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[32618] Archibald, J. David. Extinction and radiation: how the fall of dinosaurs led to the rise of mammals. Baltimore: 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, 108 pp., black and white photographs and illustrations, line drawings, maps. BRAND NEW.AU$87.00 In the geological blink of an eye, mammals moved from an obscure group of vertebrates into a class of planetary dominance. Why? J. David Archibald's provocative study identifies the fall of dinosaurs as the factor that allowed mammals to evolve into the dominant tetrapod form. Archibald refutes the widely accepted single-cause impact theory for dinosaur extinction. He demonstrates that multiple factors - massive volcanic eruptions, loss of shallow seas, and extraterrestrial impact - likely led to their demise. While their avian relatives ultimately survived and thrived, terrestrial dinosaurs did not. Taking their place as the dominant land and sea tetrapods were mammals, whose radiation was explosive following nonavian dinosaur extinction. Archibald argues that because of dinosaurs, Mesozoic mammals changed relatively slowly for 145 million years compared to the prodigious Cenozoic radiation that followed. Finally out from under the shadow of the giant reptiles, Cenozoic mammals evolved into the forms we recognize today in a mere ten million years after dinosaur extinction. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 32618] |
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[33725] Bergstrom, Carl T. and Lee Alan Dugatkin. Evolution: international student edition. New York: 2012. Octavo, paperback, 677 pp., colour photographs, maps, graphs, tables, diagrams. BRAND NEW.AU$120.00 Evolution makes the big themes in evolutionary biology accessible by introducing them early and integrating them thoroughly. Extensive, in-depth, current research examples, an emphasis on problem solving, and a stunning art program engage students, helping them to understand fundamental concepts and processes. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33725] |
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[33743] Brooks, Rob. Sex, genes and rock 'n' roll: how evolution has shaped the modern world. Sydney: 2011. Octavo, paperback, 303 pp., BRAND NEW.AU$35.00 Evolutionary scientist Rob Brooks argues that the origins of twenty-first century problems such as obesity, consumerism and environmental devastation can be found where the ancient forces of evolution collide with modern culture and economics. Brooks explores a range of topics including falling in love, making music, our obsession with rock 'n' roll, mating, fertility, obesity, consumption, and more and is able to illustrate how evolution stands alongside economics, anthropology, psychology and political science in shaping our world. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33743] |
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[33077] Chinsamy-Turan, Anusuya. Forerunners of mammals: radiation, histology, biology. Indianopolis: 2011. Large octavo, dustwrapper, 330 pp., colour and black and white photographs, line drawings, other illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$114.00 More than 300 million years ago, during the period known as the Carboniferous, there emerged a group of four-legged animals known as synapsids. Their descendents, the therapsids, would eventually give rise to mammals. Beginning with an introduction to the synapsids, their descendents, and the ancient world in which they lived, this remarkable book surveys their radiation, histology, and biology. It documents types of bone microstructure and their biological implications, provides insights into their biology and the evolution of endothermy in the group, and highlights areas for future research. A detailed guide to the synapsids, the book discusses the interrelationships within the group and their radiation from the earliest pelycosaurs to the diverse non-mammalian therapsids and later to the increasingly more mammal-like cynodonts. A chapter on the Karoo Basin of South Africa documents an unparalleled record of therapsid evolution and radiation and offers a unique perspective on therapsid biodiversity and paleoenvironmental analysis. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33077] |
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[25293] Danchin, Etienne et al., editors. Behavioural ecology. Oxford: 2008. Quarto, paperback, 874 pp., diagrams. BRAND NEW.AU$105.00 This book presents an insight into the evolutionary and ecological processes that underpin animal behaviour. It also provides an overview of the evolutionary and methodological framework of behavioural ecology. Why are some species monogamous while others are polygamous? Why are males usually more ornamented than females? What makes one organism the hunter and another the hunted? Why do some creatures stick together in groups while others prefer to go it alone? Can we talk of animal culture? "Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Perspective On Behaviour" provides a fascinating insight into the evolutionary and ecological processes that underpin animal behaviour. Opening