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The incredible unlikeliness of being : evolution and the making of us / by Roberts, Alice M.,author,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-386) and index.
Subjects: Human evolution; Biological Evolution.;
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Eve : how the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution / by Bohannon, Cat,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless curiosity and sharp wit, Bohannon covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex. Eve is not just a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Bohannon's findings, including everything from the way C-sections in the industrialized world are rejiggering women's pelvic shape to the surprising similarities between pus and breast milk, will completely change what you think you know about evolution ... and women. A 21st-century update of Our Bodies, Ourselves, Eve offers a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is and why it matters"--
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Sex differences.; Women; Women;
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Ancient bones : unearthing the astonishing new story of how we became human / by Böhme, Madelaine,1967-author.; Begun, David R.,writer of foreword.; Billinghurst, Jane,1958-translator.; Braun, Rüdiger,1966-author.; Breier, Florian,author.; translation of:Böhme, Madelaine,1967-Wie wir Menschen wurden.English.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-321) and index.A thrilling new account of human origins, as told by the paleontologist who led the most groundbreaking dig in recent history.-- Somewhere west of Munich, Madelaine Böhme and her colleagues dig for clues to the origins of humankind. What they discover is beyond anything they imagined: the fossilized bones of Danuvius guggenmosi ignite a global media frenzy. This ancient ancestor defies our knowledge of human history--his nearly twelve-million-year-old bones were not located in Africa--the so-called birthplace of humanity--but in Europe, and his features suggest we evolved much differently than scientists once believed.In prose that reads like a gripping detective novel, Ancient Bones interweaves the story of the dig that changed everything with the fascinating answer to a previously undecided and now pressing question: How, exactly, did we become human? Placing Böhme's discovery alongside former theories of human evolution, the authors show how this remarkable find (and others in Eurasia) are forcing us to rethink the story we've been told about how we came to be, a story that has been our guiding narrative--until now.
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Human beings.; Human evolution.; Paleoanthropology;
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Prehistoric life / by Lindsay, William.; Taylor, Harry.; Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.;
Explores the origins of life on earth--why it began in the sea and not on land, how dinosaurs ruled for millions of years, and how mammals and humans took over.
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Fossils;
© c2012., DK Publishing,
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One tiny bubble : the story of our last universal common ancestor / by Krossing, Karen,1965-; Lo, Dawn,1992-;
Includes bibliographical references.LSC
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Life;
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Rise of the mammals [videorecording] / by David, Keith,narrator.; Luck, Geoffrey,television director.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
Keith David.A major discovery shows how life came back after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs. With exclusive access to a fossil trove from the key first million years after impact, the film charts the rise of a new living world from the ashes.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Nonfiction television programs.; Historical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dinosaurs; Mammals; Extinction (Biology);
For private home use only.
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Brief candle in the dark : my life in science / by Dawkins, Richard,1941-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Explores the influences of fame on the author's career, shares memories about his intellectual peers, and evaluates the events and ideas that have shaped his beliefs.
Subjects: Dawkins, Richard, 1941-; Biologists; Evolution (Biology);
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Forsaken / by McBride, Michael.;
At a research station in Antarctica, scientists discovered a strange and ancient organism. They thought they could study it, classify it, control it. They couldn't. Six months ago, a secret paramilitary team called Unit 51 was sent to the station. They thought the creature was dead, the nightmare was over. It wasn't. In a Mexican temple, archeologists uncover the remains of a half-human hybrid. They believe it is related to the creature in Antarctica, a dark thing of legend that is still alive--and still evolving. They believe it needs a new host to feed, to mutate, to multiply. They're right. And they're next. And the human race might just be headed for extinction...
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Mutation (Biology); Evolution; Fossil hominids;
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Birds, sex, and beauty : the extraordinary implications of Charles Darwin's strangest idea / by Ridley, Matt,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In all animals, mating is a deal. But few creatures behave as if sex is a simple transaction. Many treat it with reverence, suspicion, angst and violence. In the case of the Black Grouse, the bird at the centre of Matt Ridley's investigation, the males dance and sing for hours a day, for several exhausting months, in an exhausting and sometimes deadly ritual called a 'lek'. To prepare for the ordeal, they grow, preen and display fancy, twisted, bold-colored feathers. But why are males the eager sellers and females the discerning buyers? Why do increasingly baroque and bizarre males put themselves at risk of attack by circling hawks and rival birds? And why are these displays considered beautiful by humans at all?
Subjects: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.; Birds; Evolution (Biology); Lek behavior.; Natural selection.;
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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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