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Evolving Eden

Author : Alan Turner
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231119443
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Evolving Eden written by Alan Turner and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Garden of Eden as the ideal and untouched site of life's creation persists in popular thought, even as we have uncovered a lengthy fossil record and developed a scientific understanding of evolution. The continent of Africa is a good candidate for Eden: its generally warm climate, rich vegetation, and variety of animal species lend themselves easily to such a comparison. Yet in the time since the first primates appeared millions of years ago, Africa has undergone profound alterations in physical geography, climate, and biota. Linking the evidence of the past with that of the present, this exquisitely illustrated guide examines the evolution of the mammalian fauna of Africa within the context of dramatic changes over the course of more than 30 million years of primate presence. The book covers such topics as dating, continental drift, and global climate change and the likely motors of evolution as well as the physical evolution of the African continent, including present and past climates, and the major determinants of plant and mammal distributions. The authors discuss human evolution as a part of the larger pattern of mammalian evolution while responding to the unique interest that we have in our own past. The meticulous reconstructions of fossil mammals in this book are the result of detailed anatomical research. Restorations of mammalian musculature and appearance take into account the affinities between fossil forms and extant species in order to make well-founded inferences about unpreserved animal attributes. Environmental reconstructions benefit from the authors' visits to more than a dozen wildlife preserves in five African countries as well as the use of an extensive database of published studies on the evolution of landscapes on the continent. A fascinating read and a visual feast, Evolving Eden lays the foundation for a deeper appreciation of contemporary African wildlife.

Up from Eden

Author : Ken Wilber
Publisher : Quest Books
ISBN 13 : 9780835607315
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Up from Eden written by Ken Wilber and published by Quest Books. This book was released on 2007-05-16 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles humanity's cultural and psychospiritual evolutionary journey over some six million years from its primal past into its dazzling cosmic future.

Dragons of Eden

Author : Carl Sagan
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345346297
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book Dragons of Eden written by Carl Sagan and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1986-12-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday . . . It's a delight.”—The New York Times Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends—and their amazing links to recent discoveries. “How can I persuade every intelligent person to read this important and elegant book? . . . He talks about all kinds of things: the why of the pain of human childbirth . . . the reason for sleeping and dreaming . . . chimpanzees taught to communicate in deaf and dumb language . . . the definition of death . . . cloning . . . computers . . . intelligent life on other planets. . . . Fascinating . . . delightful.”—The Boston Globe “In some lost Eden where dragons ruled, the foundations of our intelligence were laid. . . . Carl Sagan takes us on a guided tour of that lost land. . . . Fascinating . . . entertaining . . . masterful.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Beasts of Eden

Author : David Rains Wallace
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520237315
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Beasts of Eden written by David Rains Wallace and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-05-18 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Evolution and Eden

Author : Jerry D. Korsmeyer
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809138159
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Evolution and Eden written by Jerry D. Korsmeyer and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this study, Jerry Korsmeyer examines how an evolutionary perspective impacts on a traditional understanding of original sin. He reviews the history of the doctrine as well as the church's interaction with the theory of evolution. Using clues provided by evolution and process thought, the author suggests an interpretation of original sin that incorporates both modern Catholic scholarship and scientific evidence. Ultimately, he moves toward a theology of evolution."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

After Eden

Author : Kirkpatrick Sale
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822339380
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (393 download)

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Download or read book After Eden written by Kirkpatrick Sale and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sale asserts that vestiges of a more ecologically sound way of life do exist today, offering redemptive possibilities for ourselves and for the planet."--BOOK JACKET.

Self-Made Man

Author : Jonathan Kingdon
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780471159605
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Self-Made Man written by Jonathan Kingdon and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1996-11-04 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the most original and illuminating of books on human evolution." — Alison Jolly Princeton University Human Evolution from Eden to Extinction? "A major achievement . . . rich and bursting at the seams." — Elspeth Huxley "A deeply personal, challenging, and important book." — Roger Lewin The New Scientist "With the eyes of an artist and the mind of a scientist, Kingdon gazes into the past." — Times Literary Supplement "A provocative and lively saga of human origins." — Publishers Weekly "Thought-provoking, information-packed fare for general readers as well as paleoanthropology buffs. — Kirkus Reviews

Demons in Eden

Author : Jonathan Silvertown
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459627385
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Demons in Eden written by Jonathan Silvertown and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-08-22 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Silvertown here explores the astonishing diversity of plant life in regions as spectacular as the verdant climes of Japan, the lush grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, the shallow wetlands and teeming freshwaters of Florida, the tropical rainforests of southeast Mexico, and the Canary Islands archipelago, whose evolutionary n...

Evolving Out of Eden

Author : Robert M. Price
Publisher : Tellectual Press
ISBN 13 : 9780985136246
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Evolving Out of Eden written by Robert M. Price and published by Tellectual Press. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The now-indisputable reality of life?s evolutionary origins challenges some foundational doctrines of the Christian faith. The issues range from the nature of God as a creator and guiding hand in the lives of mankind to the Fall of Man as the impetus for the sending of a Savior. With the scientific evidence continuing to pile up, the responses of Christian leaders have themselves evolved into different forms. Biblical literalists remain a loud and stubborn voice of denial, yet they have found themselves in a strange and unwitting alliance with outspoken atheists by denying that evolution is in any way compatible with Christian doctrine. Many concerned believers are left walking a troubled middle path between Genesis and genetics, wary of the perils of losing their cherished faith on the one hand or their intellectual integrity on the other. Numerous science-savvy theologians have emerged to help them on their way, a whole cottage industry of guides working to establish their own different trails through the hostile territory outside Eden?s comforting faith-fairyland. Evolving out of Eden surveys these various efforts and offers its own frank reckoning of evolution?s significance for Christian belief.

