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Alland Jr., Alexander Human Nature: Darwin's View Columbia University Press 1985 Hard Cover. Light shelfwear to the dustjacket.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or461185. ISBN #0231058985 / 9780231058988. (keywords: Evolution) (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Appleman, Philip Darwin W W Norton & Co Inc 1979 hardcover. . Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1134977. ISBN #0393950093 / 9780393950090. (keywords: DARWIN CHARLES 1809 1882 BIOGRAPHY) (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Armstrong, Joseph T. The Evolutionary Hypothesis paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1041318. (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Bergson, Henri Creative Evolution Henry Holt and Company hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1141436. (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Brace, C.L.; Montagu, Ashley M.F. Man's Evolution: An Introduction to Physical Anthropology The Macmillan Company 1969 Hard Cover. ink signiture on front end paper and minor highlighting throughout. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or439327. (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Burnie, David Evolution Time Life Books 1999 Soft Cover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or317675. ISBN #0737000368 / 9780737000368. (keywords: EVOLUTION SCIENCE) (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Campbell, Bernard G. Human Evolution; an Introduction to Man's Adaptations Aldine Publishing Company 1966 Hard Cover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or606397. (keywords: EVOLUTION HUMAN-EVOLUTIONAL THEORY) (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Chapman, Matthew Trials Of The Monkey: An Accidental Memoir 2001 hardcover. Inscribed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136410. ISBN #0312283571 / 9780312283575. (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Chapman, Matthew Trials Of The Monkey: An Accidental Memoir 2001 hardcover. Inscribed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136410. ISBN #0312283571 / 9780312283575. (filed under: Evolution ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "When Darwin called his second book The Descent of Man instead of The Ascent of Man he was thinking of his progeny." So declares Darwin's great-great grandson Matthew Chapman as he leaves behind his stressful career as a Hollywood screenwriter and travels to Dayton, Tennessee where in 1925 creationist opposition to the teaching of evolution in schools was played out in a famous legal drama, the Scopes Trial. The purpose of this journey is to see if opinions have changed in the seventy- five intervening years. A defiant atheist, Chapman is confronted not only by the fundamentalist beliefs that continue to banish the theory of evolution but by his own spiritual malaise as the outward journey becomes an inward quest, a tragicomic "accidental memoir". "First there was Charles Darwin, two yards long and nobody's fool. Then there was his son, my great-grandfather, Sir Francis Darwin, an eminent botanist. Then came my grandmother Frances, a modest poet who spent a considerable amount of time in rest-homes for depression From her issued my beloved mother, Clare, who was extremely short, failed to complete medical school, and eventually became an alcoholic. Then we get down to me. I'm in the movie business." Trials of the Monkey combines travel writing and reportage, as Chapman records his encounters in the South, with history and the accidental memoir of a man full of mid-life doubts in a genre-breaking first book that is darkly funny, provocative and poignant.
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Corballis, Michael C. The Lopsided Ape: The Evolution of the Generative Mind Oxford University Press 1991 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or951163. ISBN #0195066758 / 9780195066753. (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Corballis, Michael C. The Lopsided Ape: The Evolution of the Generative Mind Oxford University Press 1991 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or951163. ISBN #0195066758 / 9780195066753. (filed under: Evolution ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary How great is the evolutionary distance between humans and apes, and what is it that creates that gulf? Philosophers and scientists have debated the question for centuries, but Michael Corballis finds the mystery revealed in our right hands. For humans are the only primates who are predominantly right handed, a sign of the specialization of the left hemisphere of the brain for language. And that specialization, he tells us, makes a massive distance indeed, as he describes what exactly it means to be the lopsided ape. In The Lopsided Ape , Corballis takes us on a fascinating tour of the origins and implications of the specialization of the two halves of the brain--known as laterality--in human evolution. He begins by surveying current views of evolution, ranging from the molecular level--the role of viruses, for instance, in transporting genes between species--to the tremendous implications of such physical changes as walking on two feet. Walking upright freed our ancestors' arms for such things as tool-making and gesturing a critical part of early language . Corballis argues that the evolution of the brain--and language--was intimately tied up with these changes: The proliferation of objects made by early hominids, in an increasingly artificial environment marked by social cooperation, demanded greater flexibility in communication and even in thinking itself. These evolutionary pressures spurred the development of laterality in the brain. He goes on to look at the structure of language, following the work of Noam Chomsky and others, showing how grammar allows us to create an infinite variety of messages. In examining communication between animals and attempts to teach apes and dolphins language, he demonstrates that only humans have this unlimited ability for expression--an ability that he traces back through hominid evolution. After this engrossing account of what we know about evolution, language, and the human brain, Corballis suggests that the left hemisphere has evolved a Generative Assembling Device, a biological mechanism that allows us to manipulate open-ended forms of representation and provides the basis for mathematics, reasoning, music, art, and play as well as language and manufacture. It is this device, he writes, that truly sets us off from the apes. Both a detailed account of human language and evolution and a convincing argument for a new view of the brain, The Lopsided Ape provides fascinating insight into our origins and the nature of human thought itself.