with an overview of the evolutionary and methodological framework of behavioural ecology, the book goes on to explore behaviours in terms of the selective pressures involved in their design. It addresses natural selection, sexual selection, and gene selection, before closing with an investigation of the human impact on behavioural ecology. Featuring chapters written by university teachers, each with research expertise in their respective fields, "Behavioural Ecology" has been moulded by Danchin, Giraldeau, and Cezilly to give a uniform voice throughout: it is a text with all the qualities of a multi-author book, but without the usual defects., "Behavioural Ecology: An Evolutionary Perspective on Behaviour" offers a fresh, contemporary account of a field re-invigorated by advances in the last decade, making it the ideal teaching and learning text. From the Online Resource Centre: for registered adopters of the book, figures from the book are available to download, to facilitate lecture preparation; for students, library of web links are available, giving ready access to additional resources. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 25293] |
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[609] Darwin, Charles. The expression of the emotions in man and animals. London: (2009 reprint). Octavo, paperback, 512 pp., illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$33.00 200th Anniversary edition. Introduction, afterword and commentaries by Paul Ekman. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 609] |
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[31061] Ehrlich, Paul R. and Anne H. Ehrlich. Dominant animal: human evolution and the environment. Washington DC: 2009. Octavo, paperback, 464 pp., text illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$50.00 In humanity's more than 100,000 year history, we have evolved from vulnerable creatures clawing sustenance from Earth to a sophisticated global society manipulating every inch of it. In short, we have become the dominant animal. Why, then, are we creating a world that threatens our own species? What can we do to change the current trajectory toward more climate change, increased famine, and epidemic disease? Renowned scientists Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich believe that intelligently addressing those questions depends on a clear understanding of how we evolved and how and why were changing the planet in ways that darken our descendants' future. This book arms readers with that knowledge, tracing the interplay between environmental change and genetic and cultural evolution since the dawn of humanity. In lucid and engaging prose, they describe how Homo sapiens adapted to their surroundings, eventually developing the vibrant cultures, vast scientific knowledge, and technological wizardry we know today. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 31061] |
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[31546] Gould, Stephen Jay. Richness of life: the essential Stephen Jay Gould. New York: 2007. Octavo, dustwrapper, 653 pp., black and white illustrations, line drawings. BRAND NEW.AU$55.00 His prodigious legacy combined to make Gould the most widely read science writer of our time. This indispensable collection of forty-eight pieces from his brilliant oeuvre includes selections from classics such as "Ever Since Darwin" and "The Mismeasure of Man," plus articles and speeches never before published in book form. This volume, the last that will bear his name, spotlights his elegance, depth, and sheer pleasure in our world-a true celebration of an extraordinary mind. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 31546] |
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[33404] Gould, Stephen Jay. Dinosaur in a haystack: reflections in natural history. Cambridge MA: 2011. Octavo, paperback, 480 pp., black and white photographs, line drawings. BRAND NEW.AU$25.00 Evolutionary biologist and paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould has perfected the art of the essay in this brilliant new collection. These thirty-four essays, most originally published in Natural History magazine, exemplify the keen insight with which Gould observes the natural world and convey the infectious enthusiasm for fossils and evolutionary theory that has made his books award-winning, national best-sellers. In his latest musings on evolution and other natural phenomena, Gould reveals the uncanny interconnections among distinctly human creations - museums, literature, music, politics, and culture - encompassing a delightfully, wide range of topics, from giant fossils, fads, and fungus to baseball, beeswax, and blaauwbocks, from a humanistic look at Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Erasmus Darwin's poetry to the fallacies of eugenics and creationism and the moral imperatives of thinking people to meet the ethical challenges that pseudo-science presents. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33404] | |
