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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart presents Earth [sound recording] a visitor's guide to the human race / by Stewart, Jon,1962-;
Read by the author.Jon Stewart, the beloved anchor of The Daily Show, presents a hilarious guide to the human race.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Creation; Human behavior; Human evolution; Life;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The social instinct : how cooperation shaped the world / by Raihani, Nichola.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-288) and index.The making of you and me -- A cold shudder -- Inventing the individual -- The renegades within -- The family way -- Of moms (and dads) -- Workers and shirkers -- Welcome to the family -- Years of babbling -- Immortals -- Ascending the throne -- Widening the net -- The social dilemma -- An eye for an eye -- Peacocking -- The reputation tightrope -- A different kind of ape -- Facebook for chimps -- Mutiny -- Here be dragons -- Take back control -- Victims of cooperation."Cooperation is the means by which life arose in the first place. It's how we progressed through scale and complexity, from free-floating strands of genetic material, to nation states. But given what we know about the mechanisms of evolution, cooperation is also something of a puzzle. How does cooperation begin, when on a Darwinian level, all that the genes in your body care about is being passed on to the next generation? Why do meerkat colonies care for one another's children? Why do babbler birds in the Kalahari form colonies in which only a single pair breeds? And how come some coral wrasse fish actually punish each other for harming fish from another species? A biologist by training, Raihani looks at where and how collaborative behavior emerges throughout the animal kingdom, and what problems it solves. She reveals that the species that exhibit cooperative behavior-teaching, helping, grooming, and self-sacrifice-most similar to our own tend not to be other apes; they are birds, insects, and fish, occupying far more distant branches of the evolutionary tree. By understanding the problems they face, and how they cooperate to solve them, we can glimpse how human cooperation first evolved. And we can also understand what it is about the way we cooperate that has made humans so distinctive-and so successful."--publisher's website.
Subjects: Cooperativeness.; Social behavior in animals.; Social evolution.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Paleofantasy : what evolution really tells us about sex, diet, and how we live / by Zuk, Marlene,1956-author.(CARDINAL)358844;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-314) and index.Cavemen in condos -- Are we stuck? -- Crickets, sparrows, and Darwins- or, evolution before our eyes -- The perfect paleofantasy diet : milk -- The perfect paleofantasy diet : meat, grains, and cooking -- Exercising the paleofantasy -- Paleofantasy love -- The paleofantasy family -- Paleofantasy, in sickness and in health -- Are we still evolving? : a tale of genes, altitude, and earwax.Debunks beliefs based on the assumption that human beings have finished evolving and defends the assertion that modern man is not biologically the same as our caveman ancestors.
Subjects: Human evolution.; Hunting and gathering societies.; Prehistoric peoples; Prehistoric peoples; Social evolution.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Odd animals out / by Hoare, Ben,author.(CARDINAL)317715; Orlando, Asia,illustrator.;
"From a vegetarian shark and a solar-powered salamander to a flying frog and a bone-munching bird, this book is all about the "odd ones out" in the natural world. Presenting these recent discoveries, Ben Hoare's friendly, informative explanations are paired with striking photographs and bright illustrations to make sure every page captivates the imagination."--
Subjects: Informational works.; Animals; Animal behavior; Evolution (Biology);
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Human / by Winston, Robert M. L.(CARDINAL)754959;
Introduction -- Origins -- Body -- Mind -- Life cycle -- Society -- Culture -- Peoples -- Future.
