検索キーワード： 進化

An elegant, text-only edition of the New York Times bestseller that’s been hailed as the definitive authority on…everything by Richard Dawkins. Richard Dawkins, bestselling author and the world’s most celebrated evolutionary biologist, has spent his career elucidating the many wonders of...

在这段长达数亿年的古生物学悬疑探案中，生命不止一次面临气候剧变与小行星撞击的末日浩劫，却总能在废墟之上重建繁盛的生态奇迹。沉浸在充满史诗感的自然历史叙事中，你将亲眼目睹冰川降临、海洋缺氧与火山喷发如...

狩猟や道具作りという男性中心の進化人類学から視点を反転させ、妊娠や育児といった女性の営みから人類の歴史を根本から書き換える、スリリングな知的探求の旅が今始まります。毎日の通勤電車や家事の合間に、これ...

原始の生肉と木の実の世界から、家族で囲む温かな食卓へ——熱で食材を変容させる魔法が、いかにして私たちの脳を進化させ、人類史という壮大な物語を切り拓いたのかを描き出します。キッチンで夕食の準備をしてい...

'teeming with fascinating and enlightening insights' OBSERVER ‘Plant lovers will find much of interest in Schlanger’s inspiring tale of where her curious mind has led her’ NATURE ‘Captivating’ THE GUARDIAN ‘It’s rare that you read a book that makes you want to grab people to tell...

In Origins, Frank H. T. Rhodes explores the origin and evolution of living things, the changing environments in which they have developed, and the challenges we now face on an increasingly crowded and polluted planet. Rhodes argues that the future well-being of our burgeoning population depends in no small part on our understanding of life's past, its long and slow development, and its intricate interdependencies.

Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be. 'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow The entirety of the human brain’s 4-billion-year story can be...

First published in the 19th century, On the Origin of Species is one of the most important and controversial books ever written on human origins. Darwin's work is the cornerstone of the theory of evolution and is as important today as it was when it was released nearly 160 years ago.

地球規模の環境激変と大量絶滅が交錯する壮大な生命史の中で、恐竜がいかにして進化の頂点を極め、なぜ姿を消したのか、数十億年にわたる生命の試行錯誤を鮮やかに描き出します。毎日の通勤時間や夜の深いリラック...

巨大な爬虫類は本当に地球から消え去ったのか、それとも私たちの頭上を優雅に舞っているのか、進化生物学と古生物学が交差するパラダイムシフトの旅へようこそ。通勤電車に揺られながらイヤホンを耳にするだけで、...

静寂に包まれた森の奥深くで、植物たちはただじっと立っているのではなく、驚くべき「知性」を使って環境と対話し、過酷な自然界を生き抜く緻密な戦略を練り上げています。通勤電車の喧騒を逃れ、イヤホンを通じて...

すべてが氷に閉ざされた極限の地球環境において、生命はいかにして絶滅の危機に抗い、驚異的な生存戦略と進化の奇跡を編み出したのか。静かな夜のリラックスタイムや長時間の通勤電車の中でこの壮大な気候変動のド...

The Origin of Humankind is Richard Leakey's personal view of the development of Homo sapiens. At the heart of his new picture of evolution is the introduction of a heretical notion: Once the first apes walked upright, the evolution of modern humans became possible and perhaps inevitable. From this one evolutionary step comes all the other evolutionary refinements and distinctions that set the human race apart from the apes.

The epic story and ultimate big history of how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating species If a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to...

From star-nosed moles that have super-sensing snouts to electric eels that paralyze their prey, animals possess unique and extraordinary abilities. In Great Adaptations, Kenneth Catania presents an entertaining and engaging look at some of nature's most remarkable creatures. Telling the story of his biological detective work, Catania sheds light on the mysteries behind the behaviors of tentacled snakes, tiny shrews, zombie-making wasps, and more. 

This momentous biography tells the story of the Huxleys: the Victorian natural historian T. H. Huxley ("Darwin's Bulldog") and his grandson, the scientist, conservationist, and zoologist Julian Huxley.

"Henry Gee presents a pithy, fascinating account of the stages of biological evolution. ... a meditative and friendly listening experience. —AudioFile on A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth Written and read by the award-winning author of A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: a history...

If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising—not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing...

The Ape That Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species? What would it make of our sex differences, our sexual behavior, our child-rearing patterns, our moral codes, our religions, our languages, and science? The book tackles these issues by drawing on ideas from two major schools of thought: evolutionary psychology and cultural evolutionary theory.

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...