“…Esta obra articula diferentes debates científicos en torno a la obra de los principales naturalistas de los siglos XIX y XX: Lamarck, Darwin, Casimiro Gómez Ortega, Antonio José Cavanilles, el padre Vicente Solano, Mariano de la Paz Graells, Casiano de Prado, Víctor López Seoane, José Arévalo Baca, Ramón y Cajal, y Eduardo Hernández-Pacheco…”

“…El año 2009 será recordado como el año de la revisión de las ideas de Darwin y de nuevas síntesis de las teorías evolutivas. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…La profecía incumplida de Darwin / Julián Almaraz -- Aspectos del simbolismo animal : el animal y sus máscaras / José María Atencia -- Humanos, animales, plantas, derechos y deberes / Carlos Castrodeza -- Pensamiento conceptual en animales / Antonio Diéguez -- ¿Conciencia animal? …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…La profecía incumplida de Darwin / Julián Almaraz -- Aspectos del simbolismo animal : el animal y sus máscaras / José María Atencia -- Humanos, animales, plantas, derechos y deberes / Carlos Castrodeza -- Pensamiento conceptual en animales / Antonio Diéguez -- ¿Conciencia animal? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…La profecía incumplida de Darwin / Julián Almaraz -- Aspectos del simbolismo animal : el animal y sus máscaras / José María Atencia -- Humanos, animales, plantas, derechos y deberes / Carlos Castrodeza -- Pensamiento conceptual en animales / Antonio Diéguez -- ¿Conciencia animal? …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Chapter 6: Redefining Balance; Chapter 7: Contemporary Darwinism; Chapter 8: A Proactive Aversion; Chapter 9: Embracing Independence; Chapter 10: Ahead of the Curve; Chapter 11: 2009: Return to Parity; Chapter 12: Personal Balance Sheet…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: an archaeologist's view from the past / Steven Mithen -- Artificials, or why Darwin was wrong about humans / Timothy Taylor -- Brain science and belief / Andrew Newberg -- Why Richard Dawkins is wrong about religion / David Sloan Wilson -- Public terror vs. public good : views from Japan and England / Ian Reader -- Buddhism : a better balance in the East? …”

“…In una nota a piè di pagina dell'introduzione al Descent of Man, Charles Darwin commenta i contributi meno conosciuti sul tema dell'evoluzione umana. …”

“…The book discusses a range of authors including Joanna Baillie, Edmund Burke, Erasmus Darwin, William Godwin, Joseph Priestly, Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft. …”

“…Topics covered include social Darwinism, moral realism, and debunking arguments. …”

“…Presentación del editor: "Detailing our biological trajectory, Miller shows how we became the only species that could produce Mozart, da Vinci, and Darwin himself. A proper understanding of evolution, he says, reveals humankind in its glorious uniqueness--one foot planted firmly among all of the creatures we've evolved alongside, and the other in the special place of self-awareness and understanding that we alone occupy in the universe."…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8 Risk-Taking, Antisocial Behavior, and Life Histories9 Theft; 10 In Cold Blood: The Evolution of Psychopathy; Part Five: Victims of Crime; 11 Victim Adaptations; 12 The Evolution of a Sense of Justice; Part Six: Applications and Future Directions; 13 Reducing Crime Evolutionarily; 14 Did the Victim Deserve to Die? Darwin Goes to Court; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Beckwith -- Dawkins, God, and the scientific enterprise : reflections on the appeal to darwinism in fundamentalist atheism / Alister E. McGrath -- Intelligent design and evolutionary psychology as research programs : a comparison of their most plausible specifications / J.P. …”

“…This is not a bitter, predictable rant against fundamentalist Christians or deniers of Darwin; rather, Wilson, a leading "secular humanist," draws upon his own rich background as a boy in Alabama who "took the waters," and seeks not to condemn this new generation of Christians but to address them on their own terms.…”

“…Written by a world-leading authority in evolutionary genetics, this work encapsulates and ranks 70 of the most significant paradigm shifts in evolutionary biology and genetics during the century-and-a-half since Darwin and Mendel. The science of evolutionary genetics is central to all of biology, but many students and other practitioners have little knowledge of its historical roots and conceptual developments. …”

“…Beginning with the emergence of the early naturalists in the seventeenth century, the scientific discoveries that led up to and then flowed from Darwin and Wallace's theory of evolution by natural selection are then discussed, and finally the modern evolutionary studies at the close of the twentieth century are detailed. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…El nacimiento del biocentrismo moderno. Darwin yel darwinismo; 2. Aldo Leopold y "Una Ética de la Tierra"; 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The law of evolution : Darwin, Wallace, and the survival of the fittest -- Around the world in fifty thousand years : the genetics of race -- Your personal DNA code : summing up…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: a comparative analysis of Canada and Sri Lanka / Matthew Lange -- Empire and ethnicity / John Darwin -- The role of nationalism in the two world wars / Michael Mann -- Empire, ethnicity and power : a comment / Dominic Lieven -- Is nationalism the cause or consequence of the end of empire? …”