Illuminating Human Evolution: 150 Years after Darwin / / edited by Jaume Bertranpetit, Juli Peretó
| Illuminating Human Evolution: 150 Years after Darwin / / edited by Jaume Bertranpetit, Juli Peretó |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 pages) |
| Disciplina | 599.938 |
| Collana | Evolutionary Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Sexual selection Molecular evolution Anthropology Evolutionary Theory Sexual Selection Molecular Evolution |
| ISBN | 981-19-3246-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1 -- Light would be thrown: human evolution one hundred and fifty years after Darwin -- Chapter 2. The historical background to Darwin’s Descent of Man -- Chapter 3.Ways of seeing the world: Darwin and the first Victorian generation -- Chapter 4. The problem of design in the Darwinian proposal: A historical overview -- Chapter 5. Darwin under suspicion: The representation of Darwinism in the newspaper ABC (1909-1982) -- Chapter 6.The Descent of Man: Darwin and psychology -- Chapter 7.Human evolution. The linguistic evidence -- Chapter 8.Human evolution in Eurasia: The fossils that Darwin did not know -- Chapter 9. Human evolution: The genomic evidence -- Chapter 10.The adaptations that made us human: Morphology -- Chapter 11.The adaptations that have made us human: The genome -- Chapter 12. How do we humans evolve? -- Chapter 13. Art as a human element -- Chapter 14.Sexual selection: Following Darwin's legacy -- Chapter 15. Genetic and cultural evolution of mate choice -- Chapter 16.How past shapes future: The biological future of humankind. |
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Sex in Cetaceans : Morphology, Behavior, and the Evolution of Sexual Strategies / / edited by Bernd Würsig, Dara N. Orbach
| Sex in Cetaceans : Morphology, Behavior, and the Evolution of Sexual Strategies / / edited by Bernd Würsig, Dara N. Orbach |
| Autore | Würsig Bernd G |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 619 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina |
577.6
577.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Freshwater ecology
Marine ecology Animal culture Vertebrates Sexual selection Freshwater and Marine Ecology Animal Science Vertebrate Zoology Sexual Selection |
| ISBN | 3-031-35651-9 |
| Classificazione | MED089000SCI020000SCI027000SCI070000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Sex and Behavior -- Chapter 2. Genetic Tools to Investigate the Consequences of Sex -- Chapter 3. Skulls, Teeth, and Sex -- Chapter 4. Cetacean Evolution: Copulatory and Birthing Consequences of Pelvic and Hindlimb Reduction -- Chapter 5. Sexual Anatomy of Female Cetaceans: Art and Science Contribute Insights into Functionality -- Chapter 6. Interspecific Comparison of Reproductive Strategies -- Chapter 7. Non-Conceptive Sexual Behavior in Cetaceans: Comparison of Form and Function -- Chapter 8. Play, Sexual Display, or Just Boredom Relief? -- Chapter 9. Sexual Behaviors of Odontocetes in Managed Care -- Chapter 10. Infanticide and Sexual Conflict in Cetaceans -- Chapter 11. Drone Perspectives on Cetacean Mating and Sex -- Chapter 12. Inter- and Intrapopulation Variation in Bottlenose Dolphin Mating Strategies -- Chapter 13. Sex and Sexual Strategies in Deep-Diving Risso's Dolphins -- Chapter 14. Sociosexual Behavior of Nocturnally Foraging Dusky and Spinner Dolphins -- Chapter 15. Life History Parameters, Sociobiology, and Reproductive Strategies of Pilot Whales -- Chapter 16. Sex in Killer Whales: Behavior, Exogamy and the Evolution of Sexual Strategies in the Ocean’s Apex Predator -- Chapter 17. Beaked Whale Sexual Dimorphism, Mating Strategies, and Diversification -- Chapter 18. Sexual Behavior and Anatomy in Porpoises -- Chapter 19. Sperm Whale Reproductive Strategies: Current Knowledge and Future Directions -- Chapter 20. Reproductive Tactics in Baleen Whales -- Chapter 21. Gray Whale Sex, Reproductive Behavior, and Social Strategies -- Chapter 22. Bowhead Whale Reproductive Strategies -- Chapter 23. Right Whale Sexual Strategies and Behavior -- Chapter 24. Cetacean Sociality, Reproduction, and Conservation. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910745585103321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 | ||
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