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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Episode 2 - The Child's Brain: Syllable From Sound. A startling new map of the human brain has emerged during the past decade of neuroscience research, contradicting much of what was previously believed. Narrated by Blair Brown and directed by David Grubin, this series tells stories through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary, and cutting-edge animation. Viewers learn startling new truths about the brain as they journey inside about this...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (4 videos files, approximately 300 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A startling new map of the human brain has emerged during the past decade of neuroscience research, contradicting much of what was previously believed. Narrated by Blair Brown and directed by David Grubin, this series tells stories through a mix of personal histories, expert commentary, and cutting-edge animation. Viewers learn startling new truths about the brain as they journey inside about this complicated organ.
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Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
ix, 166 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A celebrated science writer draws upon the most recent discoveries in paleoanthropology and evolutionary biology to present the seven most important steps leading to Homo sapiens."--
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English
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A tale set in a world of reversing evolution and a growing police state follows pregnant thirty-two-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker, who investigates her biological family while awaiting the birth of a child who may emerge as a member of a primitive human species. Evolution has reversed itself: woman after woman gives birth to infants that appear to be primitive species of humans. For Cedar Hawk Songmaker, this change is profound and deeply personal:...
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English
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The author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies.
A decade ago, Maryanne Wolf's Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how reading changes the way
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English
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In The Descent of Man Darwin addresses many of the issues raised by his notorious Origin of Species: finding in the traits and instincts of animals the origins of the mental abilities of humans, of language, of our social structures and our moral capacities, he attempts to show that there is no clear dividing line between animals and humans. Most importantly, he accounts for what Victorians called the 'races' of mankind by means of what he calls sexual...
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Language
English
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature (1863) has been considered the most important of Thomas Huxley's Darwinian writings. Despite warnings from friends that publishing an argument in support of evolution could ruin his career, it in fact did the opposite. This book did much to facilitate the general acceptance of Darwinism in Huxley's day. Huxley demonstrates that...
30) 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
Chartwell Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The heated debate between Bible-believing Christians and advocates of Darwinism about Creation and Evolution has been a long and inconclusive one. Neither side can seem to “win the day” because both sides ignore aspects of the truth that God has revealed to us in nature and in Scripture. This book brings together Evangelical and Catholic scientists, philosophers and theologians with a common vision: to propel Christians to begin to think “out-of-the-box”...
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English
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Approximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe-descendants of a much earlier migration of the African genus Homo. But when modern humans eventually made their way to Europe 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals suddenly vanished. Ever since the first Neanderthal bones were identified in 1856, scientists have been vexed by the question, why did...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
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A watershed book that masterfully integrates insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the development and workings of human societies There is no good reason why human societies should not be described and explained with the same precision and success as the rest of nature. Thus argues evolutionary psychologist Pascal Boyer in this uniquely innovative book. Integrating recent insights from evolutionary...
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English
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Africa does not give up its secrets easily. Buried there lie answers about the origins of humankind. And yet, though vital clues still remain hidden, scientists have over the last century transformed our understanding about the beginnings of human life. In Born in Africa, Martin Meredith follows scientists' trail of discoveries about human origins, recounting their intense rivalry, personal feuds, and fierce controversies as well as their feats of...
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The source of the earth's great variety of animals was a scientific mystery until Charles Darwin proposed the idea of natural selection. Nova presents breakthroughs in a new science nicknamed evo devo that are linking the enigma of origins to another of nature's mysteries, the development of embryos.
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"--
40) Team human
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Language
English
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"A provocative, exciting, and important rallying cry to reassert our human spirit of community and teamwork."?
Walter Isaacson Though created by humans, our technologies, markets, and institutions often contain an antihuman agenda. Douglas Rushkoff, digital theorist and host of the NPR-One podcast Team Human, reveals the dynamics of this antihuman machinery and invites us to remake these aspects of society in ways that foster our humanity. In 100...
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