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Power, Sex, Suicide

Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life

by Nick Lane ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

15 hours 54 min

Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that.Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell ... Read more

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Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that.Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell
... Read more
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The Elephant in the Brain

Hidden Motives in Everyday Life

by Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson ...

Narrated by Jeffrey Kafer ...

Unabridged

10 hours 26 min

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better—and thus we don't like to talk or even think about the ... Read more

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Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and self-deception. But while we may be self-interested schemers, we benefit by pretending otherwise. The less we know about our own ugly motives, the better—and thus we don't like to talk or even think about the
... Read more
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Masters of the Planet

The Search for Our Human Origins

by Ian Tattersall ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 43 min

Fifty thousand years ago—merely a blip in evolutionary time—our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species distinguished it from the pack, and ultimately led to its survival while the rest became extinct. Just what was it that allowed Homo sapiens to become masters of ... Read more

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Fifty thousand years ago—merely a blip in evolutionary time—our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species distinguished it from the pack, and ultimately led to its survival while the rest became extinct. Just what was it that allowed Homo sapiens to become masters of
... Read more
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Life on a Young Planet

The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth

by Andrew H. Knoll ...

Narrated by Eric Jason Martin ...

Unabridged

9 hours 48 min

Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites—such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly four-billion-year iceberg. Andrew Knoll explores the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, presenting a ... Read more

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Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites—such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms. But in the full history of life, ancient animals, even the trilobites, form only the half-billion-year tip of a nearly four-billion-year iceberg. Andrew Knoll explores the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, presenting a
... Read more
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Sagittarius A Star

by Mike Blake ...

Narrated by Mike Blake ...

Series series COSMOS
Unabridged

5 min

Sagittarius A Star *The wonders of nature, beyond our goldfish bowl.The Cosmos unfolded into a glass onion, peturbed by - NOTHING at all!The centre of our Galaxy. Inhabited by one of the most extraordinary and violent systems in Nature. ... Read more

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Sagittarius A Star *The wonders of nature, beyond our goldfish bowl.The Cosmos unfolded into a glass onion, peturbed by - NOTHING at all!The centre of our Galaxy. Inhabited by one of the most extraordinary and violent systems in Nature.
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The Greatest Show on Earth

The Evidence for Evolution

by Richard Dawkins ...

Narrated by Richard Dawkins, Lalla Ward ...

Series series A Brief History of the Natural World
Unabridged

14 hours 36 min

Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The God Delusion, which sold millions of copies in English alone. He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller The Selfish Gene. Now, he launches a fierce counterattack against proponents of "Intelligent Design" in his New York Times bestseller, The Greatest Show on Earth."Intelligent Design" is being ... Read more

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Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The God Delusion, which sold millions of copies in English alone. He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller The Selfish Gene. Now, he launches a fierce counterattack against proponents of "Intelligent Design" in his New York Times bestseller, The Greatest Show on Earth."Intelligent Design" is being
... Read more
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Эволюция. Для тех, кто хочет все успеть

by Коллектив авторов ...

Narrated by Дмитрий Шабров ...

Series series Энциклопедия быстрых знаний
Unabridged

4 hours

Эволюция — это постоянное установление хрупкого баланса между растениями, живыми организмами и средой, в которой они обитают. Условия меняются, организмы приспосабливаются, в результате их приспособления возникают новые факторы, которые, в свою очередь, снова требуют перемен. Попробуем и разобраться в известных человечеству эволюционных процессах и научных теориях и приготовимся к новым открытиям. ... Read more

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Эволюция — это постоянное установление хрупкого баланса между растениями, живыми организмами и средой, в которой они обитают. Условия меняются, организмы приспосабливаются, в результате их приспособления возникают новые факторы, которые, в свою очередь, снова требуют перемен. Попробуем и разобраться в известных человечеству эволюционных процессах и научных теориях и приготовимся к новым открытиям.
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Секрет нашего успеха

by Джозеф Хенрих, Джозеф Хенрих ...

Narrated by Игорь Гмыза ...

