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Beyond Evolution

Author : Anthony O'Hear
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191519669
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Evolution written by Anthony O'Hear and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1997-10-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony O'Hear takes a stand against the fashion for explaining human behaviour in terms of evolution. He maintains, controversially, that while the theory of evolution is successful in explaining the development of the natural world in general, it is of limited value when applied to the human world. Because of our reflectiveness and our rationality we take on goals and ideals which cannot be justified in terms of survival-promotion or reproductive advantage. O'Hear examines the nature of human self-consciousness, and argues that evolutionary theory cannot give a satisfactory account of such distinctive facets of human life as the quest for knowledge, moral sense, and the appreciation of beauty; in these we transcend our biological origins. It is our rationality that allows each of us to go beyond not only our biological but also our cultural inheritance: as the author says in the Preface, 'we are prisoners neither of our genes nor of the ideas we encounter as we each make our personal and individual way through life'.

The Edge of Evolution

Author : Michael J. Behe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743296222
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Edge of Evolution written by Michael J. Behe and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Darwin's Black Box draws on new findings in genetics to pose an argument for intelligent design that refutes Darwinian beliefs about evolution while offering alternative analyses of such factors as disease, random mutations, and the human struggle for survival. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

The Limits of Evolution

Author : George Holmes Howison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Evolution written by George Holmes Howison and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Limits of Evolution

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Total Pages : pages
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A Foot in the River

Author : Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0198744420
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book A Foot in the River written by Felipe Fernández-Armesto and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are a weird species. Like other species, we have a culture. But by comparison with other species, we are strangely unstable: human cultures self-transform, diverge, and multiply with bewildering speed. They vary, radically and rapidly, from time to time and place to place. And the way we live--our manners, morals, habits, experiences, relationships, technology, values--seems to be changing at an ever accelerating pace. The effects can be dislocating, baffling, sometimes terrifying. Why is this? In A Foot in the River, best-selling historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto sifts through the evidence and offers some radical answers to these very big questions about the human species and its history--and speculates on what these answers might mean for our future. Combining insights from a huge range of disciplines, including history, biology, anthropology, archaeology, philosophy, sociology, ethology, zoology, primatology, psychology, linguistics, the cognitive sciences, and even business studies, he argues that culture is exempt from evolution. Ultimately, no environmental conditions, no genetic legacy, no predictable patterns, no scientific laws determine our behaviour. We can consequently make and remake our world in the freedom of unconstrained imaginations. A revolutionary book which challenges scientistic assumptions about culture and how and why cultural change happens, A Foot in the River comes to conclusions which readers may well find by turns both daunting and also potentially hugely liberating.

The Princeton Guide to Evolution

Author : David A. Baum
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400848067
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Princeton Guide to Evolution written by David A. Baum and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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 contributions from leading researchers, the guide contains some 100 clear, accurate, and up-to-date articles on the most important topics in seven major areas: phylogenetics and the history of life; selection and adaptation; evolutionary processes; genes, genomes, and phenotypes; speciation and macroevolution; evolution of behavior, society, and humans; and evolution and modern society. Complete with more than 100 illustrations (including eight pages in color), glossaries of key terms, suggestions for further reading on each topic, and an index, this is an essential volume for undergraduate and graduate students, scientists in related fields, and anyone else with a serious interest in evolution. Explains key topics in some 100 concise and authoritative articles written by a team of leading evolutionary biologists Contains more than 100 illustrations, including eight pages in color Each article includes an outline, glossary, bibliography, and cross-references Covers phylogenetics and the history of life; selection and adaptation; evolutionary processes; genes, genomes, and phenotypes; speciation and macroevolution; evolution of behavior, society, and humans; and evolution and modern society

The Genesis of Animal Play

Author : Gordon M. Burghardt
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262025434
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Genesis of Animal Play written by Gordon M. Burghardt and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scientist examines the origins and evolutionary significance of play in humans and animals.

