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What If Our Bodies Kept Evolving? - For Sleep

de What If For Sleep ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Chris E ...

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36 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if human evolution accelerated to match modern environmental pressures? This biological exploration envisions rapid adaptations to screen-dominated lives, sedentary work, and urban environments. Eyes develop adjustable corneas and tetrachromatic vision for digital displays. Spines add vertebrae for sitting tolerance. Hands gain enhanced dexterity ... Leer más

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.What if human evolution accelerated to match modern environmental pressures? This biological exploration envisions rapid adaptations to screen-dominated lives, sedentary work, and urban environments. Eyes develop adjustable corneas and tetrachromatic vision for digital displays. Spines add vertebrae for sitting tolerance. Hands gain enhanced dexterity
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Die Evolutionslüge - Die Neandertaler und andere Fälschungen der Menschheitsgeschichte

de Hans-Joachim Zillmer ...

Narrado por Raimund Wurzwallner ...

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12 hora 29 minutos

Ein spannender neuer Blick auf die Geschichte der Menschheit! Mit einem Blick auf die Menschheitsgeschichte zeigt der Autor Dr. Zillmer, dass die Lehrmeinungen zu diesem Thema von Lügen durchzogen sind. Er stellt erfundene Fakten und gefälschte Dogmen einer Fülle von überzeugender Funde gegenüber, die von den orthodoxen Wissenschaftlern der Erd- und Lebensgeschichtsforschung vorenthalten wurden. ... Leer más

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Ein spannender neuer Blick auf die Geschichte der Menschheit! Mit einem Blick auf die Menschheitsgeschichte zeigt der Autor Dr. Zillmer, dass die Lehrmeinungen zu diesem Thema von Lügen durchzogen sind. Er stellt erfundene Fakten und gefälschte Dogmen einer Fülle von überzeugender Funde gegenüber, die von den orthodoxen Wissenschaftlern der Erd- und Lebensgeschichtsforschung vorenthalten wurden.
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Exercised

Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

de Daniel E. Lieberman ...

Narrado por Sean Runnette ...

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13 hora 13 minutos

If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising—not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing.“Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm.” —Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising—not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing.“Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm.” —Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling
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The Universe Within

Discovering the Common History of Rocks, Planets, and People

de Neil Shubin ...

Narrado por Marc Cashman ...

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6 hora 35 minutos

**Kirkus Best Books of the Year (2013)**From one of our finest and most popular science writers, and the best-selling author of Your Inner Fish, comes the answer to a scientific mystery as big as the world itself: How are the events that formed our solar system billions of years ago embedded inside each of us?In Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin delved into the amazing connections between human bodies ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

**Kirkus Best Books of the Year (2013)**From one of our finest and most popular science writers, and the best-selling author of Your Inner Fish, comes the answer to a scientific mystery as big as the world itself: How are the events that formed our solar system billions of years ago embedded inside each of us?In Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin delved into the amazing connections between human bodies
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The Origin of Species

de Charles Darwin ...

Narrado por Michael Armenta ...

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23 hora 29 minutos

The Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life), published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the ... Leer más

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The Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life), published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the
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Darwin, Darwinism, and the Modern World

de Chandak Sengoopta ...

Narrado por Richard M. Davidson ...

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7 hora 17 minutos

The history of Western civilization can be divided neatly into pre-Darwinian and post-Darwinian periods. Darwin's 1859 treatise, On the Origin of Species, was not the first work to propose that organisms had descended from other, earlier organisms, and the mechanism of evolution it proposed remained controversial for years. Nevertheless, no biologist after 1859 could ignore Darwin's theories, and ... Leer más

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The history of Western civilization can be divided neatly into pre-Darwinian and post-Darwinian periods. Darwin's 1859 treatise, On the Origin of Species, was not the first work to propose that organisms had descended from other, earlier organisms, and the mechanism of evolution it proposed remained controversial for years. Nevertheless, no biologist after 1859 could ignore Darwin's theories, and
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Behold the Mighty Dinosaur

de John Kricher ...

Narrado por John Kricher ...

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8 hora 21 minutos

Dinosaurs-the word means "fearfully great reptile"-have been a source of fascination ever since their discovery in England early in the nineteenth century. Aside from birds, all dinosaurs have been extinct for 65 million years, yet, before then, they dominated Earth's terrestrial habitats for about 160 million years, far longer than primates, or humans, have been around. Dinosaurs present the ... Leer más

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Dinosaurs-the word means "fearfully great reptile"-have been a source of fascination ever since their discovery in England early in the nineteenth century. Aside from birds, all dinosaurs have been extinct for 65 million years, yet, before then, they dominated Earth's terrestrial habitats for about 160 million years, far longer than primates, or humans, have been around. Dinosaurs present the
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Hubris

The Rise, Fall, and Future of Humanity

de Johannes Krause, Thomas Trappe ...

