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The Evolution of Reason : Logic as a Branch of Biology. by Cooper, William S.

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Of minds and language : a dialogue with Noam Chomsky in the Basque country

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The altruistic species : scientific, philosophical, and religious perspectives of human benevolence by Flescher, Andrew Michael, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Altruism defined -- The perspective of psychological egoism : a sheep in wolf's clothing -- The perspective of evolutionary biology : the genetic dynamics of caring and cooperation -- Psychological perspectives : nurturing our nature -- Philosophical perspectives : altruism and the role of reason -- Religious perspectives : altruism, saints, and believers -- Cultivating our altruistic identity.…”
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Games primates play : an undercover investigation of the evolution and economics of human relationships by Maestripieri, Dario

Table of Contents: “…Dilemmas in the elevator -- The obsession with dominance -- We are all mafiosi -- Climbing the ladder -- Cooperate in the spotlight, compete in the dark -- The economics and evolutionary biology of love -- Testing the bond -- Shopping for partners in the biological market -- The evolution of human social behavior.…”
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Fertility and pregnancy : an epidemiologic perspective by Wilcox, Allen J.

Table of Contents: “…The creative biology of human reproduction -- On getting pregnant -- How humans control their fertility -- Infections and reproduction -- The genetics of reproduction -- Evolutionary biology and eugenics -- Heterogeneity of risk -- Reproductive epidemiology : themes and variations -- Fertility and fecundability -- Early pregnancy loss -- Miscarriage -- Stillbirth and infant mortality -- Twins and more -- Gestational age and preterm delivery -- Birth weight and fetal growth -- Birth defects -- Sex ratio -- Maternal mortality and morbidity -- Preeclampsia -- Fetal exposures and adult disease -- Unanswered questions in reproductive epidemiology.…”
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Developmental plasticity and evolution by West-Eberhard, Mary Jane

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Contents; Part I: Framework For A Synthesis; Part Ii: The Origins Of Novelty; Part Iii: Alternative Phenotypes; Part Iv: Developmental Plasticity And The Major Themes Of Evolutionary Biology; Literature Cited; Author Index; Taxonomic Index; Subject Index.…”
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Beyond biofatalism : human nature for an evolving world by Barker, Gillian

Table of Contents: “…Human nature and the limits of human possibility -- The cost of change -- Thinking about change and stability in living systems -- Lessons from development, ecology, and evolutionary biology -- Human possibilities -- Valuing change -- Choosing environments -- What is feasible? …”
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The evolution of the human placenta by Power, Michael L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction. The evolutionary biology of placenta -- History of placental investigations -- The challenges of live birth -- Comparative mammalian placentation -- The evolution of human placenta -- Sex -- Genes, genetic regulation and retroviruses from the past -- Placenta as a regulatory organ -- Modern gestational diseases -- Summary and conclusions.…”
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Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution. by Higgs, Paul G.

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Darwin's Legacy : What Evolution Means Today.

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Evolutionary psychology as maladapted psychology by Richardson, Robert C., 1949-

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CSIR-NET life sciences / Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (India)-National Eligibility Test life sciences by Chaudhary, B. L.

Table of Contents: “…Genetics; Chapter 5. Evolutionary Biology; Chapter 6. Environmental Biology; Chapter 7. …”
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Classifying reality

Table of Contents: “…Tahko -- Contrastive explanations in evolutionary biology / Stephen Boulter -- Animate beings: their nature and identity / Gary S. …”
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Integrative Organismal Biology by Martin, Lynn B.

Table of Contents: “…Embracing the Individual and the Union of Functional and Evolutionary Biology -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 The Ecological and Evolutionary Importance of Variation in Life History Reaction Norms -- Introduction -- The Reaction Norm Approach and Individual by Environment Interactions (I × E) -- Why Do Reaction Norms Vary? …”
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The potential impact of high-end capability computing on four illustrative fields of science and engineering

Table of Contents: “…The Potential Impact of Hecc in Evolutionary Biology -- 5. The Potential Impact of Hecc in Chemical Separations -- 6. …”
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Psychopathology An Empathic Representational Approach; an Integration of Phenomenology and Cognitive Neuroscience. by Simmons, Richard VanNess

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Minds make societies : how cognition explains the world humans create by Boyer, Pascal

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The idea of progress

Table of Contents: “…-- Progress And The Future -- Progress And Development In Music History -- Progress In Philosophy -- Time In The Universe -- Progress In Biological Evolution -- The Idea Of Progress In Evolutionary Biology: Philosophical Considerations…”
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Epistemology and Science Education : Understanding the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Controversy. by Taylor, Roger S.