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[29338] Isbell, Lynne A. The fruit, the tree, and the serpent: why we see so well. Cambridge MA: 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, 208 pp., line drawings. BRAND NEW.AU$80.00 The worldwide prominence of snakes in religion, myth, and folklore underscores our deep connection to the serpent - but why, when so few of us have firsthand experience? The surprising answer, this book suggests, lies in the singular impact of snakes on primate evolution. From the temptation of Eve to the venomous murder of the mighty Thor, the serpent appears throughout time and cultures as a figure of mischief and misery. The worldwide prominence of snakes in religion, myth, and folklore underscores our deep connection to the serpent - but why, when so few of us have firsthand experience? The surprising answer, this book suggests, lies in the singular impact of snakes on primate evolution. Predation pressure from snakes, Lynne Isbell tells us, is ultimately responsible for the superior vision and large brains of primates - and for a critical aspect of human evolution. Drawing on extensive research, Isbell further speculates how snakes could have influenced the development of a distinctively human behaviour: our ability to point for the purpose of directing attention. A social activity (no one points when alone) dependent on fast and accurate localization, pointing would have reduced deadly snake bites among our hominin ancestors. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 29338] |
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[21190] Kemp, T.S. The origin and evolution of mammals. London: 2005. Small quarto, paperback, 331 pp., text illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$87.00 Print on demand title. This book is an account of the remarkable 320 million year long fossil record that documents the origin of mammals, their long spell as no more than small, nocturnal creatures, and their explosive radiation since the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Molecular evidence and new fossils are used to explain mammal biogeography. Also available in hardcover [stock id 21186]. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 21190] |
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[33764] Krassilov, V.A. Terrestrial paleoecology and global change. Sofia: 2002 Octavo, laminated boards, 464 pp., colour photographs, maps, other illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$120.00 This text models ecosystem evolution integrating basic geologic, demographic, morphologic, genomic, and biotic interrelated changes. It presents ecosystem evolution as a sustainable oriented process with an increase in the biomass-to-dead mass ratio as a measure of progress. Palaeontology deciphers ecosystem evolution by estimating community complexity/diversity profiles. The concerted impact of geomagnetic, geochemical, climatic, and biological signatures determines geobiospheric crises starting from the earth's interior and culminating in the exterior crust, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere. Adaptive strategy is central in the evolutionary processes of origination and extinction, including genome evolution and the evolution of humans as the earth custodians. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33764] |
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[33460] Long, John A. Hung like an Argentine duck: a journey back in time to the origins of sexual intimacy. Pymble: 2011. Octavo, paperback, 278 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$30.00 Dr John Long give us a scientific but engaging look at how and why animals first became 'intimate' and where sex fits into the whole evolution theory. From the 42.5cm willy of the male Argentine duck to how snails and spiders reproduce - this is a fascinating book about, well, sex. Broader coverage of the evolution of sexual intimacy in the animal kingdom demonstrates that the gap between human and animal behaviour is not as large as many of you might have thought. Like an eagle up high looking down, such breathtaking views of evolution can only be appreciated by taking a very big step backwards from the primates to the primeval beginnings of our vertebrate line. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33460] |
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[24573] Margulis, Lynn and Dorion Sagan. Acquiring genomes: a theory of the origins of species. New York: 2003. Octavo, paperback, 240 pp., black and white photographs and text illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$35.00 This is the first work to integrate and analyze the overwhelming mass of evidence, now scattered in obscure journals, for the role of bacterial and other symbioses in the creation of plant and animal diversity. Sure to be seen as a groundbreaking and controversial book, it provides the most powerful explanation of speciation yet given. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 24573] |
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[24746] Mindell, David P. The evolving world: evolution in everyday life. Cambridge MA: 2006. Octavo, dustwrapper, 341 pp., text illustrations, maps. BRAND NEW.AU$50.00 Provides an account of how evolution has become a tool with applications that are thoroughly integrated, and deeply useful in our everyday lives and our societies. This book shows how evolutionary biology applies when we domesticate wild species for agriculture or companionship, or when we manage our exposure to pathogens to prevent epidemics. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 24746] |
