Archer, John

The Behavioural Biology of Aggression.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. First edition. Pp. x, (1), 257; some text-figures and diagrams. Original dark red pictorial stiff wrappers, 8vo (8.8 x 5.9 inches). The purpose of this book is to elucidate the general principles underlying animal aggression. Aggressive encounters occur even in very simple organisms, and are at the roots of human conflict. A general framework is provided by dividing forms of aggression according to their function - protection of the individual, offspring defense and competition. Within each functional group, the principles underlying the variety of aggressive behavior in different species, the sexes and different life-cycle stages, are considered, and this is followed by a discussion of the mechanisms through which animals achieve the various functional ends. Aggression is viewed as one possible solution to a recurrent set of problems animals encounter in their natural environments. In any one case, the control and form of aggression are seen as the result of the interaction of past evolutionary environments, developmental influences, and current circumstances (from the rear cover). No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 5717

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Keywords: Evolution evolutionary biology evolutionary psychology behavior aggression Archer

Asher, Robert J. and Müller, Johannes (editors)

From Clone to Bone: The Synergy of Morphological and Molecular Tools in Palaeobiology

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. First edition. Pp. x, 387; numerous black-and-white photos, line-drawings, graphs and maps, 16-page color section of photos and diagrams at center of book (p. 182). Pictorial color laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. This is the hardcover first edition. Since the 1980s, a renewed understanding of molecular development has afforded an unprecedented level of knowledge of the mechanisms by which phenotype in animals and plants has evolved. In this volume, top scientists in these fields provide perspectives on how molecular data in biology help to elucidate key questions in estimating paleontological divergence and in understanding the mechanisms behind phenotypic evolution. Paleobiological questions such as genome size, digit homologies, genetic control cascades behind phenotype, estimates of vertebrate divergence dates, and rates of morphological evolution are addressed, with a special emphasis on how molecular biology can inform paleontology, directly and indirectly, to better understand life's past. Highlighting a significant shift towards interdisciplinary collaboration, this is a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in the integration of organismal and molecular biology. Here is one review of this volume: 'Fundamental questions in biology, such as the origin of form and the tree of life, were major concerns for the leading biologists of the nineteenth century, but those researchers lacked the research tools to test their ideas. This book highlights the remarkable synergies between molecular biologists, developmental biologists, and paleobiologists in providing new understanding. Asher and Müller have assembled an excellent set of chapters on these themes, and these provide incisive introductions to an important interdisciplinary field' (Michael J. Benton - University of Bristol) (from the back cover). No ownership marks. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8862

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Bendall, Derek S. (editor)

Evolution from Molecules to Men.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1983. First edition. Pp. xiii, 594; numerous text-figures (graphs, maps, cladograms). Publisher's original black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. This volume presents a broad view of biological evolution as a whole, and attempts to identify the most outstanding scientific problems, 100 years after the death of Charles Darwin. The volume is divided into seven sections: Prologue, Evolutionary History, Molecular and Cellular Evolution, Evolution of Whole Organisms, Evolution of Social Behavior and Epilogue. There are 28 chapters in these sections, all written by notable authorities in the field. Bookplate of former owner on the front endpaper. A bright and clean copy in near fine condition in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6367

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Clark, Austin H.

The New of Evolution: Zoogenesis

Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1930. First edition Pp. xiv, 297, 135 text-figures. Publisher's attractive blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, and with gilt floral decorations, 8vo. From the jacket flap: ""Zoogenesis is an evolutionary school of thought which postulated that each of the major types of life forms on earth evolved separately and independently from all the others. The evolutionary hypothesis of zoogenesis was developed by Austin H. Clark."" This view of evolution has few supporters today. Aside from a few pages with annotations, there are no ownership marks. A bright and clean near fine copy..

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Book number: 3624

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Keywords: Evolutionary biology evolution Zoogenesis

Cunningham, J. T.

Sexual Dimorphism in the Animal Kingdom: A theory of the secondary sex characters

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1900. First edition. Pp. xi, 317, (6, ads); 32 text-figures (line-drawings and photos). Publisher's original green textured cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, lg 8vo. Signature of T. J. Spilen, dated March 1952 on the front free endpaper. No other ownership marks. Some pencil annotations on the front free endpaper. Some worm holes in the inner margin (gutter) of the endpapers and the first few pages of text as well as in the rear endpapers and the last few pages of text, some browning to the endpapers, the cloth binding is clean with only minor wear; a tight and clean copy in good condition..

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Book number: 8258

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Dahlberg, Albert A (editor)

Dental Morphology and Evolution.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1971. First edition. Pp. x, 350; numerous black-and-white photos, line-drawings of teeth (some high-lighted in color), graphs. Publisher's original dark red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, two color printed dust jacket, lg 8vo. This is the first hardcover edition. The seventeen papers published in this volume were presented at the Second International Symposium on Dental Morphology held at Royal Holloway College in England in 1968. The volume is divided into three sections: Part 1: Ontogeny, Part 2: Phylogeny and Part 3: Morphology. No ownership marks and no signs of use. A fine (new) copy in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6479

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Darlington, Philip J.

Biogeography of the Southern End of the World: Distribution and History of Far-Southern Life and Land, With an Assessment of Continental Drift

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1965. First edition. Pp. x, 236; 38 text-figures (maps and other drawings). Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in white on the spine and with map of the southern end of the world on front cover, pale green pictorial dust jacket, lg 8vo. From the library of the late zoologist, George Sprague Meyers, with his signature on the front endpaper and name sticker. Warmly inscribed to Meyers by Darlington on the front free endpaper. A bright and clean copy in fine condition in a near fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 6467

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Dingle, Hugh

Migration: The Biology of Life on the Move

New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. First edition. Pp. 474; numerous line drawings, charts, graphs and maps. Publisher's original orange cloth, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. This is the hardcover first edition. This is a very thorough study of all aspects of migration in mammals, birds, insects and other species. Contains much information on external factors affecting migration such as weather, winds and currents. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Small bump to bottom corner of spine, otherwise, a bright and clean copy in fine (new) condition..