Narrado por Stephen R. Thorne ...

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8 hora 38 minutos

Humans are the most intelligent beings this planet has ever produced. But how is it that we find ourselves faced with an existential crisis that threatens to overwhelm us?Leading archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause and journalist Thomas Trappe investigate what DNA can tell us about how we got where we are and what our future might be. They show how the first humans were defeated again and again and ... Leer más

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Humans are the most intelligent beings this planet has ever produced. But how is it that we find ourselves faced with an existential crisis that threatens to overwhelm us?Leading archaeogeneticist Johannes Krause and journalist Thomas Trappe investigate what DNA can tell us about how we got where we are and what our future might be. They show how the first humans were defeated again and again and
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Why Elephants Cry

How Observing Unusual Animal Behaviours Can Predict the Weather (and Other Environmental Phenomena)

de John T. Hancock ...

Narrado por Michael Langan ...

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8 hora 11 minutos

Why Elephants Cry is a fascinating frolic through the literature and evidence surrounding the use of unusual behavior of animals to measure and predict the environment. The role of animals, from the smallest ant to the biggest elephant, as predictors of environmental changes is framed around the climate crisis, which highlights the increasingly important part that animals will have to play in the ... Leer más

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Why Elephants Cry is a fascinating frolic through the literature and evidence surrounding the use of unusual behavior of animals to measure and predict the environment. The role of animals, from the smallest ant to the biggest elephant, as predictors of environmental changes is framed around the climate crisis, which highlights the increasingly important part that animals will have to play in the
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The Primate Myth

Why the Latest Science Leads Us to a New Theory of Human Nature

de Jonathan Leaf ...

Narrado por Mike Chamberlain ...

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9 hora 10 minutos

Challenging everything we thought we knew, this book takes a revolutionary look at how humans are far less like other primates than we've been led to believe—and uncovers what truly sets us apart.Humans are primates, much like chimps—or so we've been continually told. Yet recent discoveries show that our species has a different brain design, function, and chemistry; different eating, sleeping, ... Leer más

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Challenging everything we thought we knew, this book takes a revolutionary look at how humans are far less like other primates than we've been led to believe—and uncovers what truly sets us apart.Humans are primates, much like chimps—or so we've been continually told. Yet recent discoveries show that our species has a different brain design, function, and chemistry; different eating, sleeping,
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Origin of Language

How We Learned to Speak and Why

de Madeleine Beekman ...

Narrado por Cat Gould ...

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9 hora 40 minutos

In a radical new story about the birth of our species, The Origin of Language argues that it was not hunting, fighting, or tool-making that forced early humans to speak, but the inescapable need to care for our children.Journeying to the dawn of Homo sapiens, evolutionary biologist Madeleine Beekman reveals the “happy accidents” hidden in our molecular biology—DNA, chromosomes, and proteins—that ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

In a radical new story about the birth of our species, The Origin of Language argues that it was not hunting, fighting, or tool-making that forced early humans to speak, but the inescapable need to care for our children.Journeying to the dawn of Homo sapiens, evolutionary biologist Madeleine Beekman reveals the “happy accidents” hidden in our molecular biology—DNA, chromosomes, and proteins—that
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Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life: A Time-Traveling Journey Through Ancient Earth, From the First Cells to the Last Ice Age Giants

de Thomas Richter ...

Narrado por Thomas Richter ...

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1 horas 56 minutos

Survive mass extinctions and walk with awe-inspiring dinosaurs in this cinematic journey through evolutionary history. Ideal for an educational commute, this immersive natural science adventure transports you from violently churning primordial oceans to the frozen tundras of the Pleistocene.Transform your understanding of our fragile yet remarkably resilient planet by stepping into the field ... Leer más

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Survive mass extinctions and walk with awe-inspiring dinosaurs in this cinematic journey through evolutionary history. Ideal for an educational commute, this immersive natural science adventure transports you from violently churning primordial oceans to the frozen tundras of the Pleistocene.Transform your understanding of our fragile yet remarkably resilient planet by stepping into the field
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Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters

From Dating, Shopping, and Praying to Going to War and Becoming a Billionaire---Two Evolutionary Psychologists Explain Why We Do What We Do

de Satoshi Kanazawa, Alan S. Miller ...

Narrado por Stephen Hoye ...

