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Evolution's Bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins
PaperbackOriginal price $22.95 - Original price $22.95Original price $22.95$26.99$26.99 - $26.99Current price $26.99| /Whether we realize it or not, we carry in our mouths the legacy of our evolution. Our teeth are like living fossils that can be studied and compa...
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How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog): Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. ...
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Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
PaperbackOriginal price $15.99 - Original price $15.99Original price $15.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /A biology professor’s illuminating tour of the physical imperfections—from faulty knees to junk DNA—that make us human. ¶“A funny, fascinating ca...
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Human Evolution: A Very Short Introduction
PaperbackOriginal price $11.95 - Original price $11.95Original price $11.95$13.99$13.99 - $13.99Current price $13.99| /This Very Short Introduction traces the history of paleoanthropology from its beginnings in the eighteenth century to the latest fossil finds. Al...
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The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life
HardcoverOriginal price $27.50Original price $27.50 - Original price $27.50Original price $27.50Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /Physics World Book of the Year A Financial Times, Sunday Times, and Telegraph Best Science Book of the Year What is life? For generations, scient...
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Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /"A dazzlingly erudite synthesis of history, philosophy, anthropology, genetics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, statistics, and more" (Frank ...
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Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
PaperbackOriginal price $16.99 - Original price $16.99Original price $16.99$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /"A gifted and thoughtful writer, Metzl brings us to the frontiers of biology and technology, and reveals a world full of promise and peril." —Sid...
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The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A leading neuroscientist offers a history of the evolution of the brain from un...
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Monarchs of the Sea: The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /Before mammals, there were dinosaurs. And before dinosaurs, there were cephalopods. Publisher’s Note: Monarchs of the Sea was previously publishe...
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What Is Life?: Five Great Ideas in Biology
HardcoverOriginal price $20.00Original price $20.00 - Original price $20.00Original price $20.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /Notes From Your BooksellerApproaching his posed question with an enthusiastic elegance, an accessible rigor with a touch of playfulness, the Nobe...
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The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women
PaperbackOriginal price $17.00Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00Original price $17.00Current price $16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /A Guardian Book of the WeekLonglisted for the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardAn award-winning physician and scientist makes the...
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In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration
PaperbackOriginal price $16.95 - Original price $16.95Original price $16.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /“A surprisingly fascinating scientific consideration of humanity’s most ordinary activity.” —Ron Charles, Washington Post In this “wonderful” (Jo...
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The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect
PaperbackOriginal price $17.00Original price $17.00 - Original price $17.00Original price $17.00Current price $16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /In this “deeply personal and lyrical book” (Publishers Weekly) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Horse, Wendy Williams explores t...
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Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /"Riveting. ... Pattison's uncanny ability [is] to write evocatively about science. ... In this, he is every bit as good as the best scientist wri...
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Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind
PaperbackOriginal price $19.00Original price $19.00 - Original price $19.00Original price $19.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /"Enthralling . . . breathtaking . . . Metazoa brings an extraordinary and astute look at our own mind’s essential link to the animal world." —The...
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The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal About Aliens--and Ourselves
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00Original price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00Current price $17.99$17.99 - $17.99Current price $17.99| /A wildly fun and scientifically sound exploration of what alien life must be likeScientists are confident that life exists elsewhere in the unive...
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A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You
PaperbackOriginal price $15.95 - Original price $15.95Original price $15.95$16.99$16.99 - $16.99Current price $16.99| /"Fascinating and exhilarating—Sean B. Carroll at his very best."—Bill Bryson, author of The Body: A Guide for OccupantsFrom acclaimed writer and ...
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The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code
PaperbackOriginal price $8.99 - Original price $8.99Original price $8.99$11.99$11.99 - $11.99Current price $11.99| /Walter Isaacson’s #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the...
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Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /The New York Times bestselling author of Darwin’s Doubt, Stephen Meyer, presents groundbreaking scientific evidence of the existence of God, base...
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Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /Why do some of nature’s marvels have to wait millions of years for their time in the sun?Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted s...
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The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /New from the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (“A masterpiece of science writing.” —Washington Post) and “on...
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On the Origin of Species (Concise Edition)
PaperbackOriginal price $12.99 - Original price $12.99Original price $12.99$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Darwin's masterpiece helped shaped the cultural landscape of the world today. Now in a digestible, pocket format for the modern reader.Initially ...
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Notes From Your BooksellerA compelling read that looks at the triumphs and endurability of homo sapiens through the lens of both history and scie...
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Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00Original price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans mi...
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