Sex, Gender, Ethics and the Darwinian Evolution of Mankind examines the impact of Darwins Descent of Man on contemporary biology and the humanities.Its publication in 1871 was a founding event in anthropology. Its content w...Daugiau...
Sex, Gender, Ethics, and the Darwinian Evolution of Humanity examines the impact of Darwins Descent of Man on contemporary biology and the humanities. Sex, Gender, Ethics and the Darwinian Evolution of Mankind exa...Daugiau...
This book traces the history of how evolutionary biology transformed its understanding of females from being coy, reserved and sexually passive, to having active sexual strategies and often mating with multiple males. Why did it take so long to di...Daugiau...
This book traces the history of how evolutionary biology transformed its understanding of females from being coy, reserved and sexually passive, to having active sexual strategies and often mating with multiple males. Why did it take so long to di...Daugiau...
The book offers a radically new perspective on the origins of the love song and human sexuality in an evolutionary context. By comparing different human societies and animal species, past and present, it reveals that love songs, romantic love and ex...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 12-Jan-2021, Hardback, Leidėjas: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691191140)
In 1859, Charles Darwin proposed a mechanism for biological evolution in his most famous work, On the Origin of Species. However, Origin makes little mention of humans. Despite this, Darwin thought deeply about humans and in 1871 published The Desce...Daugiau...
Some Australian native birds become childhood sweethearts and court for years before they get married. Others divorce because of personality clashes and different skill levels. Many negotiate their parenting duties. But how do these personal life e...Daugiau...
From one of the worlds leading authorities on animal behavior, the astonishing story of how the brain drives the evolution of beauty in animals and humansIn A Taste for the Beautiful, Michael Ryan, one of the worlds leading...Daugiau...
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Suse Grützmacher, Jonathan Howard
Serija: The MIT Press
(Išleidimo metai: 14-May-2019, Hardback, Leidėjas: MIT Press, ISBN-13: 9780262039949)
An illustrated exploration of colors and patterns in the animal kingdom, what they communicate, and how they function in the social life of animals....Daugiau...
What is responsible for the differences between the sexes in so many animals, from the brilliant plumage of birds-of-paradise to the antlers on deer? Why are the traits that distinguish the sexes sometimes detrimental to survival? Ahy do males and fe...Daugiau...
Living in the remote forests of western central Africa, the mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is notoriously elusive and has evaded scientific scrutiny for decades. Yet, it is the largest and most sexually dimorphic of all the Old World monkeys, and perha...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 03-Apr-2018, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: Random House Inc, ISBN-13: 9780345804570)
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW, SMITHSONIAN, AND WALL STREET JOURNALA major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating prefere...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 30-Jan-2018, Hardback, Leidėjas: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691167268)
An exploration of animal behavior argues that the female brain drives the evolution of beauty in animals and humans. From one of the worlds leading authorities on animal behavior comes the surprising story of how the female brain drives the...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 09-May-2017, Hardback, Leidėjas: Random House Books for Young Readers, ISBN-13: 9780385537216)
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A major reevaluation of how evolutionary forces work examines how mating preferences, what Darwin termed, the taste for the beautiful, have driven adaptive evolution and created an extraordinary range of aesthetic and elaborate ornament in the anim...Daugiau...
Ši knyga nebeleidžiama, tačiau mes Jums pranešime naudoto egzemplioriaus kainą
An ecologist who has worked with Scientific American, PBS Digital Studios and Discovery World describes the difficult, varied, often violent and utterly fascinating mating and reproductive habits of the animal kingdom in their natural habitats....Daugiau...
Discusses the courtship, sex, and mating habits across the animal kingdom, covering birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and mammals, as well as invertebrates. This book discusses courtship, sex, and mating habits across the animal kingdom,...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 12-Nov-2015, Hardback, Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781107114616)
Living in the remote forests of western central Africa, mandrills are notoriously elusive and have evaded scientific scrutiny for decades. Recent research, synthesised here for the first time, sheds light on mandrill behaviour, reproductive biology a...Daugiau...
Sexual selection is recognized as being responsible for some of the most extravagant morphologies and behaviors in the natural world, as well as a driver of some of the most rapid evolution. While Charles Darwins theory is now a fundamental componen...Daugiau...
Perhaps one of the most important drivers of evolution, sexual conflict results from the differing genetic interests of males and females of a single species during sexual reproduction. This collection of articles written by experts in the field expl...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 15-Jan-2013, Hardback, Leidėjas: Columbia University Press, ISBN-13: 9780231160605)
Covering both the internal and external incubation of offspring, this book provides a biology-rich survey of the natural history, ecology, genetics, and evolution of pregnancy-like phenomena. From mammals and other live-bearing organisms to vivipa...Daugiau...
Serija: In Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical ScienceIn Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical ScienceIn Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical ScienceIn Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of B
(Išleidimo metai: 01-Oct-2011, Hardback, Leidėjas: University of Washington Press, ISBN-13: 9780295990941)
Are humans unwitting partners in evolution with psychedelic plants? Darwins Pharmacy shows they are by weaving the evolutionary theory of sexual selection and the study of rhetoric together with the science and literature of psychedelic drugs. Lo...Daugiau...
Serija: In Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical ScienceIn Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical ScienceIn Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of Biomedical ScienceIn Vivo: the Cultural Mediations of B
(Išleidimo metai: 01-Oct-2011, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: University of Washington Press, ISBN-13: 9780295990958)
Primary sexual traits, those structures and processes directly involved in reproduction, are some of the most diverse, specialized, and bizarre in the animal kingdom. Moreover, reproductive traits are often species-specific, suggesting that they evol...Daugiau...
Ši knyga nebeleidžiama, tačiau mes Jums pranešime naudoto egzemplioriaus kainą
Published on the anniversary of Darwins 200th birthday, this edition features excerpts from the landmark work that build on the evolutionary concepts introduced in On the Origin of Species. Published on the a...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 20-Aug-2009, Hardback, Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9780521864091)
Brings together new theory and empirical work, mostly in vertebrates, to test assumptions and predictions of skew models. Reproductive skew is the study of how reproduction is partitioned in animal societies. In many social animals reproducti...Daugiau...
Comparative analyses of the anatomy, reproductive physiology, and behaviour of extant primates and other mammals can offer important insights into the origins of human sexual behaviour, allowing us to reconstruct the origins of human mating systems,...Daugiau...