Series series Corpus.
Unabridged

20 hours 2 min

Вопрос, чем Homo sapiens настолько уникален и в чем загадка его непостижимого эволюционного успеха, исследуется учеными постоянно и, вероятно, не перестанет занимать их до конца времен. Профессор Джозеф Хенрих, знаменитый антрополог и автор научно-популярных книг, предлагает важнейшее изменение в подходе к этому вопросу: необходимо учитывать влияние культуры на нашу биологию и генетику — тесно ... Read more

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Вопрос, чем Homo sapiens настолько уникален и в чем загадка его непостижимого эволюционного успеха, исследуется учеными постоянно и, вероятно, не перестанет занимать их до конца времен. Профессор Джозеф Хенрих, знаменитый антрополог и автор научно-популярных книг, предлагает важнейшее изменение в подходе к этому вопросу: необходимо учитывать влияние культуры на нашу биологию и генетику — тесно
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On the Origin of Species

By Means of Natural Selection

by Charles Darwin ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Arthur E ...

Unabridged

19 hours

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Charles Darwin's groundbreaking argument for evolution by natural selection, first published in 1859. Drawing on years of observation aboard HMS Beagle and decades of research, Darwin presents the evidence that species are not fixed creations but change over time through the struggle for existence. This is the first edition — the book that changed how ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Charles Darwin's groundbreaking argument for evolution by natural selection, first published in 1859. Drawing on years of observation aboard HMS Beagle and decades of research, Darwin presents the evidence that species are not fixed creations but change over time through the struggle for existence. This is the first edition — the book that changed how
... Read more
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A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth

4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters

by Henry Gee ...

Narrated by Henry Gee ...

Unabridged

7 hours 40 min

The Royal Society's Science Book of the Year"...Henry Gee presents a pithy, fascinating account of the stages of biological evolution. He's a deliberate, engaged narrator whose slow pacing will require adaptation. This and creative background music and sound effects (dinosaur sounds?) create a meditative and friendly listening experience. From spineless water creatures and egg-laying reptiles to ... Read more

$20.69 USD

The Royal Society's Science Book of the Year"...Henry Gee presents a pithy, fascinating account of the stages of biological evolution. He's a deliberate, engaged narrator whose slow pacing will require adaptation. This and creative background music and sound effects (dinosaur sounds?) create a meditative and friendly listening experience. From spineless water creatures and egg-laying reptiles to
... Read more
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Metazoa

Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind

by Peter Godfrey-Smith ...

Narrated by Peter Godfrey-Smith, Mitch Riley ...

Unabridged

9 hours 49 min

**This program is read by Peter Godfrey-Smith with Mitch Riley.The scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousness.**Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are ... Read more

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**This program is read by Peter Godfrey-Smith with Mitch Riley.The scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousness.**Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are
... Read more
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50 Great Myths of Human Evolution

Understanding Misconceptions about Our Origins

by John H. Relethford ...

Narrated by Steven Menasche ...

Unabridged

14 hours 11 min

50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinking skills for lay readers, listeners and students.Examines intriguing—yet widely misunderstood—topics, from general ideas about evolution and human origins to the evolution of modern humans and recent trends in the fieldDescribes what fossils, ... Read more

$31.48 USD

50 Great Myths of Human Evolution uses common misconceptions to explore basic theory and research in human evolution and strengthen critical thinking skills for lay readers, listeners and students.Examines intriguing—yet widely misunderstood—topics, from general ideas about evolution and human origins to the evolution of modern humans and recent trends in the fieldDescribes what fossils,
... Read more
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Evolutions

Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World

by Oren Harman ...

Narrated by Oren Harman ...

Unabridged

5 hours 49 min

We don't think anymore, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing apart of a love embrace. The Greeks told of a tempestuous Hera and a cunning Zeus, but we now use genes and natural selection to explain fear and desire, and physics to demystify the workings of the universe.Evolutions brings to life the latest scientific ... Read more

$17.99 USD

We don't think anymore, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing apart of a love embrace. The Greeks told of a tempestuous Hera and a cunning Zeus, but we now use genes and natural selection to explain fear and desire, and physics to demystify the workings of the universe.Evolutions brings to life the latest scientific
... Read more
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What Is Life?

Five Great Ideas in Biology

by Paul Nurse ...

Narrated by Paul Nurse ...

