Evolution
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The Deadly Balance: Predators and People in a Crowded World
$28.00 Read moreThe predators that can hunt, kill and eat us occupy a unique place in the human psyche – and for good reason.
Whether it’s lions in Africa, tigers in India or sharks in the world’s oceans, we are fasc- Author: Hart, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1472985362
- Language: English
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Climbing Mount Improbable
$16.95 Read moreThe human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and function must be the product of design. How could such an intricate object have come about by c… [more below]
- Author: Dawkins, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 08 2016
- ISBN10: 0393354083
- Language: English
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Platypus Matters: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Mammals
$29.00 Read moreScientifically informed and funny, a firsthand account of Australia’s wonderfully unique mammals–and how our perceptions impact their future.
Think of a platypus: They lay eggs (that hatch into so-c- Author: Ashby, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 04 2022
- ISBN10: 022678925X
- Language: English
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The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story
$16.95 Read moreWinner of the Society for American Archaeology Book Award, The Neanderthals Rediscovered is a fascinating study of the Neanderthals, informed by the latest scientific developments and discoveries, now
- Series: Rediscovered
- Author: Papagianni, Dimitra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 0500296405
- Language: English
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Our Ancient Lakes: A Natural History
$29.95 Read moreThe unexpected diversity, beauty, and strangeness of life in ancient lakes–some millions of years old–and the remarkable insights the lakes are yielding about the causes of biodiversity.
Most lakes- Author: McKinnon, Jeffrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0262047853
- Language: English
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On the Origin of Species
$12.95 Add to cartIn The Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply-held beliefs of the Western world. Arguing for a material, not divine, origin of species, he showed that new species are achie… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Darwin, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0199219222
- Language: English
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The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
$19.00 Add to cartA landmark book of popular science that gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years–with charts and line drawings throughout.
“Fascinating…. A readabl- Author: Lieberman, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 01 2014
- ISBN10: 030774180X
- Language: English
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Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity
$20.00 Add to cartA powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our secret to success as a species is our unique friendliness
“Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring–and a riveting read. Hare and Woods- Author: Hare, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 0399590684
- Language: English
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Living on Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World
$29.00 Add to cartThe bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.
If the history of the Earth were compressed down to a year, our species would arise in the last thirty- Author: Godfrey-Smith, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0374189935
- Language: English
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The Science of Why We Exist: A History of the Universe from the Big Bang to Consciousness
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the Big Bang and the evolution of the genetic code to the birth of consciousness, this is the extraordinary story of the chain of events that led to human life on earth.
Have you ever wondered wh- Author: Coulson, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1639366520
- Language: English
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Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory
$20.00 Add to cart“I often said before starting, that I had no doubt I should frequently repent of the whole undertaking.” So wrote Charles Darwin aboard The Beagle, bound for the Galapagos Islands and what would argua… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library Chronicles
- Author: Larson, Edward J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 08 2006
- ISBN10: 0812968492
- Language: English
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Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life’s Emergence
$29.00 Add to cartAn intriguing new scientific theory that explains what life is and how it emerges.
What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousn- Author: Walker, Sara Imari
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0593191897
- Language: English
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Extinctions: From Dinosaurs to You
$26.00 Add to cartA compelling answer to an important question: Can past mass extinctions teach us how to avoid future planetary disaster?
On its face, the story of mass extinction on Earth is one of unavoidable disas- Author: Frankel, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 29 2024
- ISBN10: 022674101X
- Language: English
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Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life
$32.00 Add to cartA New York Times-bestselling astrophysicist and a Nobel laureate take us on “a mesmerizing exploration” (Jennifer Doudna) to discover how and where the universe breathed itself into life
For a long- Author: Livio, Mario
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 154160296X
- Language: English
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The Darwinian Trap: The Hidden Evolutionary Forces That Explain Our World (and Threaten Our Future)
$31.00 Add to cartA provocative exploration of how humans are wired to seek short-term success at the expense of long-term survival–an evolutionary “glitch” that explains everything from toxic workplaces to climate ch… [more below]
- Author: Rönn, Kristian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0593594053
- Language: English
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Infinite Life: The Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution, and Life on Earth
$29.95 Add to cartAn expansive investigation into the most unifying and enduring structure in the history of life–and a story of biological richness at a moment when so much of our precious biodiversity hangs in the b… [more below]
- Author: Howard, Jules
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367748
- Language: English
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The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie
$35.00 Add to cartFrom a renowned biologist and best-selling author, a whole new way of looking at living organisms: reading them as documents describing ancient worlds
An exquisitely camouflaged lizard has a desiccat- Author: Dawkins, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0300278098
- Language: English
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Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans
$31.00 Add to cartFrom three-inch fang blennies to thirty-foot prehistoric crocodiles, from gaboon vipers to Neanderthals, Bite is a fascinating journey through the natural, scientific, and cultural history of somethin… [more below]
- Author: Schutt, Bill
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1643751786
- Language: English
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Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
$18.00 Add to cartA 1902 collection of essays by Russian naturalist and anarchist philosopher Peter Kropotkin. Originally published in “The Nineteenth Century” from 1890 to 1896, the essays examine mutually-beneficial … [more below]
- Author: Kropotkin, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0241355338
- Language: English
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First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human
$19.00 Read moreWinner of the W.W. Howells Book Prize from the American Anthropological Association and named one of the best science books of 2021 by Science News
“DeSilva takes us on a brilliant, fun, and scientific
- Author: Desilva, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0062938509
- Language: English
