"Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately)...

Contains the corrected and authoritative study by Darwin of the emotional life of man and animals illustrated by drawings and photographs positioned as the author intended with commentaries that provide the latest scientific knowledge to elaborate, support, and occasionally challenge Darwin.

This book is a picture guide to fossil plants and a few fossil marine organisms found in close association with the local measures in the central Appalachian region. The fossils are sorted by groups and the specimens sampling site locations are listed by coal seam horizon and geographic location. Short descriptions of each group of fossil types are provided. This publication has been designed with the amateur (rock hound) as well as a virtual guide...

In The Descent of Man Darwin addresses many of the issues raised by his notorious Origin of Species: finding in the traits and instincts of animals the origins of the mental abilities of humans, of language, of our social structures and our moral capacities, he attempts to show that there is no clear dividing line between animals and humans. Most importantly, he accounts for what Victorians called the 'races' of mankind by means of what he calls sexual...

A Urogenital System Reference Guide provides lateral & anterior views and explanations of the female and male anatomy, with attention to the genitourinary and reproductive systems. It includes details and illustrations of nephrons, renal corpuscles, the bladder and kidneys, and also has a description of the development of the system in a developing embryo. The guide explains the workings of supporting structures and processes of the urinary tract,...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature (1863) has been considered the most important of Thomas Huxley's Darwinian writings. Despite warnings from friends that publishing an argument in support of evolution could ruin his career, it in fact did the opposite. This book did much to facilitate the general acceptance of Darwinism in Huxley's day. Huxley demonstrates that...

Millones de kilómetros. Miles de millones de años. Alrededor de 8,7 millones de especies, pero solo un lugar donde sabemos que hay vida tal como la conocemos: la Tierra, ubicada en el sistema solar que se destaca con una estrella sobre la gran imagen de la Vía Láctea que aparece en la portada de este libro. La vida es un fenómeno antiguo y vasto, cuya complejidad ha obsesionado a los humanos desde tiempos inmemoriales. Por eso, la Fundación...

Get the Summary of Irene Pepperberg's Alex & Me in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: On September 6, 2007, an African Grey parrot named Alex died prematurely at age thirty-one. His last words to his owner, Irene Pepperberg, were "You be good. I love you." What would normally be a quiet, very private event was, in Alex's case, headline news. Over the thirty years they had worked together,...

DNA of the Gods is an Anthropologist examination of human intelligence. The B4'5 Haplo group indicates a traversal of the world's oceans in deep antiquity 50,000 years ago. The Neanderthals have tested positive for the human speech locus at 300, 000 years ago. Find the discovery of the speech gene locus, and the deep roots never mixing with the apes in the human genome. Archaeology indicates a deep antiquity to human intelligence. What are the OoPArts...

Este texto reemplaza un manuscrito no publicado que fue preparado por el primer autor en 1999 y que fue multiplicado de manera informal en la Sede Palmira de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. En general, esta versión cubre los mismos aspectos del manuscrito original, pero amplía y actualiza los temas inherentes a la relación planta-insecto, el muestreo de poblaciones, el papel de los insectos como vectores de enfermedades de plantas, el control...