Unabridged

5 hours 6 min

The Nobel Prize–winning scientist's elegant explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and their uses today.The renowned biologist Paul Nurse has spent his career revealing how living cells work. In What Is Life?, he takes up the challenge of describing what it means to be alive in a way that every listener can understand.It is a shared journey of discovery; step-by-step Nurse illuminates ... Read more

$11.69 USD

The Nobel Prize–winning scientist's elegant explanation of the fundamental ideas in biology and their uses today.The renowned biologist Paul Nurse has spent his career revealing how living cells work. In What Is Life?, he takes up the challenge of describing what it means to be alive in a way that every listener can understand.It is a shared journey of discovery; step-by-step Nurse illuminates
... Read more
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Through a Glass Brightly

Using Science to See Our Species as We Really Are

by David P. Barash ...

Narrated by Charles Constant ...

Unabridged

9 hours 3 min

In Through a Glass Brightly, noted scientist David P. Barash explores the process by which science has, throughout time, cut humanity "down to size," and how humanity has responded. A good paradigm is a tough thing to lose, especially when its replacement leaves us feeling more vulnerable and less special. And yet, as science has progressed, we find ourselves—like it or not—bereft of many of our ... Read more

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In Through a Glass Brightly, noted scientist David P. Barash explores the process by which science has, throughout time, cut humanity "down to size," and how humanity has responded. A good paradigm is a tough thing to lose, especially when its replacement leaves us feeling more vulnerable and less special. And yet, as science has progressed, we find ourselves—like it or not—bereft of many of our
... Read more
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What Do Bees Think About?

by Mathieu Lihoreau ...

Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

6 hours 6 min

Explore the mind of a bee and learn what drives its behavior.Have you ever observed a bee up close and wondered what was going on inside its head? Like ours, insects' brains take up most of the space in their heads, but their brains are smaller than a grain of rice, only 0.0002% as large as ours. But what purpose does the insect brain serve, and how does that drive their creativity, morality, and ... Read more

$11.69 USD

Explore the mind of a bee and learn what drives its behavior.Have you ever observed a bee up close and wondered what was going on inside its head? Like ours, insects' brains take up most of the space in their heads, but their brains are smaller than a grain of rice, only 0.0002% as large as ours. But what purpose does the insect brain serve, and how does that drive their creativity, morality, and
... Read more
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The Demon in the Machine

How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life

by Paul Davies ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 13 min

What is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question, for life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match it. Huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery.In this penetrating and wide-ranging book, world-renowned physicist ... Read more

$17.99 USD

What is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question, for life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match it. Huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mystery.In this penetrating and wide-ranging book, world-renowned physicist
... Read more
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The Wild Life of Our Bodies

Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today

by Rob Dunn ...

Narrated by David Stifel ...

Unabridged

10 hours 23 min

Biologist Rob Dunn reveals the crucial influence that other species have upon our health, our well-being, and our world in The WildLife of Our Bodies—a fascinating tour through the hidden truths of nature and codependence. Dunn illuminates the nuanced, often imperceptible relationships that exist between homo sapiens and other species, relationships that underpin humanity's ability to thrive and ... Read more

$22.49 USD

Biologist Rob Dunn reveals the crucial influence that other species have upon our health, our well-being, and our world in The WildLife of Our Bodies—a fascinating tour through the hidden truths of nature and codependence. Dunn illuminates the nuanced, often imperceptible relationships that exist between homo sapiens and other species, relationships that underpin humanity's ability to thrive and
... Read more
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Chris Addison: A BBC Radio Comedy Collection

The Ape That Got Lucky & Civilization

by Chris Addison ...

Narrated by Chris Addison, Dan Tetsell, Geoffrey McGivern, Jo Enright ...

Unabridged

3 hours 44 min

Award-winning comedian Chris Addison explores the funny side of human evolution and Western civilisation in two BBC Radio 4 spoof lecture seriesChris Addison – the thinking idiot's pretend anthropologist – takes us on a comic journey through the vast and rich subject of human history in these eight hilarious comedy lectures. Aided by Professor Austin Herring (aka Geoffrey McGivern), Dan Tetsell ... Read more

$16.39 USD

Award-winning comedian Chris Addison explores the funny side of human evolution and Western civilisation in two BBC Radio 4 spoof lecture seriesChris Addison – the thinking idiot's pretend anthropologist – takes us on a comic journey through the vast and rich subject of human history in these eight hilarious comedy lectures. Aided by Professor Austin Herring (aka Geoffrey McGivern), Dan Tetsell
... Read more
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The Dawn of Everything

A New History of Humanity

by David Graeber, David Wengrow ...

Narrated by Mark Williams ...

