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Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations. by M. Fagan, Brian,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Brian M. FaganOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2003.Where do we come from? How did our ancestors settle this planet? How did the great historic civilizations of the world develop? How does a past so shadowy that it has to be painstakingly reconstructed from fragmentary, largely unwritten records nonetheless make us who and what we are? These 36 lectures bring you the answers that scientific and archaeological research and theorizing suggest about human origins, how populations developed, and the ways in which civilizations spread throughout the globe. It's a fascinating 36-lecture narrative that covers human prehistory from our beginnings more than 2.5 million years ago up to and beyond the advent of the world's first preindustrial civilizations.Along the way, you'll explore a fascinating set of civilizations, including Homo habilis (the first tool-making hominid); the Cro-Magnons, among the first known artists as well as hunter-gatherers; Sumerian civilization in Mesopotamia and the intricate patchwork of city-states between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; and the mysterious Harappan civilization of the Indus. Woven through this narrative is a set of pervasive themes: emerging human biological and cultural diversity, the impact of human adaptations to climatic and environmental change, and the importance of seeing prehistory not merely as a chronicle of archaeological sites but of the stories of the people who created them.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Ancient.; Instructional films.; Documentary films.; History.; Archaeology.; Evolution (Biology).; Prehistoric peoples.;
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Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants. by Siberry, Jeff,film director.; Jackman, Hugh,actor.; Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Hugh JackmanOriginally produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2024.Australia was once home to a group of extraordinary animals known as Megafauna. These giants lived here for millions of years, but in a blink of time, they disappeared. What became of them has been debated for over a century, but now a team of scientists are re-opening this paleolithic cold case.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Motion pictures--Australia.; Animals.; Extinction (Biology).; Australia.; Nature.; Documentary television programs.; Paleontology.;
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Afterland / by Beukes, Lauren,author.;
Twelve-year-old Miles is one of the last boys alive, and his mother, Cole, will protect him at all costs. On the run after a horrific act of violence--and pursued by Cole's own ruthless sister, Billie--all Cole wants is to raise her kid somewhere he won't be preyed on as a reproductive resource or a sex object or a stand-in son. Someplace like home. To get there, Cole and Miles must journey across a changed America, in disguise as mother and daughter. From a military base in Seattle to a luxury bunker, from an anarchist commune in Salt Lake City to a roaming cult that's all too ready to see Miles as the answer to their prayers, the two race to stay ahead at every step ... even as Billie and her sinister crew draw closer.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Dystopian fiction.; Road fiction.; Dystopias; Survival; Mothers and sons; Sisters; Epidemics; Men; Extinction (Biology); Voyages and travels;
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Tiny + wild : build a small-scale meadow anywhere / by Gardner, Graham Laird,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-169) and index."Tiny & Wild is the essential guide to creating a small-scale mini meadow that's filled with low-maintenance plants to please both pollinators and people."--
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Meadow ecology.; Meadow gardening.; Meadow plants.; Natural landscaping; Urban ecology (Biology); Wild flower gardening.; Wild flowers;
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Survival of the fittest. by Donnelly, Rebecca.; Saburi, Misa.;
Includes bibliographical references."Welcome back to Survival of the Fittest! Here, animals of all sizes and skills compete to see who can come up with the most useful and clever design for a product based on something in the natural world. Today's theme is: Medical Marvels! Dive in with Mosquito, Sea Urchin, Octopus, and more as they present inventions inspired by their own unique anatomy. From sticky suction cups to water-repellent skin, who will impress the sharks the most?"--
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Animal comics.; Educational comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Medical technology; Technological innovations; Inventions; Animals; Adaptation (Biology); Cartoons and comics.;
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Juicy realm [electronic resource]. by Sony Computer Entertainment.;
Game.Juicy Realm is a roguelite game in which players must square off against bizarre fruits all across the world. The line between the animal and the plant world has become blurred, and the food chain has been completely disrupted. Humans, upon making this incredible discovery, have set up outposts along the border of the aggressive plants' habitat for investigations, defense, and in preparation for what may come. You take the role of a soldier on the front lines charged with confronting this strange new enemy. "Many years in the future, humanity looks upward in despair at plants, now standing atop the food chain. How could they have been so arrogant ... " Only when plants began sprouting arms and legs and developing self-awareness did humanity truly begin to understand the menace that these once photosynthesis-dependent creatures posed. No one could understand how the plants took this large evolutionary leap in such a short time, something that took their animal counterparts millions of years to accomplish. One thing is certain, now is the time for humanity to make their stand in order to stay at the top of the food chain.ESRB Content Rating: E10, Everyone, 10+ (Fantasy violence, mild blood).Ultra HD Blu-ray disc compatible with Playstation 5 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p/4K/8K ; in game surround sound ; 2 GB storage required ; Vibration function supported.
