Animal Evolution: Genomes, Fossils, and Trees. By Maximilian J. Telford, D.T.J. LittlewoodBy Maximilian J. Telford, D.T.J. Littlewood
Animal life, now and over the past half billion years, is incredibly diverse. Describing and understanding the evolution of this diversity of body plans - from vertebrates such as humans and fish to the numerous invertebrate groups including sponges, insects, molluscs, and the many groups of worms - is a major goal of evolutionary biology. In this book, a group of leading researchers adopt a modern, integrated approach to describe how current molecular genetic techniques and disciplines as diverse as palaeontology, embryology, and genomics have been combined, resulting in a dramatic renaissance in the study of animal evolution.
The editor of the 1976 first edition, Herbert Wendt, said: “In the individual articles here the reader will find material he has not encountered in other works. However, science never comes to a standstill; it knows no final conclusion, and each new work brings forth new information compiled from the latest research in that field. . . . The reader can become acquainted with current theoretical thinking about evolution in reading this volume.” This volume is the next iteration in the continuing accumulation of knowledge about the origins and inner workings of our natural world.
This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in Spanish-speaking Latin America. # Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political contexts. # Introduces debates about how to read this literature. # Combines an overview of the evolution of modern Latin American fiction with detailed studies of key texts. # Discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel Allende. # Covers nation-building narratives, ‘modernismo’, the New Novel, the Boom, the Post-Boom, Magical Realism, Hispanic fiction in the USA, and more.
Natural Selections: Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars, and Other Realities of Evolution P. Barash
If we are, in part, a product of our genes, can free will exist? Incisive and engaging, this indispensable tour of evolutionary biology runs the gamut of contemporary debates, from science and religion to our place in the universe. “Barash ... brilliantly integrates science, literature, and pop culture into elegant and insightful commentaries on the most interesting and important questions of our time. A delightful read.”—Michael Shermer, author of The Science of Good and Evil “Entertaining and thought-provoking.”—Steven Pinker, author of The Blank Slate
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New Zealand English: Its Origins and Evolution
New Zealand English--at only 150 years old--is one of the newest varieties of English, and is unique in that its full history and development are documented in extensive audio-recordings. This book examines and analyzes the extensive linguistic changes New Zealand English has undergone over the past 150 years on the basis of these recordings. The authors, experts in phonetics and sociolinguistics, use the data to test previous explanations for new dialect formation, and to challenge current claims about the nature of language change.
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