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• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Evolutionary Biology
  Cultures
  Evolution
   
  

  The Human Career: Human Biological and Cultural Origins

  Described as "by far the best book of its kind" (Henry McHenry, Evolution) and "the best introduction to the problems and data of modern palaeoanthropology yet published" (R. A. Foley, Antiquity), ...  > read more
• Land Management
  Urbanization
  Energy Policy
  Government Regulation
  Environmental Policy
  Sustainability
   
  

  Land Use and Society: Geography, Law, and Public Policy

  Land Use and Society: Geography, Law, and Public Policy examines the history, current practice, and unmet needs of land use planning and regulation in the United States. Rutherford H. Platt, a ...  > read more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Fossils
  Earth Science
  Archaeology
  Anthropology
  Ice Ages
   
  

  The Oracle: Ancient Delphi and the Science Behind Its Lost Secrets

  A gripping modern-day detective story about the scientific quest to understand the Oracle of Delphi Like Walking the Bible, this fascinating book turns a modern eye on an enduring legend. The Oracle ...  > read more
• Extinction
  Global Warming
  Dinosaurs
  Early Climate
  Fossils
  Endangered Animals
   
  

  Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities: The Causes of Mass Extinctions

  This is a book about the dramatic periods in the Earth's history called mass extinctions - short periods (by geological standards) when life nearly died out on Earth. The most famous is the mass ...  > read more
• Personalized Medicine
  Genetics
  Human Biology
  Genes
  Human Evolution
  Biology
   
  

  Human Molecular Genetics, Third Edition

  Following the completion of the Human Genome Project the content and organization of the third edition of Human Molecular Genetics has been thoroughly revised.* Part One (Chapters 1-7) covers basic ...  > read more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Lost Treasures
  New Species
  Fossils
  Earth Science
  Ice Ages
   
  

  The First American: The Suppressed Story of the People Who Discovered the New World

  Forty years ago, an amateur prehistorian discovered an engraved mastodon bone near Mexico City, showing a virtual bestiary from the Ice Age. Harvard University took notice and excavated nearby ...  > read more
• Dinosaurs
  Extinction
  Paleontology
  Earth Science
  Nature
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
   
  

  Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, And Earth's Ancient Atmosphere

  For 65 million years dinosaurs ruled the Earth - until a deadly asteroid forced their extinction. But what accounts for the incredible longevity of dinosaurs? A renowned scientist now provides a ...  > read more
• Mars
  Space Missions
  NASA
  Space Policy
  Space Exploration
  Solar System
   
  

  A Traveler's Guide to Mars

  A Traveler's Guide to Mars revitalizes the Red Planet, leaving readers with the urge to don a spacesuit and take a long trip. With the look and heft of a guide to someplace you might actually go, the ...  > read more
• Birds
  Anthropology
  Cultures
  Social Psychology
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
   
  

  In the Company of Crows and Ravens

  “Crows and people share similar traits and social strategies. To a surprising extent, to know the crow is to know ourselves.”—from the PrefaceFrom the cave walls at Lascaux to the ...  > read more
• Health Policy
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policy
  Environmental Policies
  Ocean Policy
  Sustainability
   
  

  Essentials of Environmental Health

  Environmental threats are occurring on a worldwide scale. Dramatic pictures of the devastating effects of natural disasters lead the nightly news. Stories of chemical spills and contaminated ...  > read more

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