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The Thin Bone Vault
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Author : Fredric M. Menger
language : en
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Release Date : 2009
The Thin Bone Vault written by Fredric M. Menger and has been published by Imperial College Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Psychology categories.
This book delves into one of the greatest riddles perplexing modern science: OC Why are humans so smart?OCO In a format understandable even by the non-expert, the author investigates the origins of human intelligence, starting with classical Darwinian concepts. Thus, the strengths and beauty of natural selection are presented with many examples taken from natural history. Common criticisms of Darwin, from scientists and non-scientists alike, are confronted and shown to be either inconclusive or outright false.The author then launches into a discussion of human intelligence, the most important feature of human evolution, and how it cannot be fully explained by mutational selection. Modern humans are smarter than what is demanded by our evolutionary experience as hunter-gatherers. The difficulty lies in the inability of natural selection to answer the following question: how can a complex set of genes, controlling expensive traits with little immediate benefit, come into permanent existence within a short time period in every member of a small population (which was dispersed and geographically isolated over a huge planet) which had a low reproductive output and a low mutation rate?The book concludes with a speculative epigenetic theory of intelligence that does not require DNA mutations as a source of evolution. Although the book is comprehensible by anyone with a college education, this last section in particular should intrigue both layman and expert alike.
The Thin Bone Vault
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Author : Fredric M Menger
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2009-02-11
The Thin Bone Vault written by Fredric M Menger and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-11 with Science categories.
This book delves into one of the greatest riddles perplexing modern science: “Why are humans so smart?” In a format understandable even by the non-expert, the author investigates the origins of human intelligence, starting with classical Darwinian concepts. Thus, the strengths and beauty of natural selection are presented with many examples taken from natural history. Common criticisms of Darwin, from scientists and non-scientists alike, are confronted and shown to be either inconclusive or outright false. The author then launches into a discussion of human intelligence, the most important feature of human evolution, and how it cannot be fully explained by mutational selection. Modern humans are smarter than what is demanded by our evolutionary experience as hunter-gatherers. The difficulty lies in the inability of natural selection to answer the following question: how can a complex set of genes, controlling expensive traits with little immediate benefit, come into permanent existence within a short time period in every member of a small population (which was dispersed and geographically isolated over a huge planet) which had a low reproductive output and a low mutation rate? The book concludes with a speculative epigenetic theory of intelligence that does not require DNA mutations as a source of evolution. Although the book is comprehensible by anyone with a college education, this last section in particular should intrigue both layman and expert alike. Contents: Evolution:Darwin and Natural SelectionDarwin AnalyzedLamarckThe Thin Bone Vault:Definition of IntelligenceA Brief History of the MindPopulationCultureAnimal IntelligenceEvolutionary Potential:Elementary GeneticsGene Variability, ExamplesDirected MutationsGenetics and IntelligenceEvolution of Intelligence, an Epigenetic Model:EpigeneticsThe Cranial Feedback Mechanism Readership: General public; biology and anthropology undergraduates and graduates. Keywords:Evolution;Intelligence;Anthropology;General Interest;Non-fictionKey Features:A particularly lucid description of the strengths and weaknesses of Darwinian evolution, written in an enjoyable style palatable to anyone interested in biologyAmple citations of natural phenomena to stimulate general interest in the readerA novel discussion of human intelligence that has no counterpart in current booksAn “epigenetic” theory of evolution in the final pages of the book that complements the natural selection concept
The Thin Bone Vault
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Author : Fredric M. Menger
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2009
The Thin Bone Vault written by Fredric M. Menger and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Science categories.
This book delves into one of the greatest riddles perplexing modern science: ?Why are humans so smart?? In a format understandable even by the non-expert, the author investigates the origins of human intelligence, starting with classical Darwinian concepts. Thus, the strengths and beauty of natural selection are presented with many examples taken from natural history. Common criticisms of Darwin, from scientists and non-scientists alike, are confronted and shown to be either inconclusive or outright false.The author then launches into a discussion of human intelligence, the most important feature of human evolution, and how it cannot be fully explained by mutational selection. Modern humans are smarter than what is demanded by our evolutionary experience as hunter-gatherers. The difficulty lies in the inability of natural selection to answer the following question: how can a complex set of genes, controlling expensive traits with little immediate benefit, come into permanent existence within a short time period in every member of a small population (which was dispersed and geographically isolated over a huge planet) which had a low reproductive output and a low mutation rate?The book concludes with a speculative epigenetic theory of intelligence that does not require DNA mutations as a source of evolution. Although the book is comprehensible by anyone with a college education, this last section in particular should intrigue both layman and expert alike.
The Bone Vault
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Author : Linda A. Fairstein
language : en
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Release Date : 2003
The Bone Vault written by Linda A. Fairstein and has been published by Scribner Book Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Cooper, Alexandra (Fictitious character) categories.
