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Hardback. Like Donald Johanson's Lucy, this first-person narrative about an archaeological discovery is rewriting the story of human evolution. A story of defiance and determination by a controversial scientist, this is Lee Berger's own take on finding Homo naledi, an all-new species on the human family tree. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3B; HDDA; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426218118
- ISBN
- 9781426218118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.49
€ 27.99
€ 23.49
Paperback. Traces the epic routes by which our human ancestors set out from Africa and peopled the entire planet. Num Pages: 384 pages, Colour Inserts. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSXE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 314. 384 pages, Colour Inserts. Traces the epic routes by which our human ancestors set out from Africa and peopled the entire planet. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; PSXE. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight: 322.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408802885
- ISBN
- 9781408802885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.17
€ 18.99
€ 16.17
Paperback. The idea of a missing link between humanity and our animal ancestors predates evolution and popular science. The author takes aim at this misleading notion, arguing that it reflects a profound misunderstanding of how evolution works and, when applied to the evolution of our own species, supports mistaken ideas about our own place in the universe. Num Pages: 217 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226271200
- ISBN
- 9780226271200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.60
€ 15.99
€ 13.60
Hardcover. This book uses evolution as the unifying theme to trace the connections between levels of biological complexity from genes through nervous systems, animal societies, and human cultures. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: JMAL; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1094.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471182191
- ISBN
- 9780471182191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.55€ 159.09
€ 172.55
€ 159.09
Hardcover. Chronicles the evolution of people from the earliest primates through the emergence of fully modern humans within the past 200,000 years. This book stresses advances in knowledge, including, for example, ever more abundant evidence that fully modern humans originated in Africa and spread from there. Num Pages: 976 pages, 272 line drawings, 49 tables. BIC Classification: JHMP; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1926.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 976
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226439655
- ISBN
- 9780226439655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.46€ 76.49
€ 87.46
€ 76.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: VS; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Energy Psychology Press United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition,First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604150629
- ISBN
- 9781604150629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.58
€ 17.99
€ 17.58
Paperback. Human life is a staggeringly strange thing. On the surface of a ball of rock falling around a nuclear fireball in the blackness of a vacuum the laws of nature conspired to create a naked ape that can look up at the stars and wonder where it came from. Num Pages: 272 pages, (16-page colour plate section), With index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008125080
- ISBN
- 9780008125080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.06
€ 14.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 8
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780500133
- ISBN
- 9781780500133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.94
€ 4.94
Paperback. Provine boldly goes where other scientists seldom tread in search of hiccups, coughs, yawns, sneezes, and other lowly, undignified, human behaviors. Our earthiest instinctive acts bear the imprint of our evolutionary origins and can be valuable tools for understanding how the human brain works and what makes us different from other species. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: JHMP; JMM; PSAN; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284135
- ISBN
- 9780674284135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.55
€ 35.99
€ 29.55
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896031548
- ISBN
- 9780896031548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.57€ 78.06
€ 126.57
€ 78.06
![Frances Ashcroft - Life at the Extremes: [The Science of Survival] - 9780006551256 - V9780006551256](https://www.kennys.ie/products/thumbs/9780006551256.jpg "Frances Ashcroft - Life at the Extremes: [The Science of Survival] - 9780006551256 - V9780006551256")
Paperback. The debut of a female Steve Jones - likeable, literate, lucid and laconic. A sprightly, lavishly illustrated book on the science of human survival. Num Pages: 352 pages, 80 b/w illus, With index. BIC Classification: MFG; MMR; PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006551256
- ISBN
- 9780006551256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.06
€ 14.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. This book demonstrates the application of network theory to the social organization of animals. Editor(s): Krause, Jens; James, Richard; Franks, Daniel; Croft, Darren P. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVP; PSVS; PSX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 190 x 244 x 15. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199679058
- ISBN
- 9780199679058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Hardcover. Smell is arguably the most evocative of senses, linked to memories and associations. For most animals it is vital for survival. For us, it enriches our experience of the world, our pleasure in food and drink, and affects all human interaction. Paolo Pelosi describes how scientists are finally unravelling the science of smell. Num Pages: 256 pages, 28 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198719052
- ISBN
- 9780198719052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.31
€ 27.99
€ 20.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Bamford, Sandra; Leach, James. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMP; PSXM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 434. The Genealogical Model Reconsidered. Series: Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality. 302 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Bamford, Sandra; Leach, James. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHBK; JHMP; PSXM. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 8. Weight: 414.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 302
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857456397
- ISBN
- 9780857456397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.51
€ 44.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDZ; PSX; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 173.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846275524
- ISBN
- 9781846275524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.43
€ 13.99
€ 10.43
Paperback. Explanations and accounts of our own origins have become one of the popular of various areas in science. The discovery of fossils and artefact's has its own intrinsic interest. This volume is a reference work that sets out and evaluates the basic knowledge and theory relevant to these origins of these abilities. Editor(s): Lock, Andrew; Peters, Charles R. Num Pages: 912 pages, 0. BIC Classification: CFF; JHM; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 251 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1658.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631216902
- ISBN
- 9780631216902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 107.06
€ 107.06
Paperback. Obesity, autism, mental health problems, IBS, allergies, auto-immunity, cancer. Does the answer to the modern epidemic of 'Western' diseases lie in our gut? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PSX; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- William Collins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007584055
- ISBN
- 9780007584055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.05
€ 14.99
€ 11.05
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ranzato, Elia. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 134
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626187986
- ISBN
- 9781626187986
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.82€ 110.10
€ 160.82
€ 110.10
Paperback. The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDZ; PSAK; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857028355
- ISBN
- 9781857028355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.02
€ 14.99
€ 11.02
Hardback. The Hidden Mechanics of Exercise reveals the microworld of the body in motion, from motor proteins that produce force to enzymes that extract energy from food, and tackles questions athletes ask: What should we ingest before and during a race? How does a hard workout trigger changes in our muscles? Why does exercise make us feel good? Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MFG; PSD; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724945
- ISBN
- 9780674724945
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.60
€ 46.99
€ 38.60