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Book number: 7335

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Gans, Carl

Biomechanics: an approach to vertebrate biology

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1974. First edition. Pp. x, 261, numerous text-figures. Publisher’s white pictorial laminated wrappers, lettered in blue and black on front cover and spine, lg 8vo. This book provides examples of functional anatomy, adaptation, and biomechanics. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper. Neat underlining on pages 117-121, 125, and 129. Light wear to spine, small tear to bottom front edge of spine, overall a very good copy..

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Book number: 9208

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Gause, G. F.

The Struggle for Existence

New York: Hafner Publishing Company, 1964. Reprinted. Pp. ix, 163, 40 text-figures. Publisher’s dark gray cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, sm 8vo. This volume is a reprint of a 1934 experimental investigation that examines the quantitative laws describing the competition between protozoa and yeast cells in a laboratory setting. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his name stamp on front endpapers, rear endpapers, page 86, and page edges. A near fine copy..

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Book number: 9239

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

George, Wilma

Animal Geography

London: Heinemann, 1963. Reprint. Pp. x, 142; numerous zoogeographic maps showing worldwide distributions of mammals. Publisher's original dark blue cloth, lettered in white on the spine, red pictorial dust jacket, sm 4to (10 x 7¾ inches). This volume describes the main distribution patterns of mammals and other land vertebrates over the world today and during the past hundred million years. No ownership marks and no signs of use. Faint edge wear to dust jacket; a bright and clean copy in fine condition in a fine dust jacket..

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Book number: 8530

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Goswami, Anjali and Friscia, Anthony (editors)

Carnivoran Evolution: New Views on Phylogeny, Form and Function

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. First edition. Pp. xiii, 492; numerous black-and-white photos, line-drawings, graphs and maps, 19 color-plate section of photos and diagrams at center of book (p. 273). Pictorial color laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. This is the hardcover first edition. Members of the mammalian clade Carnivora have invaded nearly every continent and ocean, evolving into bamboo-eating pandas, clam-eating walruses and of course, flesh-eating sabre-toothed cats. With this ecological, morphological and taxonomic diversity and a fossil record spanning over sixty million years, Carnivora has proven to be a model clade for addressing questions of broad evolutionary significance. This volume brings together top international scientists with contributions that focus on current advances in our understanding of carnivoran relationships, ecomorphology and macroevolutionary patterns. Topics range from the palaeoecology of the earliest fossil carnivorans to the influences of competition and constraint on diversity and biogeographic distributions. Several studies address ecomorphological convergences among carnivorans and other mammals with morphometric and Finite Element analyses, while others consider how new molecular and paleontological data have changed our understanding of carnivoran phylogeny. Combined, these studies also illustrate the diverse suite of approaches and questions in evolutionary biology and paleontology (from the back cover). No ownership marks. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8850

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Gunnell, Gregg F. and Simmons, Nancy B. (editors)

Evolutionary History of Bats: Fossils, Molecules and Morphology

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. First edition. Pp. xii, 560; numerous black-and-white photos, line-drawings, graphs and maps, 8-page color section of photos and diagrams at center of book (p. 340). Pictorial color laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. This is the hardcover first edition. Advances in morphological and molecular methods continue to uncover new information on the origin and evolution of bats. Presenting some of the most remarkable discoveries and research involving living and fossil bats, this book explores their evolutionary history from a range of perspectives. Phylogenetic studies based on both molecular and morphological data have established a framework of evolutionary relationships that provides a context for understanding many aspects of bat biology and diversification. In addition to detailed studies of the relationships and diversification of bats, the topics covered include the mechanisms and evolution of powered flight, evolution and enhancement of echolocation, feeding ecology, population genetic structure, ontogeny and growth of facial form, functional morphology and evolution of body size. The book also examines the fossil history of bats from their beginnings over 50 million years ago to their diversification into one of the most globally wide-spread orders of mammals living today (from the back cover). No ownership marks. A fine (new) copy..

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Book number: 8846

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Haeckel, Ernst

Last Words on Evolution: A Popular Retrospect and Summary.

London: Watts and Co., 1910. First edition. Pp. 127, (1, ad); frontispiece portrait of Haeckel, 3 full page plates. Publisher's original light blue cloth, lettered in black on the spine and front cover, 8vo. Translated from the German second edition by Joseph McCabe; also with a new forward by McCabe. No ownership marks. Endpapers show some browning; a bright and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 6334

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity

Hall, Brian K. (editor)

Fins into Limbs: Evolution, Development, and Transformation

Chicago: University of Chicago Press 2007. First paperback edition. Pp. (vi), 432; 27 color plates, numerous black-and-white plates (line-drawings, black-and-white photos, charts, graphs). Color pictorial white wrappers, lettered in brown on the spine and front cover, 4to. Provides a look at the current state of research on fin and limb evolution and development, this volume addresses a wide range of subjects—including growth, maintenance, form, function, and regeneration (from the rear cover blurb). From the research collection of Illinois State University naturalist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the half-title page. Chapter 17 circled in the table of contents and pages 285-305 with some underlined sentences. Minor crease to the front wrapper and to the first few pages; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

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Book number: 9065

Catalogue: Evolution and Heredity