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[28661] Morrone, Juan J. Evolutionary biogeography: an integrative approach with case studies. Irvington: 2008. Octavo, laminated boards, 301 pp., illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$77.00 Rather than favoring only one approach, Juan J. Morrone proposes a comprehensive treatment of the developments and theories of evolutionary biogeography. Evolutionary biogeography uses distributional, phylogenetic, molecular, and fossil data to assess the historical changes that have produced current biotic patterns. Panbiogeography, parsimony analysis of endemicity, cladistic biogeography, and phylogeography are the four recent and most common approaches. Many conceive of these methods as representing different "schools," but Morrone shows how each addresses different questions in the various steps of an evolutionary biogeographical analysis. Panbiogeography and parsimony analysis of endemicity are useful for identifying biotic components or areas of endemism. Cladistic biogeography uses phylogenetic data to determine the relationships between these biotic components. Further information on fossils, phylogeographic patterns, and molecular clocks can be incorporated to identify different cenocrons. Finally, available geological knowledge can help construct a geobiotic scenario that may explain how analyzed areas were put into contact and how the biotic components and cenocrons inhabiting them evolved. Morrone compares these methods and employs case studies to make it clear which is best for the question at hand. Set problems, discussion sections, and glossaries further enhance use. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 28661] |
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[33625] Naskrecki, Piotr. Relics: travels in nature's time machine. Chicago: 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, 342 pp., colour photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$64.00 Both complex and easy to understand, this new title makes the reader aware of our planet's past that surrounds us. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33625] |
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[28854] Novacek, Michael J. Terra: our 100-million-year-old ecosystem and the threats that now put it at risk. New York: 2007. Octavo, paperback, 451 pp., illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$25.00 In this brilliant synthesis of evolutionary biology, palaeontology, and modern environmental science, Novacek shows how all three can help readers understand and prevent what he and others call today's mass extinction event. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 28854] |
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[33697] Panafieu, Jean-Baptiste de and Patrick Gries. Evolution in action: natural history through spectacular skeletons. London: 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, 424 pp., black and white photographs. BRAND NEW.AU$45.00 Spectacular, mysterious, elegant, or grotesque, the vertebrate skeletons of Earth's fossil record carry within them the traces of several billion years of life. "Evolution in Action", a resounding success on its initial publication in 2007, is a unique and beautiful attempt to provide a map of those billion years in time. Now updated and presented in a smaller format with seventeen new utterly distinctive photographs, this book steps beyond the debate and presents the undeniable truth of Darwin's theory, showing through 200 photographs of skeletons both obscure and commonplace, but always intriguing, the process by which life has transformed itself, again and again. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33697] |
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[33560] Reznick, David N. The origin then and now: an interpretive guide to the origin of species. Princeton: 2010. Octavo, paperback, 432 pp., black and white photographs, line drawings. BRAND NEW.AU$35.00 Charles Darwin's Origin of Species is one of the most widely cited books in modern science. Yet tackling this classic can be daunting for students and general readers alike because of Darwin's Victorian prose and the complexity and scope of his ideas. This book is a unique guide to Darwin's masterwork, making it accessible to a much wider audience by deconstructing and reorganizing the Origin in a way that allows for a clear explanation of its key concepts. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 33560] |
