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Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
1 online resource (474 pages)
Language
English
Description
In this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, Joan Roughgarden challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. A distinguished evolutionary biologist, Roughgarden takes on the medical establishment, the Bible, social science--and even Darwin himself.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
xviii, 239 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
James A. Shapiro's proposes an important new paradigm for understanding biological evolution, the core organizing principle of biology. Shapiro introduces crucial new molecular evidence that tests the conventional scientific view of evolution based on the neo-Darwinian synthesis, and shows why this view is inadequate to today's evidence. He then presents a compelling alternative view of the evolutionary process that reflects the shift in life sciences...
Publisher
Lexington Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
vi, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Evolution Education and the Rise of the Creationist Movement in Brazil examines how larger societal forces such as religion, media, and politics have shaped Brazil's educational landscape and impacted the teaching and learning of evolution within an increasingly polarized discourse in recent years. To this end, Alandeom W. Oliveira and Kristin Cook have assembled a number of educational scholars and practitioners, many of whom are based in Brazil,...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xvi, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From their domestication to their taboo, the role of pigs in the ancient Near East is one of the most complicated topics in archaeology. Rejecting monocausal explanations, this book adopts an evolutionary approach and uses zooarchaeology and texts to unravel the cultural significance of swine from the Paleolithic to today. Five major themes emerge: The domestication of the pig from wild boar in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, the unique roles that pigs...
Author
Publisher
MIT Press
Pub. Date
©1997
Physical Desc
1 online resource (ix, 309 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Larry Samuelson has been one of the main contributors to the evolutionary game theory literature. In Evolutionary Games and Equilibrium Selection, he examines the interplay between evolutionary game theory and the equilibrium selection problem in noncooperative games. After providing an overview of the basic issues of game theory and a presentation of the basic models, the book addresses evolutionary stability, the dynamics of sample paths, the ultimatum...
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