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6 hora 11 minutos

A lively and provocative look at how evolution shapes our behavior and our lives.Contrary to conventional wisdom, our brains and bodies are hardwired to carry out an evolutionary mission that determines much of what we do, from life plans to everyday decisions.With an accessible tone and a healthy disregard for political correctness, this lively and eminently readable book popularizes the latest ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

A lively and provocative look at how evolution shapes our behavior and our lives.Contrary to conventional wisdom, our brains and bodies are hardwired to carry out an evolutionary mission that determines much of what we do, from life plans to everyday decisions.With an accessible tone and a healthy disregard for political correctness, this lively and eminently readable book popularizes the latest
... Leer más
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Spite

The Upside of Your Dark Side

de Simon McCarthy-Jones ...

Narrado por Chris Clarkson ...

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6 hora 5 minutos

Spite angers and enrages us, but it also keeps us honest. In this provocative account, a psychologist examines how petty vengeance explains human thriving.Spite seems utterly useless. You don't gain anything by hurting yourself just so you can hurt someone else. So why hasn't evolution weeded out all the spiteful people?As psychologist Simon McCarthy-Jones argues, spite seems pointless because we ... Leer más

$24.99 USD

Spite angers and enrages us, but it also keeps us honest. In this provocative account, a psychologist examines how petty vengeance explains human thriving.Spite seems utterly useless. You don't gain anything by hurting yourself just so you can hurt someone else. So why hasn't evolution weeded out all the spiteful people?As psychologist Simon McCarthy-Jones argues, spite seems pointless because we
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Blue

In Search of Nature's Rarest Color

de Kai Kupferschmidt ...

Narrado por Jonathan Yen ...

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6 hora 15 minutos

A globe-trotting quest to find blue in the natural world—and to understand our collective obsession with this bewitching colorBlue is a rare color—natural blue, that is. From morpho butterflies in the rain forest to the blue jay flitting past your window, vanishingly few living things are blue—and most that appear so are doing sleight of hand with physics or complex chemistry. Flowers modify the ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

A globe-trotting quest to find blue in the natural world—and to understand our collective obsession with this bewitching colorBlue is a rare color—natural blue, that is. From morpho butterflies in the rain forest to the blue jay flitting past your window, vanishingly few living things are blue—and most that appear so are doing sleight of hand with physics or complex chemistry. Flowers modify the
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Das Basteln der Evolution

Walter J. Gehring erzählt eine genetische Theorie der Entwicklung

de Walter J. Gehring, Klaus Sander ...

Narrado por Walter J. Gehring ...

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2 hora 1 minutos

Inhalt: Das Wunder der Metamorphose 01 Schmetterlinge auf dem Estrich 02 Drosophila melanogaster Ein kurzer Blick in die Geschichte 03 Entdeckung der Gene: Gregor Mendel 04 Die Natur der Gene: Friedrich Miescher 05 Der genetische Code Homeotische Mutationen 06 Nasobemia und Antennapedia 07 Exkurs: Transdetermination 08 Walking along the chromosome 09 Homeobox 10 Ein Molch mit Froschmund 11 Die ... Leer más

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Inhalt: Das Wunder der Metamorphose 01 Schmetterlinge auf dem Estrich 02 Drosophila melanogaster Ein kurzer Blick in die Geschichte 03 Entdeckung der Gene: Gregor Mendel 04 Die Natur der Gene: Friedrich Miescher 05 Der genetische Code Homeotische Mutationen 06 Nasobemia und Antennapedia 07 Exkurs: Transdetermination 08 Walking along the chromosome 09 Homeobox 10 Ein Molch mit Froschmund 11 Die
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Natural Selection

de J. Phil Gibson, Terri R. Gibson ...

Narrado por Christopher Prince ...

Series series Science Foundations
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2 hora 24 minutos

An informative introduction to Darwin's discovery. In his groundbreaking book Natural Selection, Charles Darwin explained his theory that evolution is driven by adaptation of species to their environmental surroundings. From the tiniest microbe to the largest whale, all organisms have changed over vast expanses of time due to the forces of natural selection. This title in the Science Foundations ... Leer más

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An informative introduction to Darwin's discovery. In his groundbreaking book Natural Selection, Charles Darwin explained his theory that evolution is driven by adaptation of species to their environmental surroundings. From the tiniest microbe to the largest whale, all organisms have changed over vast expanses of time due to the forces of natural selection. This title in the Science Foundations
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Full House

The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin

de Stephen Jay Gould ...

Narrado por Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ...

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7 hora 26 minutos

Few would question that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution—that history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex—or that identifying an existing trend can be helpful in making important life decisions. We have always identified trends as bad or good. But Stephen Jay Gould argues that this mode of interpretation is a bias that needs ... Leer más

$34.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Few would question that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution—that history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex—or that identifying an existing trend can be helpful in making important life decisions. We have always identified trends as bad or good. But Stephen Jay Gould argues that this mode of interpretation is a bias that needs
... Leer más
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Assembling Life

How Can Life Begin on Earth and Other Habitable Planets?

de David Deamer ...

