Browsing Evolution: 117 records found Click Here to choose another location to browse. Do you want to add this location to your Want List? Click here for more information... Sort By: Most Recently Added Author Title Price Printable Version   NEXT 25--> 1 2 3 4 5 $10.00 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 ) * $8.95 Armstrong, Joseph T. The Evolutionary Hypothesis paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1041318. (filed under: Evolution ) * $10.00 Armstrong, Patrick Darwin's Desolate Islands Sandpiper Remainders 1992 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1023402. ISBN #0948251557 / 9780948251559. (filed under: Evolution ) * Armstrong, Patrick Darwin's Desolate Islands Sandpiper Remainders 1992 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1023402. ISBN #0948251557 / 9780948251559. (filed under: Evolution ) * stock image, actual book may vary $6.50 Berrill, N.J. Man's Emerging Mind Dodd Mead and Company 1955 Trade Paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or362470. (filed under: Evolution ) * $9.50 Boaz, Noel T. Eco Homo: How The Human Being Emerged From The Cataclysmic History Of The Earth Basic Books 1997 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or772314. (filed under: Evolution ) * Boaz, Noel T. Eco Homo: How The Human Being Emerged From The Cataclysmic History Of The Earth Basic Books 1997 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or772314. (filed under: Evolution ) * stock image, actual book may vary This volume argues that the ecological and environmental changes that may have occurred at the same time may have been the vital cause of the evolution from ape to modern human. It offers theories as how the evolution of the gorilla may be tied to a long period of global cooling; how the drying up of the Mediterranean may have decreased the salinity of the northern Atlantic, lowering its freezing point and culminating in the Ice Age; and how waves of climatic aridity led to the formation of the deserts and may have been responsible for pushing hominids out of Africa, not once but several times. The book aims to shed new light on humankind's irrevocable ties to its environment. $8.50 Bokun, Branko Man: The Fallen Ape Doubleday & Company, \Inc. 1977 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Book #or703643. ISBN #0385116292 / 9780385116299. (keywords: Women, History, Ancient Civilization, psycholoogy, Human Evolution, Science) (filed under: Evolution ) * $5.99 Bowlby, John Charles Darwin: A New Life 1990 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082341. ISBN #0393029409 / 9780393029406. (filed under: Evolution ) * Bowlby, John Charles Darwin: A New Life 1990 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082341. ISBN #0393029409 / 9780393029406. (filed under: Evolution ) * stock image, actual book may vary Charles Darwin: A New Life 511 pp. 9 1 4 x 6 1 4. Map illustrated endpapers as well as photos, maps, and document facsimiles."This new biography will strongly appeal both to those who know the life and work of Darwin 1809-1882 and to those less familiar with the famous naturalist and his theories of evolution and natural selection. The late Bowlby Personality and Mental Illness , a British psychologist, meticulously details the family background, education, scientific discoveries and publications of a young man who nearly became a country parson but boarded the HMS Beagle instead. It's an impressive story, and Bowlby does an excellent job of explaining the scientific context of Darwin's The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man , drawing extensively from the correspondence and journals of their author and members of his professional and personal circles. Additionally, the book proposes a new theory: that Darwin's debilitating bad health and depression stemmed from the death of his mother in 1817. Bowlby suggests that this sudden and silence-shrouded bereavement, along with Darwin's difficult relationship with his father, were the psychological causes of his emotional breakdowns and episodes of boils, vomiting, elephantiasis, rashes and heart palpitations."Keywords: CHARLES DARWIN BIOGRAPHY SCIENCE NATURE $10.00 Brace, C. L. ; Montagu, M. F. Ashley Man's Evolution : An Introduction to Physical Anthroplogy Macmillan Company 1965 Hard Cover. rubbing to DJ.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or422651. (keywords: Organic Continuity Taxonomy Bilogical Background Fossil Records) (filed under: Evolution ) * $10.00 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 ) * $8.95 Brackman, Arnold C. Delicate Arrangement: The Strange Case Of Charles Darwin And Alfred Russel Wallace 1980 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1051577. ISBN #081290883X / 9780812908831. (filed under: Evolution ) * Brackman, Arnold C. Delicate Arrangement: The Strange Case Of Charles Darwin And Alfred Russel Wallace 1980 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1051577. ISBN #081290883X / 9780812908831. (filed under: Evolution ) * stock image, actual book may vary A Delicate Arrangement: The Strange Case of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace $6.50 Brent, Peter Charles Darwin: A Man of Enlarged Curiosity Harper & Row 1981 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book. Previous owner's name in ink.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Previous owners name inking. Some staining to page edges. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or840357. ISBN #0060148802 / 9780060148805. (filed under: Evolution ) * $9.50 Brown, Michael H. The Search for Eve Harpercollins 1990 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or847246. ISBN #0060160551 / 9780060160555. (filed under: Evolution ) * Brown, Michael H. The Search for Eve Harpercollins 1990 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or847246. ISBN #0060160551 / 9780060160555. (filed under: Evolution ) * stock image, actual book may vary Presenting the latest findings and techniques in the search for the beginning of the human family, this book describes the methods which have evolved, from paleoanthropology to DNA analysis, and includes in-depth interviews with scientists who have worked in the field. Michael Brown is a journalist who has been nominated for 3 Pulitzer Prize awards. He has also written "Laying Waste" and "The Toxic Cloud". $5.50 Burne, David Get a Grip on Evolution BARNES & NOBLE 1999 paperback. 2003 edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or944227. ISBN #0760737452 / 9780760737453. (filed under: Evolution ) * Burne, David Get a Grip on Evolution BARNES & NOBLE 1999 paperback. 