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Understand human biology with new precision and clarity through the incredibly detailed illustrations that pack this book. The 3-D digital images show how the body works, system by system, including...

The book titled The Human Brain (Revised Edition) by the author Anthony Ravielli. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Why are men, like other primate males, usually the aggressors and risk takers? Why do women typically have fewer sexual partners? Why is killing infants routine in some cultures, but...

Alison Jolly believes that biologists have an important story to tell about being human - not the all-too-familiar tale of selfishness, competition, and biology as destiny but rather one of...

The myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise In industrialized nations, our sedentary lifestyles have contributed to skyrocketing rates of obesity and diseases like diabetes. A key remedy, we...

Take a fantastic voyage through the whorls and curves of the human brain, no miniaturisation required. Learn everything from how quickly you can possibly think (and that left-handed people think...

A wonderfully accessible, up-to-the-minute account of human evolution by 'one of the most respected evolutionary psychologists in Britain'(Guardian). Of the dozen or so hominid species once in existence, why are...

A Pelican introduction to the social and cognitive changes that gave rise to modern humans What makes us human? How did we develop language, thought and culture? Why do we...

How did the mind evolve? How does the human mind differ from the minds of our ancestors, and from the minds of our nearest relatives, the apes? What are the...

Prepare to view the world through a new lens - SPEED - a groundbreaking exploration that challenges your perceptions of life's driving force, from the internationally bestselling author Explore how...

In 1856, the disovery of the remains of Neandertal Man in a Swiss mountain valley forced scientists to face what Thomas Huxley called "The question of questions". What precisely was...

In this work, leading anthropologist Noel T. Boaz describes how innovative research techniques have transformed our understanding of our earliest human ancestors. By telling the story of his own 20-year...

Discussing the core areas of the discipline within a framework modelled on the scientific method, this is a concise introduction to biological anthropology. There is an emphasis on themes and...

'This is not just one of the best science books I have read, but one of the best books full stop' - Chris van Tulleken , author of the Sunday...

The book titled The Body by the author Anthony Smith. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Why do we think ourselves superior to all other animals? Are we right to think so? In this book, Michael Ruse explores these questions in religion, science and philosophy. Some...

A comprehensive and up-to-date account of the subject, "Human Evolution" is unique in focusing on contemporary theories of the evolution of human behaviour and in presenting a balanced review of...

In 1974 in a remote region of Ethiopia, Donald Johanson, then one of America's most promising young paleoanthropologists, discovered "Lucy," the oldest, best preserved skeleton of any erect-walking human ever...

The book titled The Human Odyssey: Four Million Years of Human Evo Lution: Four by the author TATTERSALL. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

'The First Human' is a chronicle of four competitive teams of scientists in a heated race to find the fossil of the earliest human ancestor and solve once and for...

One of the most remarkable fossil finds in history occurred in Laetoli, Tanzania, in 1974, when anthropologist Andrew Hill (diving to the ground to avoid a lump of elephant dung...

The book titled The Mind by the author Anthony Smith. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Explore the human brain and find out what we really know about the way it controls everything we think and do This new edition of the award-winning The Brain Book...

At the end of the nineteenth century in China, amateur fossil hunters knew that a ready supply of fossils could be found in backstreet Chinese apothecaries. They were sold as...

?O brave new world, That has such people in?t!? Shakespeare, The Tempest New scientific developments are changing the world, but whether the world of our children and grandchildren will be...

This book provides an examination of how the wide range of behavioural patterns and social organization has allowed humans to adapt to a wide variety of environments. In a series...

'Insightful and breathtaking . . . Explains some of our species' greatest successes and failures.' Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens Why are humans everywhere prone to believe in ghosts?...

Where and when we - HOMO SAPIENS - began our career is the most hotly contested issue in science. It has explosive implications for the way we view race. If...

Acclaimed science writer Jennifer Ackerman lends her keen eye and lively voice to this marvellous exploration of the human body. Taking us through a typical day, from the arousal of...

In this title Michael Sims simultaneously explores the natural history of the body and the cultural history that records our response to it. Divided into sections corresponding with various body...

Reproduction is among the most basic of human biological functions, both for our distant ancestors and for ourselves, whether we live on the plains of Africa or in North American...

Do you struggle with anxiety around using the bathroom? Or spend days worrying about when your next bowel movement will be? Dr Trisha Pasricha takes us on a deep dive...

The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith's three-part exploration of the origins of intelligence on Earth, which began with the bestselling Other Minds in 2018 and continued with Metazoa in...

Much has been written about women, their bodies, and their feelings, but this book aims to restore the balance and offer men a detailed and sympathetic account of their bodies,...

Hunter-gatherer lifestyles defined the origins of modern humans and for tens of thousands of years were the only form of subsistence our species knew. This changed with the advent of...

This is a biography of the first family of anthropology - Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey, whose discoveries have laid the foundations for much of our knowledge about the origins...

For the last 25 years, sociobiologists have come under continuous attack by a group of left-wing academics, who have accused the former of dubious and politically dangerous science. Many have...

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY WATERSTONES AND THE TIMES The viruses that do us harm are vastly outnumbered by viruses that can actually save lives. These...

'Beautiful. Entertaining. Inspiring.' Nature 'Startling . . . riveting . . . hauntingly timely.' Washington Review of Books 'A meditation on transformation . . . Warm [and] empathetic . ....

From the beginning as a fertilized egg to the complexity of 6 million cells working in concert, this text records the landmarks of physical life. Unusual techniques, developed for the...

Original Skin is the grand and sweeping story of our largest organ - the exquisitely sensitive, constantly reactive, and staunchly protective human skin. Our skin is where we end and...

In his new book, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley looks to the peculiar mating rituals of birds to better understand the rich origins and ongoing significance of Darwin's sexual selection...

Anthropologist/clincial psychologist Katz spent two years on a remote Fijian island in his search for the moral, psychological, and spiritual wisdom known as the Straight Path, an ancient healing tradition...

Until just a few years ago, we knew surprisingly little about the 150,000 or so years of human existence before the advent of writing. Some of the most momentous events...

InThe Invisible History of the Human Race, Christine Kenneally reveals that, remarkably, it is not only our biological history that is coded in our DNA, but also our social history....

Who are we? Where did we come from? What makes us human? The whole puzzle of our early life on earth is gradually being pieced together from fragments of bone,...

In his new book, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley looks to the peculiar mating rituals of birds to better understand the rich origins and ongoing significance of Darwin's sexual selection...