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1) Galapagos
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English
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Observed by a ghost of the Vietnam War for one million years, the descendants of survivors of a cruise to the Galapagos Archipielago prove Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The ghost of a shipbuilder tells the story of an ill-fated cruise to the Galapagos Islands.
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English
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"Ramsay can feel his brain changing--and his body, too. He's becoming something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human. As he sets out to discover who did this to him, and why, his transformation threatens everything: his family, his job, even his freedom. Because the truth of what's happened to him is more disturbing than he could possibly imagine. His DNA has been rewritten with a genetic-engineering breakthrough beyond anything...
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English
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In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman — chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field — gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning this paradox: greater longevity...
5) Noumenon
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Noumenon volume 1
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English
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In 2088, humankind is at last ready to explore beyond Earth’s solar system. But one uncertainty remains: Where do we go? Astrophysicist Reggie Straifer has an idea. He’s discovered an anomalous star that appears to defy the laws of physics, and proposes the creation of a deep-space mission to find out whether the star is a weird natural phenomenon, or something manufactured. The journey will take eons. In order to maintain the genetic talent of...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2009
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xi, 273 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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English
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Just 28,000 years ago, the blink of an eye in geological time, the last of Neanderthals died out in their last outpost, in caves near Gibraltar. Thanks to cartoons and folk accounts we have a distorted view of these other humans -- for that is what they were. We think of them as crude and clumsy and not very bright, easily driven to extinction by the lithe, smart modern humans that came out of Africa some 100,000 years ago. But was it really as simple...
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Ironweed film club volume no. 55
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Ironweed Film Club
Pub. Date
c2010
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1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The wake up call, anybody listening?: Are crop circles the first physical manifestation of ET communications that humans can actually see? Experience the flawless precision & sacred geometry of crop circles for yourself in this amazing documentary. Although some crop circles might be man made, others defy that conclusion. Whether man made in some traditional sense, a manifestation of some unknown earth-produced technology, or communications for afar......
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Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2020
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xii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 23 cm.
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English
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Somewhere west of Munich, paleontologist Madelaine B©œhme and her colleagues dig for clues to the origins of humankind. What they discover is beyond anything they ever imagined: the twelve-million-year-old bones of Danuvius guggenmosi make headlines around the world.
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Basic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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viii, 335 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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What enabled humans to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? In Transcendence, Vince argues that modern humans are the product of a nuanced coevolution of their genes, environment, and culture that goes back into deep time.
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014
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xiv, 220 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
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English
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Over the past 180 years scientists have discovered evidence that at least twenty-seven species of humans evolved on planet Earth. What enabled us to survive when all the others were shown the evolutionary door? Chip Walter tells the intriguing tale of how against all odds and despite nature’s capricious ways we stand here today, the planet’s most dominant species. Drawing on a wide variety of scientific disciplines, he reveals how a rare evolutionary...
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1996
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xix, 392 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Offers individualized nutrition plans for each blood type, with information on which foods, spices, teas, and condiments to use for optimal health; which vitamins and supplements to emphasize or avoid; and the best exercises to reduce stress and stay healthy.
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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viii, 354 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human. In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision--especially since our own adventurous ancestors spread across the world...
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
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ix, 574 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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English
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The discoveries of the last decade have brought about a completely revised understanding of human evolution, due to the recent advances in genetics, palaeontology, ecology, archaeology, geography, and climate science. Written by two leading authorities in the fields of physical anthropology and molecular evolution, Processes in Human Evolution presents a reconsidered overview of hominid evolution, synthesising data and approaches from a range of inter-disciplinary...
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Liveright Pub. Corporation
Pub. Date
c2012
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viii, 330 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going? In a generational work of clarity and passion, one of our greatest living scientists directly addresses these three fundamental questions of religion, philosophy, and science while “overturning the famous theory that evolution naturally encourages creatures to put family first” (Discover magazine). Refashioning the story of human evolution in a work that is certain to generate headlines,...
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2008
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229 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
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English
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Neil Shubin, a leading paleontologist and professor of anatomy who discovered Tiktaalik--the "missing link" that made headlines around the world in April 2006--tells the story of evolution by tracing the organs of the human body back millions of years, long before the first creatures walked the earth. By examining fossils and DNA, Shubin shows us that our hands actually resemble fish fins, our head is organized like that of a long-extinct jawless...
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Ecco Press
Pub. Date
2021
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208 pages
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English
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Part memoir, part scientific investigation, Racing the Clock is the book biologist and natural historian Bernd Heinrich has been waiting his entire life to write. A dedicated and accomplished marathon (and ultra-marathon) runner who won his first marathon at age thirty-nine, Heinrich looks deeply at running, aging, and the body, exploring the unresolved relationship between metabolism, diet, exercise, and age. Why do some bodies age differently than...
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
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xvii, 680 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Harvard University's Joseph Henrich, Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, delivers a bold, epic investigation into the development of the Western mind, global psychological diversity, and its impact on the world"--
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Times Books
Pub. Date
2012
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xii, 320 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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A leading researcher on human evolution proposes a new and controversial theory of how our species came to be. In this groundbreaking and engaging work of science, world-renowned paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer sets out a new theory of humanity's origin, challenging both the multiregionalists (who hold that modern humans developed from ancient ancestors in different parts of the world) and his own "out of Africa" theory, which maintains that humans...
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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322 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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"Artificial Intelligence helps choose what books you buy, what movies you see, and even who you date. It puts the "smart" in your smart phone, it has the run of your house, and soon it will drive your car. It makes most of the trades on Wall Street, and controls vital energy, water, and transportation infrastructure. But Artificial Intelligence can also threaten our existence. Though primitive today, 'intelligent' computer systems double in speed...
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