War, Peace, and Human Nature: The Convergence of Evolutionary and Cultural Views, Fry Douglas P.
Автор: Barash David P. Название: Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature ISBN: 0199751943 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199751945 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5384 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: For all that science knows about the living world, notes David P. Barash, there are even more things that we don't know, genuine evolutionary mysteries that perplex the best minds in biology. Paradoxically, many of these mysteries are very close to home, involving some of the most personal aspects of being human. Homo Mysterious examines a number of these evolutionary mysteries, exploring things that we don't yet know about ourselves, laying out the best current hypotheses, and pointing toward insights that scientists are just beginning to glimpse. Why do women experience orgasm? Why do men have a shorter lifespan than women? Why does homosexuality exist? Why does religion exist in virtually every culture? Why do we have a fondness for the arts? Why do we have such large brains? And why does consciousness exist? Readers are plunged into an ocean of unknowns--the blank spots on the human evolutionary map, the terra incognita of our own species--and are introduced to the major hypotheses that currently occupy scientists who are attempting to unravel each puzzle (including some solutions proposed here for the first time). Throughout the book, readers are invited to share the thrill of science at its cutting edge, a place where we know what we don't know, and, moreover, where we know enough to come up with some compelling and seductive explanations. Homo Mysterious is a guide to creative thought and future explorations, based on the best, most current thinking by evolutionary scientists. It captures the allure of the "not-yet-known" for those interested in stretching their scientific imaginations.
Автор: Muehlenbein Название: Human Evolutionary Biology ISBN: 052170510X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521705103 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 9027 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This wide-ranging and inclusive text provides an invaluable review of topics in human evolution, variation and adaptability. The chapters are organized into four sections, exploring genetic and phenotypic variation, reproduction, growth and development, and evolutionary medicine. Two hundred discussion questions provide starting points for class debate and assignments.
Описание: Now updated and expanded, People and Nature is a lively, accessible introduction to environmental anthropology that focuses on the interactions between people, culture, and nature around the world.
Описание: Cold War Modernists documents how the CIA, the State Department, and private cultural diplomats transformed modernist art and literature into pro-Western propaganda during the first decade of the Cold War
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