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Publisher: koros press marine mammal biology: an evolutionary approach contributors/editors: yara bernaldo de quiros, oscar gonzalez-diaz, et alcom/animal-veterinary-sciences/-marine_mammal_biology:_an_evolutionary_approachdate: price: £ http://www
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The evolutionary mechanism of human dysfunctional behavior relaxation of natural selection pressures by ivan fuchs (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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"-natalie angier, new york times book review"by far the most professional and thorough case in favour of an evolutionary philosophy of science ever to have been madeit contains excellent short histories of evolutionary biology and of systematics (the science of classifying living things); an important and original account of modern systematic controversy; a counter-attack against the philosophical critics of evolutionary philosophy; social-psychological evidence, collected by hull himself, to show that science does have the character demanded by his philosophy; and a philosophical analysis of evolution which is general enough to apply to both biological and historical change"-michael ruse, biology and philosophy see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is one of a distinguished series of books, which hull himself editsmoreover, science as a process is one of the most compulsively readable books that i have ever encounteredi share his vision of a serious account of the social and intellectual dynamics of science that will avoid both the rosy blur of legend and the facile charms of relativismhull takes an unusual approach to his subjectbowler, archives of natural history "i have been doing philosophy of science now for twenty-five years, and whilst i would never have claimed that i knew everything, i felt that i had a really good handle on the nature of science, again and again, hull was able to show me just how incomplete my understanding was"-mark ridley, times literary supplement"hull is primarily interested in how social interactions within the scientific community can help or hinder the process by which new theories and techniques get acceptedoxfam books & music crouch end "legend is overdue for replacement, and an adequate replacement must attend to the process of science as carefully as hull has donethe claim that science is a process for selecting out the best new ideas is not a new one, but hull tells us exactly how scientists go about it, and he is prepared to accept that at least to some extent, the social activities of the scientists promoting a new idea can affect its chances of being accepted"-philip kitcher, nature "in science as a process, david hull argues that the tension between cooperation and competition is exactly what makes science so successfulbecause of hull's deep concern with the ways in which research is actually done, science as a process begins an important project in the study of sciencehe applies the rules of evolution in nature to the evolution of science, arguing that the same kinds of forces responsible for shaping the rise and demise of species also act on the development of scientific ideas
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One of the world's most respected psychiatrists provides a much-needed new evolutionary framework for making sense of mental illnesswith his classic book why we get sick, randolph nesse established the field of evolutionary medicinedrawing on revealing stories from his own clinical practice and insights from evolutionary biology, nesse shows how negative emotions are useful in certain situations, yet can become excessiveoxfam shop wetherby as new condition hardbacktaken together, these insights and many more help to explain the pervasiveness of human suffering, and show us new paths for relieving itnow he returns with a book that transforms our understanding of mental disorders by exploring a fundamentally new questionanxiety protects us from harm in the face of danger, but false alarms are inevitableother mental disorders, such as addiction and anorexia, result from the mismatch between modern environments and our ancient human pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregood reasons for bad feelings will fascinate anyone who wonders how our minds can be so powerful, yet so fragile, and how love and goodness came to exist in organisms shaped to maximize darwinian fitnessinstead of asking why certain people suffer from mental illness, nesse asks why natural selection has left us with fragile minds at alllow mood prevents us from wasting effort in pursuit of unreachable goals, but it often escalates into pathological depression
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Part three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futurein part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascarpublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornersaccessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biologyoxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectionvitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitatsthis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldwe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakesinternally clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepart one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializepianka and laurie ja definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earth
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But while the evolutionary origins of language have provoked speculation and impassioned debate, music has been neglected if not ignoredthe result is a fascinating and provocative work and a succinct riposte to those, like steven pinker, who have dismissed music as a functionless and unimportant evolutionary byproductalong with the concepts of consciousness and intelligence, our capacity for language sits right at the core of what makes us humanlike language it is a universal feature of human culture, one that is a permanent fixture in our daily livesoxfam bookshop cheltenham a fascinating and incisive examination of our language instinct from award-winning science writer steven mithenin the singing neanderthals, steven mithen redresses the balance, drawing on a huge range of sources, from neurological case studies through child psychology and the communication systems of non-human primates to the latest paleoarchaeological evidencesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The ideas presented here form a major addition to the widespread current interest in evolutionary theory