origin

Explores the historical origins of different foods; discusses the power and influence foods have had on governments, economies, and culture; and includes fifty color maps that chart the origination and migration of particular foods throughout the world, and a selection of recipes.

Explores the disappearance of Neanderthals as a race using fossil dating and genetic research for possible answers.

Draws on cutting-edge research from modern biology to explain why the field of evolutionary biology has failed to explain how animals developed their astounding variety and complexity.

Explores the origins of life on Earth, explaining how living creatures have evolved for more than three billion years.

Draws from research in paleontology, molecular biology, and earth system science to examine life in the Precambrian era, and presents a theory for the sudden development of complex life-forms.

Explores what researchers have learned about human life in the last fifty years of the twentieth century, discussing how major discoveries changed the way people thought about the life cycle.

A new edition of twentieth-century astronomer Carl Sagan's 1973 work on the science of the solar system, space colonization, and the possible existence of extraterrestrial life; includes an essay on Sagan's lasting appeal and influence, and an epilogue that discusses the accuracy of his predictions.

An illustrated history of the evolution of life on earth, spanning over 600 million years.

Authors address the many difficulties and challenges in assembling a truly complete picture of human evolution.

Text with maps, photographs, and reconstruction drawings provide an account of the first Americans.