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Epistemology; Chapter 1 Demarcation in Science Education: Toward an Enhanced View of Scientific Method; Chapter 2 Evolution, Creation, and the Philosophy of Science; Chapter 3 Differences in Epistemic Practices among Scientists, Young Earth Creationists, Intelligent Design Creationists, and the Scientist- Creationists of Darwin's Era; Chapter 4 Ontological Assumptions about Species and Their Influence on Students' Understanding of Evolutionary Biology.…”
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The end of science : facing the limits of knowledge in the twilight of the scientific age by Horgan, John, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Preface to the 2015 Edition: Rebooting The End of Science -- Introduction: Searching for The Answer -- 1 The End of Progress -- 2 The End of Philosophy -- 3 The End of Physics -- 4 The End of Cosmology -- 5 The End of Evolutionary Biology -- 6 The End of Social Science -- 7 The End of Neuroscience -- 8 The End of Chaoplexity -- 9 The End of Limitology -- 10 Scientific Theology, or The End of Machine Science -- Epilogue: The Terror of God -- Afterword: Loose Ends -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Why Truth Matters. by Stangroom, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 The Antinomies of Truth; 2 Truth, Doubt and the Philosophers; 3 The Truth Radicals; 4 The Social Construction of Truth; 5 Politics, Ideology and Evolutionary Biology; 6 Wishful Thinking and Epistemological Confusion; 7 Institutions, Academe and Truth; 8 Why Truth Matters; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y.…”
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Objects and meaning : new perspectives on art and craft / Objects & meaning : new perspectives on art and craft by Fariello, M. Anna

Table of Contents: “…Anna Fariello -- Feminism, crafts, and knowledge / Michele Hardy -- Intimate matters : objects and subjectivity / Suzanne Ramljak -- Workmanship : the hand and body as perceptual tools / Polly Ullrich -- Evolutionary biology and its implications for craft / Bruce Metcalf.…”

Evolution As the Logic of Biology. by Torday, John S.

Table of Contents: “…; Historic Dissociation of Cell Biology from Evolutionary Biology; Evolution Theory Integrated with Cell Biology.…”
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Sexual myths of modernity : sadism, masochism, and historical teleology by Moore, Alison, 1972-

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Evolution's wedge : competition and the origins of diversity by Pfennig, David W. (David William), 1955-

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Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not. by McCauley, Robert N.

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Evolution's wedge : competition and the origins of diversity by Pfennig, David W. (David William), 1955-

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The Adapted Mind : Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture. by Barkow, Jerome H.

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Genes, categories, and species : the evolutionary and cognitive causes of the species problem by Hey, Jody

Table of Contents: “…Systematics; 12. Evolutionary Biology; 13. What Are Species? What Are Taxa?…”
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Infectious diseases and host-pathogen evolution

Table of Contents: “…Rich and Francisco J. Ayala -- Evolutionary biology of malarial parasites / Ananias A. Escalante and Altaf A. …”
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Publishing and the advancement of science : from selfish genes to Galileo's Finger by Rodgers, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Bill Hamilton and John Maynard Smith: working with two giants of evolutionary biology -- 9. 'The best textbook of organic chemistry I ever hold in my hands' -- 10. …”
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The Evolving Female : a Life History Perspective. by Morbeck, Mary Ellen

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The Inheritance and Innateness of Grammars. by Gopnik, Myrna

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Panbiogeography : tracking the history of life by Craw, R. C. (Robin C.)

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Variation : a Central Concept in Biology. by Hallgrímsson, Benedikt

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The matter of vision : affective neurobiology & cinema by Wyeth, Peter

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God? Very Probably : Five Rational Ways to Think about the Question of a God. by Nelson, Robert H.

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Human social evolution : the foundational works of Richard D. Alexander

Table of Contents: “…Evolution and culture. In Evolutionary Biology and Human Social Behavior: an Anthropological Perspective. …”
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Exaptation and language change

Table of Contents: “…Exaptation in evolutionary biology -- 3. Exaptation in linguistics -- 4. …”
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Lizards in an evolutionary tree : ecology and adaptive radiation in anoles by Losos, Jonathan B.

Table of Contents: “…Greene -- Prologue : the case for Anolis -- Evolutionary biology as a historical science -- Meet the anoles! …”
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