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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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An exploration of how the wild wolves became dogs, and how we learned to communicate and grow alongside the creatures we love.
"A sweet picture book about how dogs evolved from wolves to become man's best friend"--
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the most successful--and bizarre--animals ever to inhabit Earth: the dinosaurs. Filled with groundbreaking discoveries in dinosaur research from around the globe, Dinosaurs is a state-of-the-art guide to dinosaur biology, anatomy, behavior, evolution, and diversity, richly illustrated with artistic reconstructions that bring these iconic creatures to life,"--page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"This book covers the psychological aspects of human evolution with a table of contents ranging from prehistoric times to modern days. Dunbar focuses on an aspect of evolution that has typically been overshadowed by the archaeological record: the biological, neurological, and genetic changes that occurred with each "transition" in the evolutionary narrative"--
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Are men literally born to cheat? Does monogamy actually serve women's interests? These are among the questions that have made The Moral Animal one of the most provocative science books in recent years. Wright unveils the genetic strategies behind everything from our sexual preferences to our office politics--as well as their implications for our moral codes and public policies. Illustrations.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Studying animal behavior to understand human behavior.
"For eons, humanity's greatest minds--philosophers, theologians, and scientists--have lacked confirmable answers to the questions that define and explain the meaning of human existence: what we are and what created us. In [this book], Edward O. Wilson, examining evolutionary history further back than he has ever done before, delivers a revelatory account of the deep origins of society. Asserting...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Consider Miles Davis, horn held high, sculpting a powerful musical statement full of tonal patterns, inside jokes, and thrilling climactic phrases all on the fly. Or think of a comedy troupe riffing on a couple of cues from the audience until the whole room is erupting with laughter. Or maybe it's a team of software engineers brainstorming their way to the next Google, or the Einsteins of the world code-cracking the mysteries of nature. Maybe it's...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Was Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa? The Real Planet of the Apes makes the explosive claim that it was in Europe, not Africa, where apes evolved the most important hallmarks of our human lineage--such as bipedalism, dexterous hands, and larger brains. In this compelling and accessible book, David Begun, one of the world's leading paleoanthropologists, transports readers to an epoch in the remote past when the Earth was home to many...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A radically immersive exploration of three pivotal moments in the evolution of human consciousness, asking what kinds of creatures humans were, are, and might yet be"--
How did humans come to be who we are? In hiw widely lauded book Being a Beast, legal scholar, veterinary surgeon, and naturalist Charles Foster set out to understand the consciousness of animals by living as a badger and other species. Now he inhabits three crucial periods of human...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"What would happen to dogs if humans simply disappeared? Would dogs be able to survive on their own without the help of humans? Many people assume that dogs are so dependent on people that they could not and would not survive in a world without us. But is this true? And why does it matter to contemplate such a scenario? In this book, the authors argue that dogs would, as a species, survive without us and that imagining a world for dogs without humans...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators. On the other hand, human groups have produced ingenious technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions that have permitted us to successfully expand into a vast range of diverse environments. What has enabled us to dominate the...
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