One of the most important shifts in evolutionary biology in the past 50 years is an increased
recognition of sluggish evolution and failures to adapt, which seem paradoxical in view of …

The INTERSALT Study is a standardized, worldwide epidemiologic study of large sample
size (n= 10079 men and women aged 20–59 y from 32 countries) that tested both within-and …

The clock was an early modern thing of particular salience. During the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries, clocks constituted a socially, economically, and culturally crucial …

Pocos autores han tenido un impacto tan profundo sobre la identidad negra como Frantz
Fanon, cuya obra ha ejercido una poderosa influencia sobre el movimiento de los derechos …

The world's most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of
explanatory force unprecedented in our time—a landmark publication, both for its historical …

Virtually all serious scientists accept the truth of Darwin's theory of evolution. While the fight
for its acceptance has been a long and difficult one, after a century of struggle among the …

Thomas Berry is one of the most eminent cultural historians of our time. Here he presents the
culmination of his ideas and urges us to move from being a disrupting force on the Earth to a …

In this polemical work, Merlin Donald refutes the recent arguments of scientists and
philosophers who have dismissed consciousness as a superficial by-product of evolution, or …

The central focus of this text is language development as a field of basic research, but
applied issues are also considered. Chapter 1 provides an overview and history of the field …

Is the history of life a series of accidents or a drama scripted by selfish genes? Is there an"
essential" human nature, determined at birth or in a distant evolutionary past? What should …