as applied to human behaviourthese papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguably the central question in the study of human social evolution: how did the simple hunting and foraging bands of the upper palaeolithic evolve into the institutionally complex societies of the so-called neolithic revolution? the contributors to this volume are leading experts from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and game theory, all of whom share a common evolutionary perspectiveoxfam bookshop leeds 259ppsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Since minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incompleteif materialism cannot accommodate consciousness and other mind-related aspects of reality, then we must abandon a purely materialist understanding of nature in general, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmologyno such explanation is available, and the physical sciences, including molecular biology, cannot be expected to provide onethe book explores these problems through a general treatment of the obstacles to reductionism, with more specific application to the phenomena of consciousness, cognition, and valuethe mind-body problem cannot be confined to the relation between animal minds and animal bodiesthe conclusion is that physics cannot be the theory of everythingan adequate conception of nature would have to explain the appearance in the universe of materially irreducible conscious minds, as suchoxfam bookshop preston in mind and cosmos thomas nagel argues that the widely accepted world view of materialist naturalism is untenablesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand the cosmological history that led to the origin of life and the coming into existence of the conditions for evolution cannot be a merely materialist history
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead developmental genetics and plant evolution a benchmark text, developmental genetics and plant evolution integrates the recent revolution in the molecular-developmental genetics of plants with mainstream evolutionary thoughtit reflects the increasing cooperation between strongly genomics-influenced researchers, with their strong grasp of technology, and evolutionary morphogenetists and systematists who are more deeply rooted in comparative biology and patterns of plant evolutionthe cover corners are slightly bruisedfurthermore, it explores increasing knowledge of the physical expression of plant development from disciplines such as anatomy and paleobotanythe inside pages are clean and unmarkedthe distinguished panel of contributors has succeeded in capturing a demanding subject in an accessible volume for a wide range of professional botanists and students in developmental biology, applied molecular biology, molecular evolution, morphogenesis, organismal botany, and theoretical systematicsrather than focus on the technical aspects of plant genomics, this book provides genuinely integrated explanations of plant evolutionthe book discusses our increasing understanding of gene function and expression, along with modern phylogeniesin very good conditionit integrates morphological and molecular data to highlight specific key transitions in plant evolution that warrant additional intensive studysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are some dust marks to the page edge, more prominent at the corner
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The evolutionary grilllite solves many of the problems of outdoor barbecuing by providing instant light exactly where you need itour simple design features a heat resistant aluminum alloy light housing and adjustable 11
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This wooden finish feeding tray with detachable plastic tray cover is perfectly suitable for the evolutionary high-chairs "move up" from robaplease note that the maximum weight capacity is 25 kgadditionally, the feeding tray can be removed by one hand, and thus is convenient to getting your child in and out of the highchair easilyset up this practical feeding tray from roba for your children’s highchair
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Drawing on case histories from around the world, arthur kruckeberg demonstrates the role of landforms and rock types in producing the unique geographical distributions of plants and in stimulating evolutionary diversificationgeology and plant life: the effects of landforms and rock types on plants paperback – 1 jun
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She is registered with evolutionary dog pedigree as merle colouring is such a rare colour that it is not identified with kennel club read morewhich is heartbreakingshe is in the surrey areashe will only go to the best of homes that can give her all the love and attention she deservesshe is a beautiful merle french bulldog, she is 1 years old and comes with a very high pedigree, papers come with herour beautiful little lady has to be rehomed due to change in work commitments, unfortunately we cannot keep hershe is up to date with all injections and microchip
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A succession of bizzare evolutionary specimens have come and gone, from walking whales to sabre-toothed catssince the dinosaurs died out over 65 million years ago the earth has been dominated by mammalsthis book recreates spectacular and unfamiliar creatures in the context of their worldcompanion book walking with dinosaurs also availablevery colourful book on prehistoric beasts (p&p extra)the book reveals the ancestors of modern mammals and the arrival of man, and transports the reader to the icy plains of the mammoth, dark forests stalked by giant carnivorous birds and deserts dominated by 15 tonne indricotheres
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Mankind is on the threshold of the next evolutionary phase -- the era of the spiritual human
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Players will feel every adrenline fueled shot as they battle their way to supremacy updated and intracately detailed animation of player features, ball movement and crowd reactivity make this game visually more realistic than ever before easy to grasp 'pick and play' mode for beginnners where you set the pace and learn to master the shots expansive online mode for both ps3 and 360 play a range of different game modes new and original evolutionary visuals - watch your players get hot, sweaty, tired and dirtier the longer they playoxfam shop kendal case is in good condition, disc and manual are both inside and are in good conditionoutstanding new gameplay style with incredibly precise control over your movements, positioning and pacesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewatch the venue weather change from clear sunny skies to cloudy incredibly realistic venues - play at over 46 worldwide tennis venues
