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Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Conversational and accessible to everyone, this colorfully illustrated book embraces almost every imaginable area of the sciences, from microbiology and ecology (for an understanding of what creates this complex beverage) to physiology and neurobiology (for insight into the effects of wine on the mind and body). The authors draw on physics, chemistry, biochemistry, evolution, and climatology, and they expand the discussion to include insights from...
Author
Series
Texas A and M University anthropology volume no. 15
Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
After several million years of jostling for ecological space, only one survivor from a host of hominid species remains standing: us. Human beings are extraordinary creatures, and it is the unprecedented human brain that makes them so. In this book the authors present a step-by-step account of the evolution of the brain and nervous system. Tapping the very latest findings in evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and molecular biology, the authors explain...
Author
Series
Texas A and M University anthropology volume no. 13
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