"The Limits of Evolution"

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book "The Limits of Evolution" written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Limits of Evolution

Author : George Holm Howison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780404591991
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (919 download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Evolution written by George Holm Howison and published by . This book was released on 1975-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Probabilistic Models of Population Evolution

Author : Étienne Pardoux
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319303287
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Probabilistic Models of Population Evolution written by Étienne Pardoux and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expository book presents the mathematical description of evolutionary models of populations subject to interactions (e.g. competition) within the population. The author includes both models of finite populations, and limiting models as the size of the population tends to infinity. The size of the population is described as a random function of time and of the initial population (the ancestors at time 0). The genealogical tree of such a population is given. Most models imply that the population is bound to go extinct in finite time. It is explained when the interaction is strong enough so that the extinction time remains finite, when the ancestral population at time 0 goes to infinity. The material could be used for teaching stochastic processes, together with their applications. Étienne Pardoux is Professor at Aix-Marseille University, working in the field of Stochastic Analysis, stochastic partial differential equations, and probabilistic models in evolutionary biology and population genetics. He obtained his PhD in 1975 at University of Paris-Sud.

The Limits of Evolution

Author : George Holmes Howison (professeur).)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Evolution written by George Holmes Howison (professeur).) and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Natural Limits to Biological Change

Author : Lane P. Lester
Publisher : Zondervan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Natural Limits to Biological Change written by Lane P. Lester and published by Zondervan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1984 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Limits of Evolution and Other Essays ... Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged

Author : George Holmes HOWISON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Evolution and Other Essays ... Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged written by George Holmes HOWISON and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Improbable Destinies

Author : Jonathan B. Losos
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399184937
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Improbable Destinies written by Jonathan B. Losos and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new book overturning our assumptions about how evolution works Earth’s natural history is full of fascinating instances of convergence: phenomena like eyes and wings and tree-climbing lizards that have evolved independently, multiple times. But evolutionary biologists also point out many examples of contingency, cases where the tiniest change—a random mutation or an ancient butterfly sneeze—caused evolution to take a completely different course. What role does each force really play in the constantly changing natural world? Are the plants and animals that exist today, and we humans ourselves, inevitabilities or evolutionary flukes? And what does that say about life on other planets? Jonathan Losos reveals what the latest breakthroughs in evolutionary biology can tell us about one of the greatest ongoing debates in science. He takes us around the globe to meet the researchers who are solving the deepest mysteries of life on Earth through their work in experimental evolutionary science. Losos himself is one of the leaders in this exciting new field, and he illustrates how experiments with guppies, fruit flies, bacteria, foxes, and field mice, along with his own work with anole lizards on Caribbean islands, are rewinding the tape of life to reveal just how rapid and predictable evolution can be. Improbable Destinies will change the way we think and talk about evolution. Losos's insights into natural selection and evolutionary change have far-reaching applications for protecting ecosystems, securing our food supply, and fighting off harmful viruses and bacteria. This compelling narrative offers a new understanding of ourselves and our role in the natural world and the cosmos.

DE EVOLUTION

Author : Jeff Frank
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1684096626
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book DE EVOLUTION written by Jeff Frank and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2016-12-22 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A large sophisticated telescope complex sits atop a dormant volcano in one of Earth's most remote locations. Some incredibly bright but fiercely independent folks operate it much of the time. They detect, map, and perform threat analysis of near-Earth objects. Shortly after the world narrowly escapes an extinction event, they start collecting pieces of a related cosmic puzzle. When they've connected enough of them, an intriguing and disturbing picture emerges. Yet the most revealing pieces don't reveal themselves until after all life on Earth already has begun marching in lockstep toward possible oblivion.

The Limits of Evolution

Author : George Holmes Howison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Limits of Evolution written by George Holmes Howison and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

LIMITS OF EVOLUTION

Author : George Holmes 1834-1917 Howison
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781373668592
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book LIMITS OF EVOLUTION written by George Holmes 1834-1917 Howison and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.