Evolving

Author : Daniel J. Fairbanks
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 161614565X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Evolving written by Daniel J. Fairbanks and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this persuasive, elegantly written book, research geneticist, Fairbanks explains in detail how health, food production, and the environment impact our knowledge of evolution.

Relics of Eden

Author : Daniel J. Fairbanks
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615920099
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Relics of Eden written by Daniel J. Fairbanks and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2009-09-18 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the publication in 1859 of Darwin’s Origin of Species, debate over the theory of evolution has been continuous and often impassioned. In recent years, opponents of "Darwin’s dangerous idea" have mounted history’s most sophisticated and generously funded attack, claiming that evolution is "a theory in crisis." Ironically, these claims are being made at a time when the explosion of information from genome projects has revealed the most compelling and overwhelming evidence of evolution ever discovered. Much of the latest evidence of human evolution comes not from our genes, but from so-called "junk DNA," leftover relics of our evolutionary history that make up the vast majority of our DNA. Relics of Eden explores this powerful DNA-based evidence of human evolution. The "relics" are the millions of functionally useless but scientifically informative remnants of our evolutionary ancestry trapped in the DNA of every person on the planet. For example, the analysis of the chimpanzee and Rhesus monkey genomes shows indisputable evidence of the human evolutionary relationship with other primates. Over 95 percent of our genome is identical with that of chimpanzees and we also have a good deal in common with other animal species. Author Daniel J. Fairbanks also discusses what DNA analysis reveals about where humans originated. The diversity of DNA sequences repeatedly confirms the archeological evidence that humans originated in sub-Saharan Africa (the "Eden" of the title) and from there migrated through the Middle East and Asia to Europe, Australia, and the Americas. In conclusion, Fairbanks confronts the supposed dichotomy between evolution and religion, arguing that both science and religion are complementary ways to seek truth. He appeals to the vast majority of Americans who hold religious convictions not to be fooled by the pseudoscience of Creationists and Intelligent Design advocates and to abandon the false dichotomy between religion and real science. This concise, very readable presentation of recent genetic research is completely accessible to the nonspecialist and makes for enlightening and fascinating reading.

Exiles from Eden

Author : Kalman Glantz
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393700732
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Exiles from Eden written by Kalman Glantz and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the qualities humans developed in order to become successful hunter-gatherers, describes the problems these qualities cause today, and explains how psychotherapy can help

On the Backs of Tortoises

Author : Elizabeth Hennessy
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300249152
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book On the Backs of Tortoises written by Elizabeth Hennessy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful exploration of the iconic Galápagos tortoises, and how their fate is inextricably linked to our own in a rapidly changing world. Finalist for the 2020 E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, sponsored by PEN America Literary Awards The Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine nature. For sixty years, conservationists have worked to restore this evolutionary Eden after centuries of exploitation at the hands of pirates, whalers, and island settlers. This book tells the story of the islands’ namesakes—the giant tortoises—as coveted food sources, objects of natural history, and famous icons of conservation and tourism. By doing so, it brings into stark relief the paradoxical, and impossible, goal of conserving species by trying to restore a past state of prehistoric evolution. The tortoises, Elizabeth Hennessy demonstrates, are not prehistoric, but rather microcosms whose stories show how deeply human and nonhuman life are entangled. In a world where evolution is thoroughly shaped by global history, Hennessy puts forward a vision for conservation based on reckoning with the past, rather than trying to erase it. “Fresh, insightful . . . Hennessy’s melding of human and natural history makes for thought-provoking reading.” —Booklist (starred review) “Gripping . . . well-researched and thought-provoking . . . whether you’re well-versed in the intricacies of conservation or have only just begun to long for a look at the tortoises yourself. On the Backs of Tortoises is a natural history that asks important questions, and challenges us to think about how best to answer them.” —Genevieve Valentine, NPR “Wonderfully interesting, informative, and engaging, as well as scholarly.” —Janet Browne, author of Charles Darwin: Voyaging and Charles Darwin: The Power of Place

Evolving in Eden

Author : Bob Enick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978705206
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Evolving in Eden written by Bob Enick and published by . This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

River Out of Eden

Author : Richard Dawkins
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786724269
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book River Out of Eden written by Richard Dawkins and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the replication bomb we call ”life” begin and where in the world, or rather, in the universe, is it heading? Writing with characteristic wit and an ability to clarify complex phenomena (the New York Times described his style as ”the sort of science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius”), Richard Dawkins confronts this ancient mystery.

Banished from Eden

Author : Raymund Schwager
Publisher : Gracewing Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780852446065
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Banished from Eden written by Raymund Schwager and published by Gracewing Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Christian message of the drama of salvation provides the context for the dynamic exploration of the fundamental issues for human self-reflection and for theological enquiry. English language publication of this, the final work of Raymund Schwager, one of the key exponents of the ideas of Rene Girard, has been eagerly awaited."--BOOK JACKET.

Electric Eden

Author : Rob Young
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0865478562
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book Electric Eden written by Rob Young and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the 1960s effort to revive music in England that underscored the achievements of such period artists as Pink Floyd, Nick Drake and Led Zeppelin, providing insight into how their work reflected historical precedents while establishing models for present-day musicians. Original. 10,000 first printing.