Category: biology

After decades studying creatures great and small, evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson had an epiphany: Darwin’s theory won’t fully prove …

One of the first scientific analysis of the phenomenon of Astral Projection (Nowadays called Out-of-Body Experience - OOBE), Sylvan Muldoon, …

Mental disorders arise from neural and psychological mechanisms that have been built and shaped by natural selection across our evolutionary …

Il giro del mondo in sei milioni di anni - Guido Barbujani

Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and …

Essentials of Medical Microbiology - Rajesh Bhatia

The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter - Joseph …

Dunbar’s number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships. …

The origins of religion and ritual in humans have been the focus of centuries of thought in archaeology, anthropology, theology, …

Despite our seemingly endless fascination with sex and parenting, the origins of our reproductive lives remain a mystery. Why are …

Based on a groundbreaking synthesis of recent scientific findings, an acclaimed New York Times science reporter tells a bold and …

Primate Sexuality: Comparative Studies of the Prosimians, Monkeys, Apes, and Humans - Alan F. Dixson

The Theory of Evolution has been around for 150 years, and has had a great influence on the way people …

Race Differences in Intelligence: An Evolutionary Analysis - Richard Lynn

The propensity to make music is the most mysterious, wonderful, and neglected feature of humankind: this is where Steven Mithen …

“Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” was Haeckel’s answer—the wrong one—to the most vexing question of nineteenth-century biology: what is the relationship between …

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea - Evolution and the Meanings of Life - Daniel C. Dennett

‘Why life?’ Questions of this type were for a long time the prerogative of philosophers who left the ‘how’ question …

Ages of Discord - Peter Turchin

VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written …

VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written …

This Very Short Introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the latest fossil …

Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction - Roger Lewin

Diagnostic Imaging Nuclear Medicine - Bennett

From one of the world’s leading authorities on animal behavior, the astonishing story of how the female brain drives the …

Ancestral DNA, Human Origins, and Migrationsdescribes the genesis of humans in Africa and the subsequent story of how our species …

Modern Humans is a vivid account of the most recent—and perhaps the most important—phase of human evolution: the appearance of …

Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a …