A twelfth dynasty mummified princess, on loan from Cairo, is missing from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Assistant district attorney Alexandra Cooper tries to solve the case, unaware that a killer may await.
Principles Of Bone X Ray Diagnosis
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Author : George Simon
language : en
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Release Date : 2013-10-22
Principles Of Bone X Ray Diagnosis written by George Simon and has been published by Butterworth-Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Science categories.
Principles of Bone X-Ray Diagnosis follows the method set by Principles of Chest X-ray Diagnosis (Simon, 1956) in placing more value in the grouping of x-ray material according to the type of x-ray shadow rather than the clinical disease label. Biochemical and hematological values quoted throughout the book, especially in the captions to figures, are all from the Department of Pathology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital. This book is organized into 12 chapters. Much of the original text has been used in this third edition, though some changes of order have been made to give a more logical approach to the description of the bone changes seen in various diseases. A chapter on widespread and regional reduction in bone density has been completely rewritten. This volume provides radiographs to illustrate every condition described. These radiographs were selected to illustrate the principles of bone x-ray diagnosis rather than to make a complete catalogue of all the conditions referred. This book will be of interest to persons dealing with studies on the diagnostic value of bone x-ray.
Towers Of Myth Stone
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Author : Deborah Fleming
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 2015-09-15
Towers Of Myth Stone written by Deborah Fleming and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this critical study of the influence of W. B. Yeats (1865–1939) on the poetry and drama of Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962), Deborah Fleming examines similarities in imagery, landscape, belief in eternal recurrence, use of myth, distrust of rationalism, and dedication to tradition. Although Yeats’s and Jeffers’s styles differed widely, Towers of Myth and Stone examines how the two men shared a vision of modernity, rejected contemporary values in favor of traditions (some of their own making), and created poetry that sought to change those values. Jeffers’s well-known opposition to modernist poetry forced him for decades to the margins of critical appraisal, where he was seen as an eccentric without aesthetic content. Yet both Yeats and Jeffers formulated social and poetic philosophies that continue to find relevance in critical and cultural theory. Engaging Yeats’s work enabled Jeffers to develop a related, though distinct, sense of what themes and subject matter were best suited for poetic endeavor. His connection to Yeats helps to explain the nature of Jeffers’s poetry even as it helps to clarify Yeats’s influence on those who followed him. Moreover, Fleming argues, Jeffers’s interest in Yeats suggests that critics misunderstand Jeffers if they take his rejection of modernism (as exemplified by Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, and Ezra Pound) as a rejection of contemporary poetry or the process by which modern poetry came into being.
Inventing The Language To Tell It
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Author : George Hart
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2013-09
Inventing The Language To Tell It written by George Hart and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with Literary Criticism categories.
Examines American poet Robinson Jeffers's concern with the evolution of consciousness and its effects on humans' relationship with the natural world. Presents an account of his development of a poetics that integrates scientific and spiritual views of the universe.
The Pediatric And Perinatal Autopsy Manual With Dvd Rom
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Author : Marta C. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-04-24
The Pediatric And Perinatal Autopsy Manual With Dvd Rom written by Marta C. Cohen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-24 with Medical categories.
This practical yet comprehensive manual guides the pathologist through situations they might encounter in a pediatric or perinatal post-mortem. Richly illustrated throughout with numerous color images, this is an essential resource for trainees and non-pediatric general pathologists as well as forensic pathologists.
The Wild That Attracts Us
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Author : ShaunAnne Tangney
language : en
Publisher: UNM Press
Release Date : 2015-06-15
The Wild That Attracts Us written by ShaunAnne Tangney and has been published by UNM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
The first collection in twenty years of essays on Robinson Jeffers, one of the great American poets of the twentieth century, this work signals the sea change in Jeffers scholarship, as well as the increasing breadth and depth of criticism of the literature of the American West. The essays assembled here highlight issues and theories critical to Jeffers studies, among them the advance of ecocriticism, the reimagining of regionalism as place studies, the continuing development of cultural studies and the new historicism, the increasingly poignant vector of science and literature, the new formalism, particularly as it pertains to narrative verse, and the glaring omission of feminist analysis in Jeffers scholarship. Jeffers has always appealed to a wider audience than many twentieth-century poets, and this book will speak to that general readership as well as to scholars and students.
Bone Histology
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Author : Christian Crowder
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2011-09-22
Bone Histology written by Christian Crowder and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-22 with Law categories.
A broad understanding of bone and tooth microstructure is necessary for constructing the biological profile of an individual or individuals within a population. Bone Histology: An Anthropological Perspective brings together authors with extensive experience and expertise in various aspects of hard tissue histology to provide a comprehensive discuss