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1	The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal more books like this by Jared Diamond add to wishlist A provocative look at mankind's evolution from the ape into the complex creature we call human. By standards of other animals, our powerful civilization appears unique. So do many of our behaviors, including our sexual habits and the ways we select mates. Yet in many respects we are merely another species of ape--our genes are more than 98% ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.47! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body more books like this by Neil Shubin add to wishlist From the scientist who made the groundbreaking discovery of the fish with hands, here is a lively, thoroughly engrossing chronicle of evolutionary history that unearths the often startling secrets behind why humans look and behave the way they do. Illustrations. see all copies from $6.45! new only from $7.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology more books like this by Ray Kurzweil, PhD add to wishlist Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil, the author of THE AGE OF SPIRITUAL MACHINES, provocatively argues that we are rapidly approaching the Singularity, a point in history in which advances in artificial intelligence, brain scanning, and nanotechnology will blur the division between humans and machines. When we are no longer limited by our current ... see all copies from $5.87! new only from $10.83! \| signed copies \| SVS
4	The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry more books like this by Bryan Sykes add to wishlist Offering a fascinating history of the world as revealed through genetics, a momentous scientific discovery reveals how all humans are descended from seven prehistoric women. see all copies from $2.83! new only from $7.97! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Inquiry Into Life more books like this by Sylvia S. Mader add to wishlist This book includes basic biological concepts and processes with a human emphasis. From the unique delivery of biology content, to the time tested art program, to the complete integration of the text with technology, Dr. Sylvia Mader has formed a teaching system that will both motivate and enable your students to understand and appreciate the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Nonzero the Logic of Human Destiny more books like this by Robert Wright add to wishlist Wright's thesis, a game-theory-based reevaluation of the history of the world, secures supporting evidence from a number of places and events across time and geography, challenging the idea of an aimless drift of human progress. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000. see all copies from $2.03! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Human Biology more books like this by Sylvia S Mader add to wishlist This market leading human biology text emphasizes the relationships of humans to other living things. "Human Biology" remains user friendly; relevancy and pedagogy are among its strengths. In this edition, as in previous editions, each chapter presents the topic clearly and distinctly so that students will feel capable of achieving an adult level ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature more books like this by Matt Ridley add to wishlist Sex is as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. A vast pool of knowledge, therefore, has been gleaned from research into the nature of sex, from the contentious problem of why the wasteful reproductive process exists at all, to how individuals choose their mates and what traits they find attractive. This fascinating book explores ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $5.97! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey more books like this by Spencer Wells add to wishlist Around 60,000 years ago, a man - identical to us in all important respects - lived in Africa. Every person alive today is descended from him. How did this real-life Adam wind up father of us all? What happened to the descendants of other men who lived at the same time? And why, if modern humans share a single prehistoric ancestor, do we come in so ... see all copies from $3.70! new only from $8.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	How Humans Evolved more books like this by Robert Boyd add to wishlist With its unique blend of evolutionary theory, population genetics and behavioural ecology, How Humans Evolved provides students with the most contemporary and complete introduction to physical anthropology available. Robert Boyd and Joan B. Silk's modern presentation of genetics and observable behaviours in living humans and non-human primates ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Immense Journey more books like this by Loren S Eiseley add to wishlist Perhaps Loren Eiseley's most respected book, THE IMMENSE JOURNEY is a compelling and lyrical exploration of the natural world, and a plea for its survival. Eiseley's gift for the personal essay, in which he takes a small observation and uses it as the basis for a much larger exploration, is particularly exemplified here. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love more books like this by Helen Fisher add to wishlist Over six years of research, querying 800+ people who filled out questionnaires and were subjected to MRI's, Helen Fisher has probed the nature of romantic love. What is it? Why does it last? Why does it fade? Taking into account biology, psychology, and her own observations, Fisher provides answers to these and other pertinent questions. see all copies from $3.95! new only from $5.96! