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An illustrated exploration of colors and patterns in the animal kingdom, what they communicate, and how they function in the social life of animals.Are animals able to appreciate …
A comprehensive treatment of the concept of causation in evolutionary biology that makes clear its central role in both historical and contemporary debates.Most scientific …
A more comprehensive version of evolutionary theory that focuses as much on the origin of biological form as on its diversification.The field of evolutionary biology arose from the …
Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific ability to acquire it."A …
A multidisciplinary examination of cognitive mechanisms, shaped over evolutionary time through natural selection, that govern decision making.How do we make decisions? Conventional …
An analysis of patterns of convergent evolution on Earth that suggests where we might look for similar convergent forms on other planets.Why does a sea lily look like a palm tree? …
A new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness.What marked the evolutionary …
How culture evolves through algorithms rather than knowledge inherited from ancestors.From our hunter-gatherer days, we humans evolved to be excellent throwers, chewers, and …
The biological and philosophical implications of the emergence of new collective individuals from associations of living beings.Our intuitive assumption that only organisms are the …
An argument that health is optimal responsiveness and is often best treated at the system level.Medical education centers on the venerable "no-fault" concept of homeostasis, …