Biological category: 21163 books
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
New York Times Bestseller
A Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—that explores the ways in which biology and...
by Edward O. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
From the most celebrated heir to Darwin comes a groundbreaking book on evolution, the summa work of Edward O. Wilson's legendary career.
Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going? In a generational work of clarity and passion, one of our greatest living scientists directly addresses...
The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity...
Cannibalism
A Perfectly Natural History
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
“Surprising. Impressive. Cannibalism restores my faith in humanity.” —Sy Montgomery, The New York Times Book Review
For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biological significance. Its presence in nature was dismissed as a desperate response...
Nonzero
The Logic of Human Destiny
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2001
In his bestselling The Moral Animal, Robert Wright applied the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of the human mind. Now Wright attempts something even more ambitious: explaining the direction of evolution and human history–and discerning where history will lead us next.
In Nonzero:...
Who We Are and How We Got Here
Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history.
Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand...
The Sports Gene
Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The New York Times bestseller – with a new afterword about early specialization in youth sports – by the author of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.
The debate is as old as physical competition. Are stars like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams genetic...
The Age of Empathy
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
In this thought-provoking book, the acclaimed author of Our Inner Ape examines how empathy comes naturally to a great variety of animals, including humans.
Are we our brothers' keepers? Do we have an instinct for compassion? Or are we, as is often assumed, only on earth to serve our own survival...
Darwin's Doubt
The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. During this event, the “Cambrian explosion,”...
Hair of the Alien
DNA and Other Forensic Evidence of Alien Abductions
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2005
SHOCKING. CONTROVERSIAL. UNPRECEDENTED. A CASE LIKE UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN THE ANNALS OF UFO INVESTIGATION, DNA RESEARCH, OR ALIEN ABDUCTION.
Sydney, Australia. July 23, 1992. Twenty-eight-year-old Peter Khoury was awoken by what appeared to be two females—both striking and unearthly—kneeling...
by Melvin Konner, MD
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
“A sparkling, thought-provoking account of sexual differences. Whether you’re a man or a woman, you’ll find his conclusions gripping.”—Jared Diamond
There is a human genetic fluke that is surprisingly common, due to a change in a key pair of chromosomes. In the normal condition the...
Evolution for Everyone
How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
What is the biological reason for gossip?
For laughter? For the creation of art?
Why do dogs have curly tails?
What can microbes tell us about morality?
These and many other questions are tackled by renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. With stories...
Play
How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2009
From a leading expert, a groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fueling our happiness and intelligence throughout our lives
We've all seen the happiness on the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing...
Less Than Human
Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Winner of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction
A revelatory look at why we dehumanize each other, with stunning examples from world history as well as today's headlines
"Brute." "Cockroach." "Lice." "Vermin." "Dog." "Beast."...