
R350 Discovery Miles 3 500 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Possible Mechanisms of Histamine-human Gamma Globulin Interactions (Paperback): Thomas Daniel Lyons Possible Mechanisms of Histamine-human Gamma Globulin Interactions (Paperback)
Thomas Daniel Lyons
R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Edinburgh Stereoscopic Atlas of Anatomy. Sections 1,2,3,4,5 / Edited by David Waterston SECTION2; 2 (Paperback): David Editor... Edinburgh Stereoscopic Atlas of Anatomy. Sections 1,2,3,4,5 / Edited by David Waterston SECTION2; 2 (Paperback)
David Editor Waterston; Created by London Library S University College
R405 Discovery Miles 4 050 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
What Do You Think You Are? - The Science of What Makes You You (Paperback): Brian Clegg What Do You Think You Are? - The Science of What Makes You You (Paperback)
Brian Clegg
R280 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R53 (19%) Ships in 5 - 7 working days

'Gets right to the heart of what makes us what we are. Read it!' Angela Saini, author of Inferior and Superior: The Return of Race Science The popular science equivalent of Who Do You Think You Are? Popular science master Brian Clegg's new book is an entertaining tour through the science of what makes you you. From the atomic level, through life and energy to genetics and personality, it explores how the billions of particles which make up you - your DNA, your skin, your memories - have come to be. It starts with the present-day reader and follows a number of trails to discover their origins: how the atoms in your body were created and how they got to you in space and time, the sources of things you consume, how the living cells of your body developed, where your massive brain and consciousness originated, how human beings evolved and, ultimately, what your personal genetic history reveals.

Shapeshifters - A Doctor's Notes on Medicine & Human Change (Hardcover, Main): Gavin Francis Shapeshifters - A Doctor's Notes on Medicine & Human Change (Hardcover, Main)
Gavin Francis 1
R495 R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Save R106 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Unreliable bodies and shifting symptoms are all in a day's work for a GP. In his years of practising, Gavin Francis has seen it all: the promising law student trapped under the spell of anorexia; the bodybuilder whose use of illegal steroids threatens his fertility; the teenager agonising over the perplexing physical dramas of puberty; and the surprisingly upbeat woman growing a horn in the centre of her forehead. In Shapeshifters he draws on his patients' bodily transformations, both welcome and unwelcome, bringing together case histories and accounts from the history of medicine, art, literature, myth and magic to show how the very essence of being human is change.

The Icepick Surgeon - Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science (Standard... The Icepick Surgeon - Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science (Standard format, CD)
Sam Kean; Read by Ben Sullivan
R1,106 R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Save R661 (60%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Brain - What Everyone Needs To Know (R) (Hardcover): Gary L. Wenk The Brain - What Everyone Needs To Know (R) (Hardcover)
Gary L. Wenk
R1,326 R1,076 Discovery Miles 10 760 Save R250 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What is the principle purpose of a brain? A simple question, but the answer has taken millennia for us to begin to understand. So critical for our everyday existence, the brain still remains somewhat a mystery. Gary L. Wenk takes us on a tour of what we do know about this enigmatic organ, showing us how the workings of the human brain produce our thoughts, feelings, and fears, and answering questions such as: How did humans evolve such a big brain? What is an emotion and why do we have them? What is a memory and why do we forget so easily? How does your diet affect how you think and feel? What happens when your brain gets old? Throughout human history, ignorance about the brain has caused numerous non-scientific, sometimes harmful, interventions to be devised based on interpretations of scientific facts that were misguided. Wenk discusses why these neuroscientific myths are so popular, and why some of the interventions based on them are a waste of time and money. With illuminating insights, gentle humor, and welcome simplicity, The Brain: What Everyone Needs to Know makes the complex biology of our brains accessible to the general reader.

Gender Medicine - The Groundbreaking New Science of Gender- And Sex-Related Diagnosis and Treatment (Paperback): Marek Glezerman Gender Medicine - The Groundbreaking New Science of Gender- And Sex-Related Diagnosis and Treatment (Paperback)
Marek Glezerman
R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Story of Us - A New Look at Human Evolution (Hardcover): Lesley Newson, Peter Richerson A Story of Us - A New Look at Human Evolution (Hardcover)
Lesley Newson, Peter Richerson
R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It's time for a story of human evolution that goes beyond describing "ape-men" and talks about what women and children were doing. In a few decades, a torrent of new evidence and ideas about human evolution has allowed scientists to piece together a more detailed understanding of what went on thousands and even millions of years ago. We now know much more about the problems our ancestors faced, the solutions they found, and the trade-offs they made. The drama of their experiences led to the humans we are today: an animal that relies on a complex culture. We are a species that can - and does - rapidly evolve cultural solutions as we face new problems, but the intricacies of our cultures mean that this often creates new challenges. Our species' unique capacity for culture began to evolve millions of years ago, but it only really took off in the last few hundred thousand years. This capacity allowed our ancestors to survive and raise their difficult children during times of extreme climate chaos. Understanding how this has evolved can help us understand the cultural change and diversity that we experience today. Lesley Newson and Peter Richerson, a husband-and-wife team based at the University of California, Davis, began their careers with training in biology. The two have spent years - together and individually - researching and collaborating with scholars from a wide range of disciplines to produce a deep history of humankind. In A Story of Us, they present this rich narrative and explain how the evolution of our genes relates to the evolution of our cultures. Newson and Richerson take readers through seven stages of human evolution, beginning seven million years ago with the apes that were the ancestors of humans and today's chimps and bonobos. The story ends in the present day and offers a glimpse into the future.

Human Evolution - An Illustrated Introduction 5e (Paperback, 5th Edition): R. Lewin Human Evolution - An Illustrated Introduction 5e (Paperback, 5th Edition)
R. Lewin
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 4 - 6 working days

The 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 the context of humans as animals, while also showing the physical context of human evolution, including climate change and the impact of extinctions. Chapter introductions, numerous drawings and photographs, and an essential glossary all add to the accessibility of this text.The fifth edition has been thoroughly updated to include coverage of the latest discoveries and perspectives, including:


- New early hominid fossils from Africa and Georgia, and their implications
- New archaeological evidence from Africa on the origin of modern humans
- Updated coverage of prehistoric art, including new sites
- New perspectives on molecular evidence and their implications for human population history.

An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at [email protected] for more information.

The Anatomy Of The Human Body (Paperback): W. Cheselden The Anatomy Of The Human Body (Paperback)
W. Cheselden
R760 R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Save R48 (6%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Humans - An Unauthorized Biography (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016): Claudio Tuniz, Patrizia Tiberi Vipraio Humans - An Unauthorized Biography (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Claudio Tuniz, Patrizia Tiberi Vipraio
R1,069 R983 Discovery Miles 9 830 Save R86 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Based on the latest scientific discoveries, this "unauthorized biography" of the Humans recounts the story of our distant ancestors during the past 6 million years, since the line of our extended family separated from that leading to modern chimpanzees. The book explains how different species evolved, both anatomically and cognitively, and describes the impacts of climatic and environmental change on this process. It also explores the nature of relationships within and between species, describes their everyday lives, and discusses how isolated individuals became members of larger social groups. The concluding chapters highlight the paramount importance of the emergence of symbolic thought and discuss its contribution to the formation of institutions, societies, and economies. The multifaceted picture that emerges will help the reader to make sense not only of "what we were", but also of "what we are", here and now. The book is both entertaining and rigorous in integrating results from a wide selection of disciplines. It will be particularly suitable for people with a curious and open mind, keen to overcome long-standing prejudices on man's place in nature.

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