Unabridged

24 hours 19 min

"An all-encompassing treatise on modern civilization, offering bold revisions to canonical understandings in sociology, anthropology, archaeology and political philosophy that led to where we are today." - The New York TimesA dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the ... Read more

$40.49 USD

"An all-encompassing treatise on modern civilization, offering bold revisions to canonical understandings in sociology, anthropology, archaeology and political philosophy that led to where we are today." - The New York TimesA dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the
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Spektrum Kompakt: Humanevolution - Der Weg zum modernen Menschen

by Spektrum Kompakt, Spektrum Kompakt ...

Narrated by Simone Terbrack ...

Unabridged

2 hours 52 min

Es ist eine Frage, die sich Menschen seit Tausenden von Jahren stellen: Woher kommen wir? Nach Antworten suchen Fachleute auch in unserer DNA – und hier decken sie einige Sensationen auf. Im Erbgut von Homo sapiens befinden sich nämlich Abschnitte, die gar nicht von den Ahnen unserer Spezies stammen. Neandertaler, Denisovianer und weitere, noch unbekannte Vettern der Gattung Homo haben sich ... Read more

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Es ist eine Frage, die sich Menschen seit Tausenden von Jahren stellen: Woher kommen wir? Nach Antworten suchen Fachleute auch in unserer DNA – und hier decken sie einige Sensationen auf. Im Erbgut von Homo sapiens befinden sich nämlich Abschnitte, die gar nicht von den Ahnen unserer Spezies stammen. Neandertaler, Denisovianer und weitere, noch unbekannte Vettern der Gattung Homo haben sich
... Read more
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Star bene con noi stessi per star bene con gli altri

by Marco Ferrini ...

Narrated by Marco Ferrini ...

Unabridged

2 hours 18 min

Le relazioni sono una componente fondamentale della vita.La prima relazione di importanza primaria è quella con noi stessi.Quando il contatto profondo con noi stessi è debole, frammentato, tutte le relazioni che intratteniamo diventano carenti e insoddisfacenti, perché la persona che non sta bene con se stessa comincia ad incolpare gli altri del proprio malessere, ed è così che si creano rapporti ... Read more

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Le relazioni sono una componente fondamentale della vita.La prima relazione di importanza primaria è quella con noi stessi.Quando il contatto profondo con noi stessi è debole, frammentato, tutte le relazioni che intratteniamo diventano carenti e insoddisfacenti, perché la persona che non sta bene con se stessa comincia ad incolpare gli altri del proprio malessere, ed è così che si creano rapporti
... Read more
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How To Keep Dinosaurs

The perfect mix of humour and science

by Robert Mash ...

Narrated by Neil Gardner ...

Unabridged

5 hours

Perfect Christmas gift for any dinosaur enthusiast!'Who could resist a handbook about potential pets that has a little symbol for "likes children" and a separate one for "likes children to eat"... wonderful' GUARDIANHollywood and the popular press would have us believe that all dinosaurs are gigantic, hostile and untameable. In fact, there are many species that make charming and even useful ... Read more

$22.49 USD

Perfect Christmas gift for any dinosaur enthusiast!'Who could resist a handbook about potential pets that has a little symbol for "likes children" and a separate one for "likes children to eat"... wonderful' GUARDIANHollywood and the popular press would have us believe that all dinosaurs are gigantic, hostile and untameable. In fact, there are many species that make charming and even useful
... Read more
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Primate Change

How the world we made is remaking us

by Vybarr Cregan-Reid ...

Narrated by Vybarr Cregan-Reid ...

Unabridged

11 hours 27 min

IF YOU THINK YOU ARE YOU, THINK AGAIN.PRIMATE CHANGE is a wide-ranging, polemical look at how and why the human body has changed since humankind first got up on two feet. Spanning the entirety of human history - from primate to transhuman - Vybarr Cregan-Reid's book investigates where we came from, who we are today and how modern technology will change us beyond recognition.In the last two hundred ... Read more

$24.29 USD

IF YOU THINK YOU ARE YOU, THINK AGAIN.PRIMATE CHANGE is a wide-ranging, polemical look at how and why the human body has changed since humankind first got up on two feet. Spanning the entirety of human history - from primate to transhuman - Vybarr Cregan-Reid's book investigates where we came from, who we are today and how modern technology will change us beyond recognition.In the last two hundred
... Read more

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