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The Evolution of Artiodactyls
Artiodactyls are diverse and successful hoofed mammals, represented by nearly two hundred living species of pigs, peccaries, hippos, camels, deer, sheep, cattle, giraffes, and other even-toed ungulates. In the recent years, a tremendous amount of research has been conducted on this important order. The Evolution of Artiodactyls synthesizes this research into a single volume. The authors explore a variety of topics, including molecular phylogeny of terrestrial artiodactyls phylogenetic relationships of cetaceans to terrestrial artiodactyls, and the earliest artiodactyls—Diacodexidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, and Raoellidae.
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Cryopolitics
The social, political, and cultural consequences of attempts to cheat death by freezing life. As the planet warms and the polar ice caps melt, naturally occurring cold is a resource of growing scarcity. At the same time, energy-intensive cooling technologies are widely used as a means of preservation. Technologies of cryopreservation support global food chains, seed and blood banks, reproductive medicine, and even the preservation of cores of glacial ice used to study climate change. In many cases, these practices of freezing life are an attempt to cheat death. Cryopreservation has contributed to the transformation of markets, regimes of governance and ethics, and the very relationship betwe...
Evolution of Island Mammals
Evolution on islands differs in a number of important ways from evolution on mainland areas. Over millions of years of isolation, exceptional and sometimes bizarre mammals evolved on islands, such as pig-sized elephants and hippos, giant rats and gorilla-sized lemurs that would have been formidable to their mainland ancestors. This timely and innovative book is the first to offer a much-needed synthesis of recent advances in the exciting field of the evolution and extinction of fossil insular placental mammals. It provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge on fossil island mammals worldwide, ranging from the Oligocene to the onset of the Holocene. The book addresses evolutionary processes and key aspects of insular mammal biology, exemplified by a variety of fossil species. The authors discuss the human factor in past extinction events and loss of insular biodiversity. This accessible and richly illustrated textbook is written for graduate level students and professional researchers in evolutionary biology, palaeontology, biogeography, zoology, and ecology.
Evolution of Social Behaviour to Homo and After
“Evolution Of Social Behavior To Homo And After” is a narrative about interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research. Using data and approaches from paleontology, genetics, sociology, history, philosophy, literary theory and other natural and social sciences and humanities, Prof. Tevzadze presents his own theory of how Homo sapiens sapiens was made possible. For this purpose he offers his answers to the important and interesting questions such as: what evolutionary difference there is between humans and animals, what connection exists between human art and animal mimicry, what are the evolutionary foundations of love, what role could the Neanderthals have played in first human societies and women’s emancipation, what evolutionary foundation does homosexual behavior have, who are shamans and what evolutionary function they have, how animals were domesticated, why there exists the so-called intellectual stratum, why the Christianity has become the world religion. Notwithstanding the complexity and diversity of the questions, the book is written in an accessible language and does not require special knowledge from its readers.
Religious Holidays and Calendars
Comprehensive source of information about the calendars and holidays of the world's religions. Provides concise information about the beliefs, practices, and history of more than 20 major religions. Additional features include bibliography, calendar index, holiday index, and master index.
