Search Results: Evolution from Lems Bookshop

The story of our evolution - there have been many species of human-like creatures in the past but now all but homo sapiens are extinct. Where did we come from and what makes us human? 192 pages with around 100 colour Illustrations, some black and white illustrations and 3 maps. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamp on front and back endpaper. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with sticker on front and spine (see photo). A large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

The rise and development of culture and builds up a picture of early man - human progress in all its diversity to the threshold of civilization. 208 pages with illustrations on nearly all pages mostly in colour. Book in very good condition ex library with borrowing sleave remnants on back endpaper and inside back cover. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

Traces the rise and development of culture and builds up a picture of early man using a particular archaeological site to illustrate each major step. 208 pages including illustrations on almost all pages. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

An illustrated resource for students of Earth and Environmental Science and Biology, as well as those interested in Australia's matchless record of geological and biological evolution. 33 pages with colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Book in as new condition.

The evolution of the idea of evolution - all we have learned about the shaping of life on earth in the decades since Darwin, recounting the personal battles, sacrifices, and triumphs. 418 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs and figures in the text. Book in good+ condition ex library with reference on first and last pages, stamp on title and last page, sticker and borrowing sleeve remnants on last page. Dust jacket in very goos condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

Life on Earth, a drama of survival and extinction, for billions of years the only life forms were mostly single-celled bacteria and then came an explosion of life for the last 650 million years. Throughout this time the planet was also changing. 256 pages with numerous illustrations throughout mostly in colour. Book and dust jacket in as new condition.

Palaeozoic time is some 375 million years and during that time some 41 miles of rock were deposited on the earth's surface. A selection of 443 species of animals and plants are illustrated. 208 pages including 69 plates. Book in good+ condition with damage to spine but all intact- text and plates sound and some tanning.

A wide ranging introduction to the human species that places modern humans in evolutionary perspective - from genetics, primatology, and fossil origins to human biology and ecology, brain function and behaviour, demography and disease. 506 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition and would have been near fine except for small knock to bottom corner last 120 pages. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

The story of the origins and evolution of humankind, set against a backdrop of dramatic climate change. 199 pages. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker on title page, stamps on back endpaper, and reference inside back cover. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back, ?water creases on back.

What is climate and what determines it, and its effects on man and history - the inter-relationship of man's evolution and climatic change, the heavy premium of man's adaptability,, and how climate influenced racial differences. 444 pages with endpaper map. Book in very good+ condition. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with fading to spine and some wear (see photo).

Man's Evolution Towards Peace. One of the great evolutionary mysteries is the three-fold increase in the size of the human brain in a remarkably short period of evolutionary time. Why did man,alone of animal species, need a brain of this size? 277 pages. Text clean but first blank page has a number and a price crossed out in top right corner. DJ intact but a large tear on spine and some small tears.

Explains how various discoveries over the years are now interpreted and placed in context, and describes how old theories have often been overturned or reinterpreted as new evidence comes to light. 144 pages with over 150 color illustrations. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

A fascinating visual account of the emergence and evolution of Earth's dominate species. The quest for evidence of our prehistoric origins - over a century of excavation and research has provided vast amounts of fossil and other evidence of our ancestors. 144 pages with illustrations on nearly all pages most in colour. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition with only issue the remnants of small booksellers sticker on front dust jacket (see photo). .

Cladistics is a simple technique of comparison and makes no assumptions about ancestry and descent and it punches holes in our view of evolution. 262 pages. Book in very good condition ex library with stamps on title page and endpapers. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

Edition not stated, revised and updated. In Origin of the Species, Darwin gave a clear sketch of his principle of sexual selection and stated that was applicable to man. The book is divided into three Parts: The Descent or Origin of Man; Sexual Selection; Sexual Selection in Relation to Man. 430 pages with 26 Figures in the text, top gilt edged and other edges rough. Book in good+ condition ex library with sticker inside front cover, stamp on first page, margin page 85 and 229, binding showing inside back cover but all intact. Cover has reference on spine and some wear (see photos).

Intrigue and deception, ambition and failed dreams - clashes of the 19th Century men who discovered dinosaurs. 374 pages including 40 pictures throughout the text. Book in very good condition with small marks to top.

Part of Collins Eyewitness Guides series. The Fascinating world of dinosaurs - their evolution, behaviour, habitats, and why they mysteriously disappeared. 64 pages with colour illustrations on all but last page. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name on first page and sticker bottom front cover.

The fascinating story of the creatures which roamed the Earth millions of years ago - the dinosaurs. How they came to be, where they lived, and types of dinosaurs. 45 pages with colour illustrations on all pages and endpapers. Book in very good condition with light tanning and some wear to cover (see photo).

At the end of the nineteenth century in China, amateur fossil hunters knew that a ready supply of fossils could be found in Chinese backstreets sold as dragon bones to be ground down to be made into powerful medicines. When the sources of these fossils were tracked down sites rich with fossil remains were found including the ancestors of mankind - one of the most famous humanoid fossils of all time - Peking Man. 198 pages with 8 pages of colour photographs and black and white illustrations in the text. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition with previous owners stamp on front endpaper.

From prehistory to the present the author explains how human beings evolved, genes and brains together; who our ancestors and competitors were; how our brains and the brains of other animals work; and what the next steps in human evolution may be. 263 pages including 25 illustrations and many drawings. Book in good+ condition with foxing, some fading and reader wear. Dust jacket in good condition with some tears and chips (see photo).