Argues that evolution depends on changes in the information that is passed on between generations and the ways in which it is stored and transmitted

Product Description: Brings an interdisciplinary approach to an exciting area of behavioural science research. 14 contributions look at the evolution of cultural behaviour from an evolutionary perspective.

Product Description: Dieses Buch ist ein Meilenstein auf dem Weg zu einem tieferen Verständnis evolutionärer Prozesse. Das zentrale Thema sind die großen "Übergänge" in der Entwicklung des Lebens - Schritte, in denen die Organisation und die Art der Weitergabe genetischer Information von einer Generation zur nächsten jeweils einen grundlegenden Wandel erfuhren...read more

Essays discuss sex in plants, sex and disease, evolutionary theory, the origins of human sexuality, and the theological aspects of sex

A survey of the fundamental concepts of biology includes discussions of heredity, reproduction, evolution, behavior, and the brain

This book is aimed at anyone with a serious interest in ecology. Ecological models of two kinds are dealt with: mathematical models of a strategic kind aimed at an understanding of the general properties of ecosystems and laboratory models designed with the same aim in view. The mathematical and experimental models illuminate one another. A strength of the account is that although there is a good deal of mathematics, Professor Maynard Smith has concentrated on making clear the assumptions behind the mathematics and the conclusions to be drawn. Proofs and derivations have been omitted as far as possible. The book is therefore comprehensible to anyone with a minimal familiarity with mathematical notation. This book was written in the twin convictions that ecology will not come of age until it has a sound theoretical basis and there is a long way to go before that state of affairs is reached.

Product Description: The question of why organisms reproduce sexually is still a matter of controversy. In this account, Professor Maynard Smith considers the selective forces responsible for the origin and evolution of sexual reproduction and genetic recombination, using quantitative population genetics arguments to support his ideas...read more

Product Description: This is a lucid introduction to some of the mathematical ideas which are useful to biologists. Professor Maynard Smith introduces the reader to the ways in which biological problems can be expressed mathematically, and shows how the mathematical equations which arise in biological work can be solved...read more