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Darwin, Charles Darwin: Norton Critical Edition W W Norton & Co Inc 1979 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or952113. ISBN #0393950093 / 9780393950090. (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Darwin, Charles Darwin: Norton Critical Edition W W Norton & Co Inc 1979 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or952113. ISBN #0393950093 / 9780393950090. (filed under: Evolution ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "The best Darwin anthology on the market" Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard has just become better, in this newly revised version of the now classic Norton Critical Edition, first published in 1970. The impact of Charles Darwin s work on Western civilization has been broad and deep. As much as anyone in the modern era, he changed human thought, and his influence is still felt in virtually all aspects of our lives. This new edition, larger and more varied than the previous ones, includes more of Darwin's own work and also presents the most recent research and scholarship on all aspects of Darwin s legacy. The biological sciences, as well as social thought, philosophy, ethics, religion, and literature, have all been shaped and reshaped by evolutionary concepts. Excerpts from the most important books and articles of recent years confirm this Darwinian heritage. New work by Richard Dawkins, Edward O. Wilson, Kevin Padian, Eugene C. Scott, Steven Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Michael Ruse, Frans de Waal, Noretta Koertge, George C. Williams, George Levine, Stephen Jay Gould, Gillian Beer, Ernst Mayr, and many others illuminates this exciting intellectual history. A wide-ranging new introduction by the editor provides context and coherence to this rich body of engaging material, much of which will be shaping human thought well into the new century. This edition will be useful to scientists and historians alike: "The Norton Darwin explains Darwinian evolution and illustrates the social and intellectual conflicts of the past two centuries better than any other book that I am aware of." Charles Taylor, Professor of Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, University of California, Los Angeles And it will be of great value to the humanities and social sciences as well: "The edition provides the sharpest and most exciting access to Darwin we have ever had. It shows all of us interested in the heart of our intellectual heritage how that heritage is sustained, manipulated, and honored." James R. Kincaid, Aerol Arnold Professor of English, University of Southern California A Selected Bibliography and an Index are inclu
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Darwin, Charles Descent Of Man And Selection in Relation To Sex hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1130559. (keywords: EVOLUTION) (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Darwin, Charles Origin Of Species hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1124278. (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Darwin, Charles The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Definitive Edition Oxford University Press 1998 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1139799. ISBN #0195112717 / 9780195112719. (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Darwin, Charles The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Definitive Edition Oxford University Press 1998 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1139799. ISBN #0195112717 / 9780195112719. (filed under: Evolution ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Why do dogs wag their tails and cats purr? Why do we get embarrassed, and why does embarrassment make us blush? Why do we frown when we're disappointed? These any many other questions about the emotional life of humans and animals are answered in this remarkable book. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals was an immediate best-seller when it was first published in 1872 and still provides the point of departure for research into emotion and facial expression. In his study of infants and children including delightful observations of his own baby's smiles and pouts , of the insane, of painting and sculpture, of cats and dogs and monkeys, and of the ways that people in different cultures express their feelings, Darwin's insights have not been surpassed by modern science. This definitive edition contains a substantial new Introduction and Afterword by Paul Ekman. Ekman also provides commentaries that use the latest scientific knowledge to elaborate, support, and occasionally challenge Darwin's study. When it originally appeared, this was the first scientific book to contain photographic reproductions. For this edition, Ekman has returned to Darwin's original notes in order to produce, for the first time, a corrected, authoritative text illustrated by drawings and photographs positioned exactly as its author intended. The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals reminds us that, in addition to being the nineteenth century's most influential thinker, Darwin was also a writer of consummate skill. Beautifully and profusely illustrated, and filled with insights that immediately ring true, this new edition promises to delight and enthrall a new generation of readers.
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Darwin, Charles The Origin Of Species Barnes & Noble 2004 paperback. School price sticker on back cover.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1141521. ISBN #1593080778 / 9781593080778. (filed under: Evolution ) *
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DARWIN; Huxley, Julian Julian Huxley Presents The Living Thoughts Of Darwin mass market paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1059577. (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Dawkins, Richard The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage To The Dawn Of Evolution Mariner Books 2005 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1142254. ISBN #061861916X / 9780618619160. (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Denton, Michael Evolution: A Theory in Crisis Adler & Adler Pub 1986 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1087888. ISBN #0917561058 / 9780917561054. (filed under: Evolution ) *
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Denton, Michael Evolution: A Theory in Crisis Adler & Adler Pub 1986 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1087888. ISBN #0917561058 / 9780917561054. (filed under: Evolution ) *
Dr. Denton's book sets out to explain the gathering scientific evidence against evolution in its traditional form. It is a clear account of a growing crisis in biology and enables us to understand why an increasing number of research scientists are questioning strict Darwinism.
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