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Books on: morphology evolution

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Form and Pattern in Human Evolution: Some Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Approaches

Book by Charles Oxnard; University of Chicago Press, 1973

Subjects:

Human Evolution, Morphology (Animals)--Technique

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...stimulated by my colleagues in evolutionary morphology in the Department of Anatomy...in understanding of the evolution of morphology in primates through the...shape analysis only. In evolutionary morphology, however, the situation...
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The Morphology of Chinese: A Linguistic and Cognitive Approach

Book by Jerome L. Packard; Cambridge University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Chinese Language--Morphology

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This book aims to dispel the myth that Chinese "doesn't have words" but instead "has characters." Jerome Packard challenges the common belief that Chinese has no morphology, demonstrating how analysis of Chinese word formation enhances our understanding of word universals in natural language. His ...
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This book aims to dispel the myth that Chinese "doesn't have words" but instead "has characters." Jerome Packard challenges the common belief that Chinese has no morphology, demonstrating how analysis of Chinese word formation enhances our understanding of word universals in natural language. His book describes the intimate relationship between words and their components and offers new insights into their evolution. Models are offered for how Chinese words are stored in the mental lexicon and processed in natural speech.
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Morphology, Shape and Phylogeny

Book by Norman Macleod, Peter L. Forey; Taylor & Francis, 2002

Subjects:

Morphology--Congresses, Phylogeny--Congresses

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This text provides a summary of the interdisciplinary work between biologists & mathematicians of two main areas: those who study form of organisms, & those who work on evolutionary relationships through analysis of common characteristics.
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The Evolution of Human Languages: Proceedings of the Workshop on the Evolution of Human Languages, Held August, 1989 in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Book by John A. Hawkins, Murray Gell-Mann; Addison-Wesley, 1992

Subjects:

Human Evolution, Language And Languages--Origin

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...complexity and evolution? There are a number...as word order, morphology and phonology...or grammatical morphology. That is an area...complexity and evolution. There is now...of the focus on morphology in the former case...important papers on the evolution of language, provides...
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Nourishment and Evolution in Insect Societies

Book by James H. Hunt, Christine A. Nalepa; Westview Press, 1994

Subjects:

Insect Societies, Insects--Evolution, Insects--Food

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...Nutrition and Evolution in Fungus-growing...Soil-feeding and Gut Morphology in Higher Termites...chapters emphasize morphology, physiology, evolution, behavior, development...life history evolution in termites...interplay of morphology and adaptive...

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Journal Articles on: morphology evolution

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Joel Bradshaw and Kenneth L. Rehg, Ed. 2001. Issues in Austronesian Morphology: A Focusschrift for Byron W. Bender

Journal article by J.P. Blevins; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 42, 2003

Subjects:

Issues in Austronesian Morphology: a Focusschrift for Byron W. Bender (Book)

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...happened to Erromangan possessive morphology?" He notes the loss of distinct...have played a role in the evolution of these possessive constructions...in the volume, "Historical morphology and the spirit world: The...languages for general theories of morphology and grammar. The empirical...
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Comment in Reply: An Interdisciplinary Discourse on the Role of Iodine in Human Evolution

Journal article by Jerome E. Dobson; The Geographical Review, Vol. 92, 2002

Subjects:

American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Human evolution--Research, Iodine--Physiological aspects

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...considers the presence of robust morphology in Pleistocene megafauna and modern...by society with proprietorship of evolutionary theory, have never asked about the role of iodine in human evolution. I ventured alone, not by choice...
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Rhetorical and Demonstrative Modes of Visual Argument: Looking at Images of Human Evolution

Journal article by Cameron Shelley; Argumentation and Advocacy, Vol. 33, 1996

Subjects:

Human evolution--Usage, Imagery (Psychology)--Research, Images, Optical--Research

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...of mathematics. Dordrecht. Kluwer. Weidenreich, F. (1951). Morphology of Solo man. Anthropological papers of the American Museum of...Visual imagery of gender and progress in illustrations of human evolution. Visual Antropology, 7, 1-20.
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Three Notes on Early Austronesian Morphology

Journal article by Robert Blust; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 42, 2003

Subjects:

Linguistics

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...Austronesian languages, it contains little new information on morphology. Starosta, Pawley, and Reid (1982) essentially reinterpret...provides a useful discussion of the syntactic and semantic evolution of aspect marking in some Philippine languages, with particular...
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Common Chinese and Early Chinese Morphology

Journal article by David Prager Branner; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002

Subjects:

Chinese language--Research

Collections: History, Entire Library

...between the loss of *k- and the evolution of classifiers in Min would...pattern emerging to replace a morphology-bearing phonological element...the whole theory of early morphology hinges on Chinese having changed...perhaps related to Austronesian morphology. Apart from the related problem...