2003 edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or944227. ISBN #0760737452 / 9780760737453. (filed under: Evolution ) * stock image, actual book may vary Book Description Publication Date: April 1999 Series: Get a Grip on This text traces the discoveries and theories which try to explain how the giraffe got its neck, why big ears are good when things get hot, and how it is that someone called Lucy can claim to be everyone's greatest of great-grandmothers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. $3.95 Burne, David Get a Grip on Evolution Barnes & Noble Books 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or844098. ISBN #0760737452 / 9780760737453. (filed under: Evolution ) * $7.50 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 ) * $7.50 Calvin, William H. Brief History Of The Mind: From Apes To Intellect And Beyond 2004 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1073430. ISBN #0195159071 / 9780195159073. (filed under: Evolution ) * Calvin, William H. Brief History Of The Mind: From Apes To Intellect And Beyond 2004 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1073430. ISBN #0195159071 / 9780195159073. (filed under: Evolution ) * stock image, actual book may vary This book looks back at the simpler versions of mental life in apes, Neanderthals, and our ancestors, back before our burst of creativity started 50,000 years ago. When you can't think about the future in much detail, you are trapped in a here-and-now existence with no "What if" and "Why me?" William H. Calvin takes stock of what we have now and then explains why we are nearing a crossroads, where mind shifts gears again. The mind's big bang came long after our brain size stopped enlarging. Calvin suggests that the development of long sentences--what modern children do in their third year--was the most likely trigger. To keep a half-dozen concepts from blending together like a summer drink, you need some mental structuring. In saying "I think I saw him leave to go home," you are nesting three sentences inside a fourth. We also structure plans, play games with rules, create structured music and chains of logic, and have a fascination with discovering how things hang together. Our long train of connected thoughts is why our consciousness is so different from what came before. Where does mind go from here, its powers extended by science-enhanced education but with its slowly evolving gut instincts still firmly anchored in the ice ages? We will likely shift gears again, juggling more concepts and making decisions even faster, imagining courses of action in greater depth. Ethics are possible only because of a human level of ability to speculate, judge quality, and modify our possible actions accordingly. Though science increasingly serves as our headlights, we are out driving them, going faster than we can react effectively. $10.00 Calvin, William H. River That Flows Uphill: A Journey from the Big Bang to the Big Brain Macmillan 1986 Hard Cover. DJ: Small tears, pieces missing. Book: spine shaken.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or462986. ISBN #0025209205 / 9780025209206. (keywords: COSMOLOGY EVOLUTION SCIENCE NATURAL HISTORY GRAND CANYON RIVER RAFTING) (filed under: Evolution ) * $10.00 Camp, L. Spraue De Great Monkey Trail 1968 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Ex-Library Copy. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1013268. (filed under: Evolution ) * $10.00 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 ) * $9.99 Carroll, Sean B. Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in The Search For The Origin Of Species 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067719. ISBN #015101485X / 9780151014859. (filed under: Evolution ) * Carroll, Sean B. Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in The Search For The Origin Of Species 2009 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1067719. ISBN #015101485X / 9780151014859. (filed under: Evolution ) * stock image, actual book may vary An award-winning biologist takes us on the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet. Just 150 years ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of how old it was? Vague and vastly off the mark. And our sense of our own species history? A set of fantastic myths and fairy tales. Fossils had been known for millennia, but they were seen as the bones of dragons and other imagined creatures. In the tradition of The Microbe Hunters and Gods, Graves, and Scholars , Sean Carroll s Remarkable Creatures celebrates the pioneers who replaced our fancies with the even more amazing true story of how our world evolved. Carroll recounts the most important discoveries in two centuries of national history from Darwin s trip around the world to CharlesWalcott s discovery of pre-Cambrian life in the Grand Canyon; from Louis and Mary Leakey s investigation of our deepest past in East Africa to the trailblazers in modern laboratories who have located a time clock in our DNA. Join him in a rousing voyage of discovery, from the epic journeys of pioneering naturalists to the breakthroughs making headlines today. $7.50 Chapman, Matthew Trials of the Monkey: An Accidental Memoir Picador USA 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1098037. ISBN #0312300786 / 9780312300784. (filed under: Evolution ) * $7.50 Clark, W.E. Le Gros Antecedents of Man; an Introduction to the Evolution of the Primates Quadrangle Books 1971 Trade Paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or439382. ISBN #0812962966 / 9780812962963. (keywords: EVOLUTION) (filed under: Evolution ) * $10.00 Corballis, Michael C. The Lopsided Ape: Evolution of the Generative Mind Oxford Univ Pr 1991 Hard Cover. Book: Clean text.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or352526. ISBN #0195066758 / 9780195066753. (keywords: SCIENCE THEORY PHILOSOPHY ORIGINS HUMAN MANKIND) (filed under: Evolution ) * $9.95 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 ) * 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. $3.50 Darwin, Charles Darwin Desk Diary 2009 Sterling 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or973019. ISBN #1402762445 / 9781402762444. (filed under: Evolution ) * Darwin, Charles Darwin Desk Diary 2009 Sterling 2008 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or973019. ISBN #1402762445 / 9781402762444. (filed under: Evolution ) * stock image, actual book may vary The year 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species . Celebrate the man who revolutionized science with this image- and information-filled desk diary, created by the Natural History Museum, London. It highlights major events and people in his life and work, including his historic voyage on the HMS Beagle. Throughout, the diary features artwork and photographs many drawn from the Museum s extensive archives. They include specimens he collected; various editions of his books; a letter from Darwin to his wife, Emma, containing his most solemn last request ; and much more. An introductory page gives key dates in Darwin s life, as well as websites with information on his heritage, evolutionary theory, and bicentenary celebrations.   NEXT 25--> 1 2 3 4 5