Subjects: Adventure video games.; Role playing video games.; Video games.; Action adventure video games.; Roguelike video games.; Sony video games.; Playstation 5 (Video game console); Video games.; Fruit; Plants; Juicy realm (Game); Evolution (Biology);
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Knowledge Encyclopedia : the World as you've never seen it before. by Hamilton, Jill.; Smithsonian Institution.;
Space -- Earth -- Nature -- Human body -- Science -- History.Presents a children's encyclopedia, focusing on space, Earth, nature, the human body, science, and history.
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Nature; Science; Civilization; Biology; Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries.; Encyclopedias and dictionaries.;
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On sex and gender : a commonsense approach / by Coleman, Doriane Lambelet,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."On Sex and Gender focuses on three sequential and consequential questions: What is sex -- as opposed to gender? How does sex matter in our everyday lives? And how should it be reflected in law and policy? All three are front-and-center in American politics: They are included in both of the major parties' political platforms. They are the subject of ongoing litigation in the federal courts and of highly contentious legislation on Capitol Hill. And they are a pivotal issue in the culture war between left and right playing out on battlegrounds from campuses and school boards to op-ed pages and corporate handbooks. Doriane Coleman challenges both sides to chart a new way forward. She argues that denying biological sex would have profound and detrimental effects on women's equal opportunity and on the health and welfare of society generally. Structural sexism needed to be dismantled -- a true achievement of feminism and an ongoing fight -- but sex blindness is not the next step forward. This book is a clear guide for reasonable Americans on the issue of gender and sex -- something everyone is terrified to discuss. Coleman shows equally that the science is settled but there is a middle ground on protecting both women's rights and trans rights. She livens her narrative with a sequence of portraits of exceptional human beings who have fought to advance the cause of equality from legal pioneers like Myra Bradwell and Ketanji Brown Jackson to champion athletes like Caster Semenya and Cate Campbell to civil rights giants like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Pauli Murray. Above all, Coleman reminds us that sex -- the male and the female body -- is good for three reasons. Sex is good for procreation, it's good for sexual pleasure, and it's good for something in our natural lives to be beautiful"--
Subjects: Feminism; Gender identity; Sex (Biology); Sex and law; Women's rights;
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Replaceable you : adventures in human anatomy / by Roach, Mary,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the New York Times best-selling author of Stiff and Fuzz, a rollicking exploration of the quest to re-create the impossible complexities of human anatomy including difficult questions prompted by the human body's failings"--
Subjects: Artificial organs.; Biomedical engineering.; Human anatomy.; Human physiology.; Implants, Artificial.; Organs (Anatomy); Prosthesis.; Regeneration (Biology); Surgery, Plastic.; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.;
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Wild cards [graphic novel] : drawing of cards / by Cornell, Paul,author.; Hawthorne, Mike,illustrator.; Balám, Enid,illustrator.; Di Benedetto, Andriano,illustrator.; Townsend, Lee,illustrator.; Redmond, Ruth,colourist.; Petit, Cory,letterer.; Waldrop, Howard,author.; Martin, George R. R.,author.; Zelazny, Roger,author.;
T+.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Science fiction comics.; Extraterrestrial beings; Viruses; Mutation (Biology); Superheroes; Supervillains;
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