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[31413] Roberts, Alice. Incredible Human journey: the story of how we colonised the planet. London: 2010. Octavo, paperback, 376 pp., colour photographs, other illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$25.00 Alice Roberts has been travelling the world - from Ethiopian desert to Malay peninsula and from Russian steppes to Amazon basin - in order to understand the challenges that early humans faced as they tried to settle continents. On her travels she has witnessed some of the daunting and brutal challenges our ancestors had to face: mountains, deserts, oceans, changing climates, terrifying giant beasts and volcanoes. But she discovers that perhaps the most serious threat of all came from other humans. When our ancestors set out from Africa there were already two other species of human on the planet: Neanderthal in Europe and Homo erectus in Asia. Both (contrary to popular perception) were intelligent, adept at making tools and weapons and were long adapted to their environments. So, Alice asks, why did only Homo sapiens survive? Part detective story, part travelogue, and drawing on the latest genetic and archaeological discoveries, Alice examines how our ancestors evolved physically in response to these challenges, finding out how our colour, shape, size, diet, disease resistance and even athletic ability have been shaped by the range of environments that our ancestors had to survive. She also relates how astonishingly closely related we all are. As a lecturer in Anatomy at Bristol University, Alice Roberts is eminently qualified to write this book. As a talented artist, she is perfectly qualified to illustrate it, and dotted throughout this lively book are many of the sketches and photographs from her travels. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 31413] |
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[28770] Rogers, Raymond R. et al. Bonebeds: genesis, analysis, and paleobiological significance. Chicago: 2007. Octavo, paperback, 499 pp., black and white photographs, line drawings. BRAND NEW.AU$65.00 The vertebrate fossil record extends back more than 500 million years, and bonebeds - localized concentrations of the skeletal remains of vertebrate animals - help unlock the secrets of this long history. Often spectacularly preserved, bonebeds - both modern and ancient - can reveal more about life histories, ecological associations, and preservation patterns than any single skeleton or bone. For this reason, bonebeds are frequently studied by paleobiologists, geologists, and archaeologists seeking to piece together the vertebrate record. Thirteen respected researchers combine their experiences in this book, providing readers with workable definitions, theoretical frameworks, and modern techniques in bonebed data collection and analysis. By addressing the historical, theoretical, and practical aspects of bonebed research, this edited volume - the first of its kind - provides the background and methods that students and professionals need to explore and understand these fantastic records of ancient life and death. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 28770] |
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[25058] Rose, Kenneth D. The beginning of the age of mammals. Baltimore: 2006. Quarto, dustwrapper, 431 pp., illustrations, colour plates. BRAND NEW.AU$249.00 Analyzes the events that occurred directly before and after the mysterious K-T boundary which so quickly thrust mammals from obscurity to planetary dominance. Rose surveys the evolution of mammals, beginning with their origin from cynodont therapsids in the Mesozoic, contemporary with dinosaurs, through the early Cenozoic, with emphasis on the Paleocene and Eocene adaptive radiations of therian mammals. Focusing on the fossil record, he presents the anatomical evidence used to interpret behavior and phylogenetic relationships. The life's work of one of the most knowledgeable researchers in the field, this richly illustrated, magisterial book combines sound scientific principles and meticulous research and belongs on the shelf of every paleontologist and mammalogist. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 25058] |
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[29584] Roughgarden, Joan. Evolution's rainbow: diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature and people. Berkeley: (2009 second edition, revised). Octavo, paperback, 474 pp. BRAND NEW.AU$35.00 Aims to challenge the accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. Discusses diversity in gender and sexuality among fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals, including primates. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 29584] |
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[13307] Turner, Alan and Mauricio Anton. The big cats and their fossil relatives: an illustrated guide to their evolution and natural history. Irvington: 2000. Octavo, paperback, 234 pp., colour plates, other illustrations. BRAND NEW.AU$40.00 In this beautifully illustrated natural history that liinks extinct larger feline species with those still in existence, collaborators Alan Turner and Mauricio Anton weave together the evidence of modern feline behaviour with that of the fossil record. Turner's clear, insightful prose and Anton's masterly illustrations combine to offer an accurate and accessible guide to the evolution of the cats. [When referring to this item without Shopping Cart facilities please quote Stock ID 13307] |
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