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The prints and mixed media, like much of his autonomous work, are based on his persistent fascination for natural and evolutionary processes, geology and historyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiregistered shipping in a cardboard shipping tubedimensions paper: 59 x 42 cmpeter van der heijden is a visual artist, lives and works in amsterdamepson archival matte paper6 from an edition of 50 exin perfect conditionin the netherlands, peter van der heijden is represented by gallery piet hein eek in eindhoven and gallery artttra in amsterdamhe makes collages, mixed media, installations, projections, works of art for the public space and is known for his experimental and multidisciplinary approachplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepeter van der heijden: 'schubert's delights i' hand-signed digital print fromdimensions print: 47 x 33 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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In this book, the author unravels darwin's life and contribution to biology in a brilliant and lucid manner, and traces the path from his scientific predecessors to the later modifications that his own evolutionary theories requiredhe spent most of his life in seclusion, a semi-invalid, riddled with doubts, faring the controversy his theories might unleashsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this way, he provides an unusually clear historical perspective on the progress from pre-darwinian biology to modern genetics and the crucial discovery of chromosomesoxfam bookshop cheltenham progress in genetics today would not have been possible without darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who determined belief in god's creation was remarkably timid
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Underlying his argument is the evolutionary view that the mind arose at a definite time in historyoxfam bookshop cheltenham in this book, one of the world's brain scientists takes us on a dazzling tour that covers such topics as computers, evolution, descartes, schrodinger, and the nature of perception, language, and individualitythis book ponders connections between psychology and physics, medicine, philosphy and moresee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book argues that biology provides the key to understanding the brain
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Stephen jay gould gives a summary of his critique of conventional "progressive" pictures of evolutionary change, using trees, ladders and conesoliver sacks offers tour of scientific roads not taken, or taken too laterichard lewontin rejects the attempt to reduce the complexity of living things to the simplicity of physicsoxfam bookshop cheltenham this volume examines the ways in which science is influenced by cultureit explores areas of darkness and forgetting in scientific research, and the use of inappropriate mechanistic metaphors in the understanding of biological systemssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejonathan miller, with typical wit and insight, shows how the discredited panacea of hypnotism could have helped to reveal a non-freudian view of the unconscious - an unconscious that is not simply the dark underside of the mind, but a powerfully enabling form of knowledgeit also considers the neglect of useful research that does not fit the current intellectual fashion in sciencethe history of science, daniel kevles recounts the the strange story of resistance to the idea that viruses can cause cancerit highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of life
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Incredibly, it is a skill that has its evolutionary origins millions of years ago, under the seawe put one foot in front of the other without thinking - yet how many of us know how we do that, or appreciate the advantages it gives us? in this hymn to walking, neuroscientist shane o'mara invites us to marvel at the benefits it confers on our bodies and mindswe must start walking again, whether it's up a mountain, down to the park, or simply to school and workin praise of walking celebrates this miraculous abilitywalking is good for our muscles and posture; it helps to protect and repair organs, and can slow or turn back the ageing of our brainsas our lives become increasingly sedentary, we risk all thissunday independent book of the week agreatread and argosybooks book of the month see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop billericay 'informative and persuasive enough to rouse the most ardent couch potato' (new scientist)irish times top ten bestsellerwalking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skillwith our minds in motion we think more creatively, our mood improves and stress levels fallit enabled us to walk out of africa and to spread as far as alaska and australiait defines us as a specieswe, and our societies, will be better for itwalking together to achieve a shared purpose is also a social glue that has contributed to our survival as a speciesand the latest research is only now revealing how the brain and nervous system performs the mechanical magic of balancing, navigating a crowded city, or running our inner gps systemit freed our hands and freed our minds
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De described it as a "powerful evolutionary thriller" and the ard said: "the meticulously researched images tell in grandiose, almost documentary images film jean-jacques annauds ("the name of the rose") "masterpiece of adventure film" (according to kinode) won two césars for best director and best film in , the oscar for best make-up in and received countless others prices"" see oxfam website for delivery information read more what life looked like in the distant pastoxfam bookshop skipton "the prehistoric times years agothe film does not curl up to the eye, but is characterised by its deeply humane messagethe ulam tribe has fire, but it cannot light it itself the lexicon of international film judged: "a carefully crafted adventure film that is elaborate, exciting and also stimulating", cinemathe only flame that goes out is starvation and cold death and the risk of wild animalsthree intrepid men are chosen to move out and a new one to find a flame and experience countless, sometimes very dangerous adventures