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Magazine Articles on: morphology evolution

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Intelligent by Design

Magazine article by John Boyer; Cross Currents, Vol. 57, Fall 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Edge of Evolution: The Search for the Limits of Darwinism (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...mechanistic aspects of molecular biology. So the bulk of Edge of Evolution is devoted to pointing out how complex biological processes are, and by focusing on proteins rather than morphology or behavior, Behe is able to introduce calculations based...
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Dialectical Nature: Reflections in Honor of the Twentieth Anniversary of Levins and Lewontin's the Dialectical Biologist

Magazine article by Brett Clark, Richard York; Monthly Review, Vol. 57, May 2005

Subjects:

Dialectical materialism--Comparative analysis, Dialectical materialism--History, Human evolution--Physiological aspects, Human evolution--Political aspects, Human evolution--Social aspects, Levins, Richard--Criticism and interpretation, Levins, Richard--Influence, Lewontin, Richard--Criticism and interpretation, Lewontin, Richard--Influence, Scientific socialism, Social criticism

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...external dimensions of life. Whereas the ultra-Darwinian view of evolution focuses nearly exclusively on the external (while Darwin himself...development, they are not universal" (18). For example, the morphology of the tropical vine Syngonium varies depending upon incidences...
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Against Sociobiology

Magazine article by Tom Bethell; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, January 2001

Subjects:

Culture--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Life--Origin, Scientists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Sociobiology--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Wilson, Edward O.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...them in a weak position. How else did minds appear, if not by evolution? Lewontin gave points to the opposition when he conceded the "undoubted truth" that "behavior must, like morphology and physiology, be subject to the forces of natural selection...
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The Straw Man of 'Race'

Magazine article by Jon Entine; World and I, Vol. 16, September 2001

Subjects:

Collins, Francis--Research, Genetic research--Evaluation, Lewontin, Richard--Research, Race--Genetic aspects, Venter, J. Craig--Research

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...that Aboriginal children have near photographic memories, an evolutionary gift from their ancestors, who "had to master the vast landscape...anthropology 101 student can confirm, there are disparities in the morphology of the craniums (and brains) of different populations, even...
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Let's Test 'Intelligent Design'

Magazine article by Bill Mcgrath; Church & State, Vol. 58, October 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...with greater certainty: the morphology of the earth: is it flat or...fair to question, and subject evolution to careful scrutiny. That...examine it as an alternative to evolution, we must consider at least...Its unreasonable to critique evolution while blithely accepting intelligent...

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Newspaper Articles on: morphology evolution

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Letters in the Editor's Mailbag

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August 29, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...equal treatment. To call either just a theory is disingenuous. Evolution is a scientific explanation based upon four areas of study - biogeography, paleontology, embryology and morphology - confirmed by observation and experiment for over 150 years...

Encyclopedia Articles on: morphology evolution

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Balfour, Francis Maitland

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...His Treatise on Comparative Embryology (2 vol., 1880 81) is a classic treatment of the evolution of the egg and embryo. Professor of animal morphology at Cambridge Univ., Balfour did research there and at the zoological station at Naples...
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Pringsheim, Nathanael

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...founders of the scientific study of algae. He made important discoveries in the morphology and physiology of plants, especially in the fields of reproduction and evolution. He founded the German Botanical Society and the Jahrbucher fur wissenschaftliche...
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Whitman, Charles Otis

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of Chicago. He founded (1887) and edited the Journal of Morphology and was a founder and director (1888 1908) of the Marine...Woods Hole, Mass. He wrote on animal behavior, embryology, evolution, microscopical anatomy, and other subjects. Posthumous Works...
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Biology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...study of cells), histology (the study of tissues), anatomy or morphology, physiology, and embryology (the study of the embryonic development...included in biological studies are the sciences of genetics, evolution, paleontology, and taxonomy or systematics, the study of classification...
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Keith, Sir Arthur

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Europe and N Africa. His writings include Human Embryology and Morphology (1902, 6th ed. 1949), The Antiquity of Man (1915, 2d ed. 1925), and A New Theory of Human Evolution (1948). See his autobiography (1950...

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