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Human Past: World Prehistory & the Development of Human Societies more books like this by Chris Scarre (Editor) add to wishlist In The Human Past, a team of leading archaeologists, all well-known specialists in their fields, provides a seamless yet uniquely authoritative account of human prehistory on a global scale. It highlights the enormous diversity of human experience and the ways in which archaeologists are able to learn about it. This includes the deep prehistory of ... see all copies from $5.81! new only from $35.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Forbidden Archeology: The Full Unabridged Edition more books like this by Michael Cremo, Richard Thompson add to wishlist Over the past centuries, researchers have found bones and articrafts showing that people like ourselves existed on earth millions years ago. But the scientific establishment has suppressed, ignored or forgotten these remarkable facts. Why? Because they contradict dominant views of human origins and antiquity. Evolutionary prejudices, deeply held ... see all copies from $16.20! new only from $31.87! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Why We Get Sick:: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine more books like this by Randolph M Nesse, George Christopher Williams add to wishlist This book describes Darwinian medicine, which applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the problems of medicine. The architects of this provocative approach offer new ways to deal with illness that can revolutionize treatment and medicine as it is practiced today and in the future. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.04! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution more books like this by Dr. Leonard Shlain add to wishlist Theorizes about a profound change in prehistoric female sexuality that gave way to the emergence of Homo sapiens 150,000 years ago, citing evolutionary circumstances that led to the development of religion, death awareness, patriarchal culture, and human love. Reprint. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	How the Mind Works more books like this by Steven Pinker add to wishlist In this accessible analysis, a psychologist merges cognitive science and biology to examine the brain's evolution and the quirks of human nature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History more books like this by David Christian, William H McNeill (Foreword by) add to wishlist An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, "Maps of Time" is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human ... see all copies from $10.73! new only from $17.93! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action more books like this by W Northcutt add to wishlist Using Darwin's "survival of the fittest" concept to trumpet triumphs of human ineptitude, this collection of absurd news vignettes recounts colossal errors in judgment that led to death--a process the editor defends for its effectiveness in removing morons from the gene pool. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease more books like this by Sharon Moalem, Jonathan Prince add to wishlist In "Survival of the Sickest," medical wunderkind Dr. Moalem delves back into the evolution of man to reveal the heretofore unknown and astonishing ways the human body is built to survive. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity more books like this by Sharon Moalem, Jonathan Prince add to wishlist Through a fresh and engaging examination of evolutionary history, Dr. Moalem reveals how many of the conditions that are considered diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in the survival sweepstakes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.77! \| SVS
22 view cover	Human Natures: Genes Cultures and the Human Prospect more books like this by Professor Paul R Ehrlich add to wishlist One of the world's leading evolutionary biologists shows why most of the claims of genetic destiny cannot be true, and explains how the arguments often stem from a fundamental misunderstanding of evolution itself. Illustrations. see all copies from $2.21! new only from $11.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Great Human Diasporas: The History of Diversity and Evolution more books like this by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Francesco Cavalli-Sforza add to wishlist Based on over 30 years of his research, Luigi Cavalli-Sforza recounts what is known about human evolution. He adopts an accessible style and ends with a prediction about the genetic future of mankind and the likely results of the Human Genome Project. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.37! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution more books like this by Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending add to wishlist Much of humanitys past is a mystery. Until recently, we had only bones and artifacts to help us understand prehistoric human life. But today we have a new window into the past: the historical record that survives in our genes. We can now examine material from our own genomes and analyze it in light of evolutionary theory-a combination Gregory ... see all copies from $6.43! new only from $6.87! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Deep Ancestry Inside the Genographic Project more books like this by Spencer Wells add to wishlist The fossil record locates human origins in Africa, but little is known about the great journey that took Homo sapiens to the far reaches of the Earth. How did we, each of us, end up where we are? Why do we appear in such a wide array of different colours and features? Such questions are even more amazing in light of genetic evidence that we are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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