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George john romanes () was an evolutionary biologist and psychologist, a fellow of the royal society and a friend of charles darwinthis book is in two parts: ‘mind and motion’ was the rede lecture for , while the six chapters of ‘monism’ make up the bulk of the bookhardback, no dust jacketspine is worn top and bottomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinscription on ffep, and yellowed pages, but the book is generally in very good condition for its ageoxfam shop cowley road hardback with blue boards and black endpapers, published by longmans, green, & cofirst edition
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With case studies of films like parenthood (), american beauty (), little miss sunshine () and the kids are all right (), this original study synthesises leading discourses on media and cognition, evolutionary anthropology, literature and film analysis into a new theory of the storytelling instinctoxfam bookshop byres road this book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and questioning the ethics and efficacy of attempts to represent human social complexity in fictionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Combined with an evolutionary account of sensory representation, the result is a completely naturalistic account of phenomenal consciousnessin the first four chapters (the original jean nicod lectures), dretske focuses on what naturalistic representationalism reveals about introspective knowledge, intentionality, qualia, inverted spectra, the biological function of conscious experience, and the possibility of knowing what alien experiences are likecentral to dretske's approach is the claim that the phenomenal aspects of perceptual experiences are one and the same as external, real world properties that experience represents objects as havingoxfam bookshop preston how can the baffling problems of phenomenal experience be accounted for? in this discourse fred dretske argues that to achieve an understanding of the mind it is not enough to understand the biological machinery by means of which the mind does its jobit distinguishes, in wholly naturalistic terms, between what we experience (reality) and how we experience it (appearance)one must understand what the mind's job is and how this task can be performed by a physical system - the nervous systemdretske's theory of naturalistic representationalism is an approach to the study of consciousness that can pin down the slippery first-person aspect of our sensory and affective lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read more"naturalizing the mind" skilfully a representational theory of the qualitative, the phenomenal, the what-it-is-like aspects of the mind that have defied traditional forms of naturalismthe theory establishes a framework within which subjectivity can be studied objectively, explains the peculiar authority we enjoy about our own mental states, and provides a biologically plausible answer to questions about the function or purpose of consciousnesschapter five addresses anticipated philosophical objections to the theory
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Ownership signature to free end paper see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop canterbury  scott bain  addison wesley (27 feb
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Once our ancestors learned to put their heads together with others to pursue shared goals, humankind was on an evolutionary path all its ownbut they were almost entirely competitive, aiming only at their individual goalstomasello's "shared intentionality hypothesis" captures how these more socially complex forms of life led to more conceptually complex forms of thinkinga natural history of human thinking is the most detailed scientific analysis to date of the connection between human sociality and cognitionoxfam bookshop preston tool-making or culture, language or religious belief: ever since darwin, thinkers have struggled to identify what fundamentally differentiates human beings from other animalstomasello argues that our prehuman ancestors, like today's great apes, were social beings who could solve problems by thinkingwhat differentiates us most from other great apes, tomasello proposes, are the new forms of thinking engendered by our new forms of collaborative and communicative interactioneven language and culture arose from the preexisting need to work togetheras ecological changes forced them into more cooperative living arrangements, early humans had to coordinate their actions and communicate their thoughts with collaborative partnersin order to survive, humans had to learn to see the world from multiple social perspectives, to draw socially recursive inferences, and to monitor their own thinking via the normative standards of the groupsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this much-anticipated book, michael tomasello weaves his twenty years of comparative studies of humans and great apes into a compelling argument that cooperative social interaction is the key to our cognitive uniqueness
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Oxfam shop colne road director jon amiel's biopic explores the crisis of faith suffered by evolutionary scientist charles darwin (paul bettany)in addition to his concerns about emma, the worsening ill health of his beloved daughter annie soon leads darwin into a reassessment of his life's work, as he begins to fully realise the impact his theory will have on societyabout to publish the book that would question god's role in creation, darwin is forced to come to terms with how it will affect his deeply religious wife, emma (jennifer connelly)see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Each chapter of this accessible and lavishly illustrated book takes a major living group and presents thematic essays discussing the evolution of particular subgroups as they appeared on earth with reference to detailed comparative anatomy, evolutionary legacies, and the breakthrough theories of eminent scientistsaccompanying the essays are amazing photographic features that investigate the characteristics of individual organisms in detail: in some, remarkable fossils, assembled skeletons, and lifelike reconstructions are presented and analyzed; while in others, living species are depicted and compared in detail to their direct ancestors, creatures that may have lived millions of years agooxfam shop dumfries evolution: the whole story contains everything you need to know about the development and survival of life on earthsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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