Narrado por Stephen R. Thorne ...

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7 hora 40 minutos

In Assembling Life, David Deamer addresses questions that are the cutting edge of research on the origin of life. For instance, how did non-living organic compounds assemble into the first forms of primitive cellular life? What was the source of those compounds and the energy that produced the first nucleic acids? Did life begin in the ocean or in fresh water on terrestrial land masses? Could life ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

In Assembling Life, David Deamer addresses questions that are the cutting edge of research on the origin of life. For instance, how did non-living organic compounds assemble into the first forms of primitive cellular life? What was the source of those compounds and the energy that produced the first nucleic acids? Did life begin in the ocean or in fresh water on terrestrial land masses? Could life
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Bioinformatics Scientist - The Comprehensive Guide

de Viruti Shivan ...

Narrado por Digital Voice Mike G ...

Series series Vanguard Professionals
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4 hora 24 minutos

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unlocking the Code of Life: Mastering Data to Pave the Future of BiologyDive into the groundbreaking realm of bioinformatics with "Bioinformatics Scientist- The Comprehensive Guide," your ultimate resource for mastering the intricacies of biological data analysis. This guide demystifies the complex world of genetic codes, protein databases, and ... Leer más

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Unlocking the Code of Life: Mastering Data to Pave the Future of BiologyDive into the groundbreaking realm of bioinformatics with "Bioinformatics Scientist- The Comprehensive Guide," your ultimate resource for mastering the intricacies of biological data analysis. This guide demystifies the complex world of genetic codes, protein databases, and
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How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog)

Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution

de Lee Alan Dugatkin, Lyudmila Trut ...

Narrado por Joe Hempel ...

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7 hora 17 minutos

Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs—they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishing experiment in breeding ever undertaken—imagine speeding up thousands of years of evolution into a few decades. In 1959, biologists Dmitri Belyaev and ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs—they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishing experiment in breeding ever undertaken—imagine speeding up thousands of years of evolution into a few decades. In 1959, biologists Dmitri Belyaev and
... Leer más
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Living on Earth

Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World

de Peter Godfrey-Smith ...

Narrado por Peter Godfrey-Smith, Mitch Riley ...

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9 hora 59 minutos

**"Listening to Godfrey-Smith's exploration of animal consciousness will rattle every nook and cranny of your brain with an onslaught of interesting questions...the author leaves listeners with a radical new perspective." —AudioFile on MetazoaThis program is read by the author.The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.**If the history of the ... Leer más

$26.99 USD

**"Listening to Godfrey-Smith's exploration of animal consciousness will rattle every nook and cranny of your brain with an onslaught of interesting questions...the author leaves listeners with a radical new perspective." —AudioFile on MetazoaThis program is read by the author.The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.**If the history of the
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The Animals Among Us

How Pets Make Us Human

de John Bradshaw ...

Narrado por Graeme Malcolm ...

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11 hora 39 minutos

A leading anthrozoologist and the bestselling author of Dog Sense and Cat Sense explains why we are so drawn to pets.Historically, we relied on our pets to herd livestock, guard homes, and catch pests. But most of us don't need animals to do these things anymore. Pets have never been less necessary. And yet, pet ownership has never been more common than it is today: half of American households ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

A leading anthrozoologist and the bestselling author of Dog Sense and Cat Sense explains why we are so drawn to pets.Historically, we relied on our pets to herd livestock, guard homes, and catch pests. But most of us don't need animals to do these things anymore. Pets have never been less necessary. And yet, pet ownership has never been more common than it is today: half of American households
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Gendered Species

A Natural History of Patriarchy

de Tamas David-Barrett ...

Narrado por Tamas David-Barrett ...

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15 hora 4 minutos

Why do all human societies have gender norms, and why do they vary so widely across cultures and history?In Gendered Species: A Natural History of Patriarchy, Dr. Tamás Dávid-Barrett, an evolutionary behavioural scientist at the University of Oxford, takes us on a captivating journey to uncover the scientific logic behind one of humanity’s most enduring and contentious questions.With an ... Leer más

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Why do all human societies have gender norms, and why do they vary so widely across cultures and history?In Gendered Species: A Natural History of Patriarchy, Dr. Tamás Dávid-Barrett, an evolutionary behavioural scientist at the University of Oxford, takes us on a captivating journey to uncover the scientific logic behind one of humanity’s most enduring and contentious questions.With an
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