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Language
English
Description
Taking us on an enlightening archaeological investigation, from the Arctic Circle to the deep Mediterranean forests, a renowned paleoanthropologist reveals the Neanderthals had their own history, rituals and customs as he works to decipher their real stories through every single detail they left behind.
2) Evolution
Author
Publisher
What on Earth Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Let real-life scientists Sarah Darwin and Eva Maria Sadowski [presents] facts of evolution: what it is and how it works. Dive into the history of life on Earth and learn about the theory of natural selection that Sarah���s great-great-grandfather, Charles Darwin, and naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace came up with together"--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Bright Matter Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xv, 185 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From learning to make fire and using the stars as guides to cooking meals in microwaves and landing on the moon, prepare to uncover the secrets and superpowers of how we evolved from our first appearances millions of years ago"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For readers of Inside of a Dog and The Soul of an Octopus, a fascinating, charming, and revelatory look at the science behind why animals play that shows how life--at its most fundamental level--is playful. In Kingdom of Play, critically acclaimed science writer David Toomey takes us on a fast-paced and entertaining tour of playful animals and the scientists who study them. From octopuses on Australia's Great Barrier Reef to meerkats in the Kalahari...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the last decade, the science of understanding the human brain and replicating its most complicated processes through artificial intelligence has grown exponentially. Intricate neurological functions ranging from writing poetry to crafting original articles, arenas that had long been thought of as science fiction, have become our reality. And yet, large gaps remain in what AI can achieve-gaps that, as pioneering artificial intelligence entrepreneur...
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Language
English
Description
"An evolutionary case for the existence of free will. Scientists are learning more and more about how brain activity controls behavior and how neural circuits weigh alternatives and initiate actions. As we probe ever deeper into the mechanics of decision making, many conclude that agency--or free will--is an illusion. In Free Agents, leading neuroscientist Kevin Mitchell presents a wealth of evidence to the contrary, arguing that we are not mere machines...
Author
Publisher
Bright Matter Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xv, 187 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Revealing how human society evolved and flourished, a world-renowned historian and philosopher tells strange, but true, stories about how humans established civilization, endured the consequences of it and created history-changing inventions along the way.
8) Leech
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Language
English
Description
"In an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron's doctor has died. The doctor's replacement has a mystery to solve: discovering how the Institute lost track of one of its many bodies. For hundreds of years the Interprovincial Medical Institute has grown by taking root in young minds and shaping them into doctors, replacing every human practitioner of medicine. The Institute is here to help humanity, to cure and to cut, to cradle and...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
400 pages; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A "playful, enlightening," and "effervescent expos" (Scientific American) on the queens of the animal kingdom. Studying zoology made Lucy Cooke feel like a sad freak. Not because she loved spiders or would root around in animal feces: all her friends shared the same curious kinks. The problem was her sex. Being female meant she was, by nature, a loser. Since Charles Darwin, evolutionary biologists have been convinced that the males of the animal kingdom...
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