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UNISALENTO991000776339707536 |
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Santo De Marzo, Annamaria |
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La religione : cultura o fondamento di cultura / Annamaria Santo |
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Paris [etc.] : IusAed., 1995 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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UNINA9910954152303321 |
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Autore |
Nunn Charles L |
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Titolo |
The comparative approach in evolutionary anthropology and biology / / Charles L. Nunn |
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Chicago ; ; London, : University of Chicago Press, 2011 |
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9786613317032 |
9781283317030 |
1283317036 |
9780226090009 |
0226090000 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (392 p.) |
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Evolution (Biology) |
Human beings - Origin |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Importance of Comparison -- 2. Basic Phylogenetic Concepts and "Tree Thinking" -- 3. Reconstructing Ancestral States for Discrete Traits -- 4. Reconstructing Ancestral States for Quantitative Traits -- 5. Modeling Evolutionary Change -- 6. Correlated Evolution and Testing Adaptive Hypotheses -- 7. Comparative Methods to Detect Correlated Evolutionary Change -- 8. Using Trees to Study Biological and Cultural Diversification -- 9. Size, Allometry, and Phylogeny -- 10. Human Cultural Traits and Linguistic Evolution -- 11. Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation of Biological and Cultural Diversity -- 12. Investigating Evolutionary Singularities -- 13. Developing a Comparative Database and Targeting Future Data Collection -- 14. Conclusions and Future Directions -- References -- Index |
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Comparison is fundamental to evolutionary anthropology. When scientists study chimpanzee cognition, for example, they compare chimp performance on cognitive tasks to the performance of human children on the same tasks. And when new fossils are found, such as those of the tiny humans of Flores, scientists compare these remains to other fossils and contemporary humans. Comparison provides a way to draw general inferences about the evolution of traits and therefore has long been the cornerstone of efforts to understand biological and cultural diversity. Individual studies of fossilized remains, living species, or human populations are the essential units of analysis in a comparative study; bringing these elements into a broader comparative framework allows the puzzle pieces to fall into place, creating a means of testing adaptive hypotheses and generating new ones. With this book, Charles L. Nunn intends to ensure that evolutionary anthropologists and organismal biologists have the tools to realize the potential of comparative research. Nunn provides a wide-ranging investigation of the comparative foundations of evolutionary anthropology in past and present research, including studies of animal behavior, biodiversity, linguistic evolution, allometry, and cross-cultural variation. He also points the way to the future, exploring the new phylogeny-based comparative approaches and offering a how-to manual for scientists who wish to incorporate these new methods into their research. |
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UNINA9910973161403321 |
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Autore |
Couch Julianne |
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Traveling the power line : from the Mojave Desert to the Bay of Fundy / / Julianne Couch |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2013 |
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9780803248861 |
0803248865 |
9780803245600 |
0803245602 |
9781283948890 |
1283948893 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (239 p.) |
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TEC028000TEC031010TEC031020 |
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Power resources - United States |
Electric power-plants - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Of megawatts and meadowlarks : a Wyoming wind farm -- Angels and monsters : a Wyoming coal-fired power plant -- Fission and fishing : a Nebraska nuclear power plant -- Solids, liquids, and gases : a Texas gas field -- Homegrown revolution : an Iowa biomass research facility -- Journey a little way into the Earth : a Utah geothermal plant -- Water, water, everywhere : a Kentucky hydropower plant -- Don't let the sun go down, without capturing its energy : a Nevada solar-thermal power plant -- Harnessing the moon : a Maine tidal power project. |
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In our power-hungry world, all the talk about energy—what's safe and what's risky, what's clean and what's dirty, what's cheap and what's easy—tends to generate more heat than light. What, Julianne Couch wanted to know, is the real story on power production in this country? Approaching the question as a curious consumer, Couch takes us along as she visits nine sites where electrical power is developed from different fuel sources. From a geothermal plant in the Mojave Desert to a nuclear plant in Nebraska, from a Wyoming coal-fired power plant to a Maine tidal-power project, Couch gives us an insider's look at how |
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power is generated, how it affects neighboring landscapes and the people who live and work there, and how each source comes with its own unique complications. The result is an informed, evenhanded discussion of energy production and consumption on the global, national, regional, local, and—most important—personal level. Knowledge is the real power this book imparts, allowing each of us to think beyond the flip of a switch to the real consequences of our energy use. |
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