Subjects: Culture.; Human behavior.; Human beings; Human evolution.; Manners and customs.; Social evolution.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The lizard scientists : studying evolution in action / by Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw,author.(CARDINAL)140645; Dappen, Nate,photographer.(CARDINAL)862230; Losin, Neil,photographer.(CARDINAL)862231;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-73) and index."Discover how lizards rapidly adapt to life in the Caribbean islands, allowing scientists to study Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection in real time."--Provided by publisher.Ages 10-12.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Instructional and educational works.; Adaptation (Biology); Anoles; Anoles; Anoles; Anoles; Evolution; Lizards; Lizards; Lizards;
Available copies: 10 / Total copies: 10
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Biology and human behavior [videorecording] : the neurological origins of individuality / by Sapolsky, Robert M.(CARDINAL)328471; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Producer, Alisha Reay ; director, Jon Leven ; editor, Alisha Reay ; academic content supervisor, Pam Greer ; camera operators, Alexis Doty, Jim Allen, Tom Dooley, Jared Bourgeois ; graphics, Alisha Reay, Jennifer Gray.Twenty-four lectures of 30 minutes each by Robert Sapolsky, Professor of Neuroscience, Stanford University.Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality, is an interdisciplinary approach to the fascinating subject of behavioral biology, a field that explores interactions among the brain, mind, body, and environment that have a surprising influence on how we behave. In 24 lectures, you will investigate how the human brain is sculpted by evolution, constrained or freed by genes, shaped by early experience, modulated by hormones, and otherwise influenced to produce a wide range of behaviors, some of them abnormal. You will see that little can be explained by thinking about any one of these factors alone because some combination of influences is almost always at work.
Subjects: Educational films.; Biology.; Brain; Human behavior; Neuroanatomy.; Neurochemistry.; Neurophysiology.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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A comparative study in rodent ethology with emphasis on evolution of social behavior, by Eisenberg, John Frederick.(CARDINAL)287620;
Bibliography: pages 33-35.
Subjects: Rodents; Animal behavior.; Mammals;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The nature of horses : exploring equine evolution, intelligence, and behavior / by Budiansky, Stephen.(CARDINAL)330675;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index.Foreword / Franklin M. Loew -- Ch. 1. The Improbability of the Horse -- Ch. 2. From the Brink of Oblivion -- Ch. 3. Equine Nature, Human Nature -- Ch. 4. Socioecology -- Ch. 6. Seeing and Perceiving -- Ch. 6. Horse Talk -- Ch. 7. Horse Sense -- Ch. 8. The Mechanics of Movement -- Ch. 9. Assume a Spherical Horse -- Ch. 10. Nature or Nurture? -- Conclusion: The Fate of the Horse.Horses have a shared history with man going back millennia to their domestication around 4000 B.C. Yet only in very recent years have scientists begun to turn the tools of modern science on this remarkable animal that has been so wrapped up in human dreams and legends. Now modern scientific research is beginning to explain long-standing mysteries about the true nature of the horse. How well can horses really see? What causes breakdowns in racehorses? How intelligent are they compared to other animals, and are some breeds smarter than others? Does nature or nurture matter more in creating a great sport horse? What causes cribbing and other vices? In this beautifully illustrated, compelling narrative, Budiansky tells the story of the origins, behavior, intelligence and language of the horse.
Subjects: Horses.; Horses;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Secret worlds : the extraordinary senses of animals / by Stevens, Martin,1982-Author(DLC)n 2009181948;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-245) and index.Martin Stevens explores the extraordinary variety of senses in the animal kingdom, and discusses the cutting-edge science that is shedding light on these secret worlds. Our senses of vision, smell, taste, hearing, and touch are essential for us to respond to threats, communicate and interact with the world around us. This is true for all animals - their sensory systems are key to survival, and without them animals would be completely helpless. However, the sensory systems of other animals work very differently from ours. For example, many animals from spiders to birds can detect and respond to ultraviolet light, to which we are blind. Other animals, including many insects, rodents, and bats can hear high-frequency ultrasonic sounds well beyond our own hearing range. Many other species have sensory systems that we lack completely, such as the magnetic sense of birds, turtles, and other animals, or the electric sense of many fish. These differences in sensory ability have a major bearing on the ways that animals behave and live in different environments, and also affect their evolution and ecology. In this book, Martin Stevens explores the remarkable sensory systems that exist in nature, and what they are used for. Discussing how different animal senses work, he also considers how they evolve, how they are shaped by the environment in which an animal lives, and the pioneering science that has uncovered how animals use their senses. Throughout, he celebrates the remarkable diversity of life, and shows how the study of sensory systems has shed light on some of the most important issues in animal behaviour, physiology, and evolution.
Subjects: Animal behavior.; Senses and sensation.; Animals; Evolution (Biology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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